EMSnurse411

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1. Reasons to lose nursing license?

   EMSnurse411 replied to Srobbins2310's topic in General Nursing

   I had a husband and wife team of coworkers arrested on the floor by DEA for drug diversion.

2. Funniest thing you've heard in an interview

   EMSnurse411 replied to adventure_rn's topic in Humor

   I applied for nursing informatics job and one of the interviewers in the group of three asked me one question and he said later that he made his decision to hire me based purely on how I answered that one question. The question was " Do you belie...

3. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

   EMSnurse411 replied to yazisizit's topic in Humor

   I was fresh out of nursing school but had been a medic for 5-6 years and LTACs were a new thing. I was working at one since I had the medic experience and there was this lady who had severe abd cancer and for "comfort" the physician did a full pelvic...

4. An Atheist Nurse in King James Hospital

   EMSnurse411 replied to EMSnurse411's topic in Spirituality

   Pas I stated before that is not the issue its when the person asks me to say something (has happened several times) or asks what prayer I was to say or what I want to pray about and then that usually leads to bigger issues with whether I an saved

5. An Atheist Nurse in King James Hospital

   EMSnurse411 replied to EMSnurse411's topic in Spirituality

   How was I anti-catholic? I just quoted what several of the staff had said to me when I asked if they would mind praying with the patient while I did their dressings or something. In small towns where everyone works together and goes to the same chu...

6. An Atheist Nurse in King James Hospital

   EMSnurse411 replied to EMSnurse411's topic in Spirituality

   Ok then I will ask what you believe to be the issue with faking prayer. Which I do not consider just bowing head and holding hand to be doing but I would be interested in hearing your expert advice on faking prayer. And I think you have a serious is...

7. An Atheist Nurse in King James Hospital

   EMSnurse411 replied to EMSnurse411's topic in Spirituality

   It seems like people are not reading my post where I stated that I have no problem bowing my head and holding hands it's the number I times where the person will look at me and say something like "and who would you like to pray for" or "now what pray...

8. An Atheist Nurse in King James Hospital

   EMSnurse411 replied to EMSnurse411's topic in Spirituality

   I saw it posted by nurses rock which is part of or put on my all nurses.com

9. An Atheist Nurse in King James Hospital

   EMSnurse411 replied to EMSnurse411's topic in Spirituality

   Interesting, to me anyway, at one point you also paraphrased a quote I love from Einstein's Religion and Science (an article published in the NYTimes in 1930): "Man's plight would, indeed, be sad if he had to be kept in order through fear of punishme...

10. An Atheist Nurse in King James Hospital

    EMSnurse411 replied to EMSnurse411's topic in Spirituality

    The only hospitals in my area that will hire you without a BSN are religious.

11. An Atheist Nurse in King James Hospital

    EMSnurse411 replied to EMSnurse411's topic in Spirituality

    Wow I saw this got posted on Facebook and the people were not very nice and we're assuming I would abandon a patient because they are religious so let me say first that if possible I will sit and hold hands and let someone pray. What I was talking a...

12. An Atheist Nurse in King James Hospital

    EMSnurse411 replied to EMSnurse411's topic in Spirituality

    I wondered it anyone would get the homage to Mark Twain. (Ok so I am an atheist nerd). Luckily, I guess, I was raised catholic and went to catholic school so if I have to fake it I can. Our hospital has prayers paged over head several times a day (5...

13. An Atheist Nurse in King James Hospital

    EMSnurse411 replied to EMSnurse411's topic in Spirituality

    I have gotten the devil worship thing before. What I hate the most is the "well then you have no morals because morals come from God". Here is what I told someone the other day when they said that "If the only thing that keeps you from murdering an...

14. Stupid things that nurses say

    EMSnurse411 replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Humor

    I have to tell you something my mom said once (even though she is not a nurse but it tells you my genetics and how I have to watch what I say ). She was at work and normally answered her phone "ABC Company this is Susan how can I help you?" Someone w...

15. Dilaudid for self-driving patient.

    EMSnurse411 replied to thecode's topic in Safety

    I have worked in ER for a lot of my career and although it was a small town our policy was if the person drove themselves to ER and they wanted pain medication or any medication that could alter their driving they would have to either wait till drive...