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I agree that paramedics are trained for the "Out of hospital environment" or field work, and RNs are trained for the hospital environment. However, a RN is not necessarily better than a Paramedic and a Paramedic is not better than an RN. I have two ...

I am pretty sure it is a HIPPA violation to give a patient's SSN to police without a warrent.

Taking, or (Measuring) an individual's blood pressure is a basic skill not a treatment. Your can purchase cheap machines to measure BP at many stores, and these machine do not receive regular calibration either. Therefore, I cannot perceive how meas...

I wish you the best in your career and life QueensNurse. It seems that the ED, while initially exciting, will eventually progress to being a repetitive task for those of us new to the emergency department.

Sorry about my post concerning my new ED job. I thought I followed the correct process to send the e-mail directly to LunahRN, but obviously I failed. Ooops, my bad

LunahRN, I have to tell you that I have watched for your post since I decided years ago to obtain my RN through Excelsior College. Along with the fact that you were a paramedic obtaining your RN through Excelsior also has provided me a little extra m...

Advise from Nurse Managers My story I have desired an RN degree for many years but could not attend the traditional nursing programs due to my fire department schedule of 24 hours on duty. Well, a few years ago I met a nurse who had obtained his RN t...

Hello Brian, I have applied for a few positions at St. Francis as well as Baptist and Methodist systems. I basically would take what ever position I could get, because my view is beggars cant be picky. I also realize that no matter what position I st...

Thanks for all of your advice.

As an 18 year paramedic and new RN; I thank you for your appreciation.

Would this be an intravenouse drip solution?

One of the problems with nursing is that most nurses have no formal training in management, supervision, or how to combine them to be a good leader. Therefore, their reasoning processes involve a lot of trial and error learning, often contamination b...

It is permissible to have a conscious hypoglycemic patient orally ingest a high glucose drink or paste as a conservative measure to elevate her glucose level. However, you can never administer an oral drink to an unconscious patient, and we all know ...

Yes, both forms of ventricular tachycardia are shockable. For the unconscious patient you defibrillate For the conscious patient, you use synchronized cardioversion For unconscious defibrillation, you shock randomly For conscious synchronized card...

Male physicians assist with infant deliveries and as a male RN/ Paramedic, I also have assisted patients with the births of their infants. Just because one is a female most certainly does not prove they know more about deliveries. Most female nurse...

The terms manager and supervisors overlap in their meaning. A manager is responsible for how a business is operated. This is done by managing supplies and personnel. To manage personnel, one should be able to supervise their performance on the job ...

excelsior college is how i obtained my rn. i just passed the nclex-rn ten days ago, so you most certainly can do it.

It seems to me that many people confuse supervision with license. There is a difference A license is an individual's legal permission to practice health care at a particular level based on one's education. A license is not an umbrella for subordin...

I love your screen saying, "life is full of little pricks"! Gave me a good laugh.

Yes Sir you are correct! Not only did I program it into my cellular telephone, I also put it into my laptop computer. I still forgot. I know, what a dufuss. Ha, Ha.

You are never wrong in asking another person for advice. However, asking for advice does not necessarily mean you have to follow it exactly. You were absolutely correct in researching your question as soon as you could. Maybe you could consider purch...

As a Fire Officer / Paramedic, I feel you and your "friends" should be charged for immaturity and stupidity. Do you and your friends not realize how much it cost to send multiple apparatuses to an emergency scene, or how you slow our response to a re...

Hello Nurses, I would appreciate your time and effort in providing a description of what pulmonary nursing is actually about. I realize it relates to patients with respiratory related illness such as asthma, COPD, bronchitis, ARDS, or maybe inhalatio...

As a guy about to be an RN in two weeks (hopefully), I really enjoyed reading this post. Finally I am able read a brief post as to why you female nurses seem to rant and rave at each other constantly here at All Nurses.com. I have often read various...

Please explain what LTC stands for. Thank you