RN_EMT

Wow....

Are u guys talking about home visits? And briefly, how do u go about doing independent contracting? Or do you mean independent contractor for a established company?

Due to the lack of mobility, hx of prolonged lung damage(smoking/asbestos from work), and recent surgery maybe use a diagnosis in alley of "at risk for" pnuemonia or blood clot . Also maybe impaired gas exchange =\

What's your medical history? Any high blood pressure? No! What are these b/p medications in ur bag? Oh well, I do have high blood pressure but not right now, it's controlled! Ahhhhhh!!!! Grinds my gears 😆

Everybody has answered the question, but just to add something... Sometimes they will have yoget ur badge, shots, signature from ur manager etc... It's a good idea to be properly dressed in case you bump into someone imports To=)

There is a bunch of apps that help, but if your lacking time, a quick reference to a seasoned nurse will do. Eventually they become repetitious and you will feel more comfortable.=)

Really? "Different" means black/white, happy/sad, alive/dead. I think dying and dead are really in the same alley=) it's gone way too far lol peace I'm out

I don't know how to change that. I don't even know where you found that pre-nursing infoí ½í¸”

Hope u told that the person with the morgue post also.

Ugh always the same here! Make your point and then a win win, but loose or someone makes a valid point then by default show off ur resume! Look, I just wanted to suggest something that is all, pls don't read through the lines. Been a nurse for 20+

I've worked some hospice, and you truly have to be robotic to work in such a field yet the respect needs to be there. If you become attached to every one of them it will only make your job a living hell. So yes, I do believe a bland personality is perfect for hospice. She hates people yet still wants to help and comes on as a dark person? So yes, hypothetically if she gets in a nursing program and assuming she passes then maybe YES! I might have "suggested", hospice.

Joking! Agh guys, where's ur sense of humor?í ½í¸€

Maybe you can work in hospice home health? Minimal interaction and your near death all the time. Patients are quiet and unconscious!

I didn't want to comment on an old post, but since I already opened a can of worms I guess here it goes...as a paramedic in the fire dept we are responsible for finding problems and reacting to such. I have done intubations, central lines, chest tubes, thoracitomy, a needle decompression, intraosseous access, and just did my first tracheostomy(was awesome by the way). As a nurse I feel the care is more long term care and monitoring then reporting it to the puppet master but does require a DIFFERENT education than the paramedic, one that the paramedic does not acquire. In all, my nursing education was very detailed and broad from maternity to psych then Ned/rug and pretty hard( 7/10). In the contrary my paramedic focused on the medical side(yes a lot less than my nursing) but focused a lot more on emergency procedures and independency on self decisions. Unlike my nursing, the paramedic consist a national registry which is like NCLEX which seemed harder, but for our skills portion you have a state health department wiz testing you on those skills, something I didn't do with my RN. Guys, they are different animals and are incomparable. I hear more as a paramedic " oh you saved my dad" compared to what I hear as a nurse " you took care of my dad".