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  1. What do you do to volunteer and give back?

    kerrhi replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    I've been a pre-hospital care provider (PHCP) for 7.5 years now, and I love it! If I could make a living off of an EMS career, that's where I would have stayed. I had paid jobs as well as volunteer...

  2. Of course, it's always the nurse's fault.

    kerrhi replied to vbarger28's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    How did this conversation go from pointing out how no matter what, Dr's can do no wrong, to a full blown blood draw/lab review? This is another example of how it's always the nurses

  3. Don't like nursing at all, what can I do with my BSN?

    kerrhi replied to lostrnugh's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I feel ypur pain. CNA's & practitioners can do no wrong. The aides are in & put of the break room & bathrooms more than they are patients rooms! And heaven forbid a practitioner *gasp*...

  4. Why don't you just read the chart?

    kerrhi replied to Guest219794's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Perhaps your ER could learn a bit about assignments. In the ED I frequent (I am blessed enough to be both an RN & an EMT), they have people assigned for trauma teams, bedside care, transfers,...

  5. Why don't you just read the chart?

    kerrhi replied to Guest219794's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Would you accept a patient from EMS without first obtaining a verbal report from them? Would you be very happy if they said, "Read the PCR, all their info is there"? I doubt you would be very pleased....

  6. Ebola Nursing Survey: to Quarantine or Not to Quarantine

    kerrhi replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Disaster Preparation

    She was detained against her will. The living conditions of that detainment are irrelevant to the point that she was unnecessarily detained against her will. Absolutely. She can come live with me and...

  7. Ebola Nursing Survey: to Quarantine or Not to Quarantine

    kerrhi replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm good with the CDC policy. I'm betting we never would have heard of Kaci if the NJ governor hadn't imprisoned her, which is not CDC policy, and arguably not within the purview of State Health...