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  1. An Atheist Nurse in King James Hospital

    EMSnurse411 posted a topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Are there any other atheist nurses out there? How do you handle how religious healthcare is? I don't feel comfortable praying with a patient but I will find someone who is comfortable but the minute...

  2. 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

  3. Funniest thing you've heard in an interview

    EMSnurse411 replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing 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...

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

    EMSnurse411 replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing 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...

  5. An Atheist Nurse in King James Hospital

    EMSnurse411 replied to EMSnurse411's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    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...

  6. An Atheist Nurse in King James Hospital

    EMSnurse411 replied to EMSnurse411's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    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...

  7. An Atheist Nurse in King James Hospital

    EMSnurse411 replied to EMSnurse411's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    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...

  8. An Atheist Nurse in King James Hospital

    EMSnurse411 replied to EMSnurse411's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    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...

  9. An Atheist Nurse in King James Hospital

    EMSnurse411 replied to EMSnurse411's topic in Spirituality, Religion

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

  10. An Atheist Nurse in King James Hospital

    EMSnurse411 replied to EMSnurse411's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    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...

  11. An Atheist Nurse in King James Hospital

    EMSnurse411 replied to EMSnurse411's topic in Spirituality, Religion

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

  12. An Atheist Nurse in King James Hospital

    EMSnurse411 replied to EMSnurse411's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    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...

  13. An Atheist Nurse in King James Hospital

    EMSnurse411 replied to EMSnurse411's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    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...

  14. An Atheist Nurse in King James Hospital

    EMSnurse411 replied to EMSnurse411's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    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...

  15. Stupid things that nurses say

    EMSnurse411 replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Nursing 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...

  16. Dilaudid for self-driving patient.

    EMSnurse411 replied to thecode's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    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...

  17. An Atheist Nurse in King James Hospital

    EMSnurse411 replied to EMSnurse411's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I have left clinical nursing for the most part. I only work part time and work in the medical technology field full-time. I have sat and faked it before but I have gotten caught up in situations...

  18. I'm a sexless nurse

    EMSnurse411 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    It must be local to my area because I have worked at several hospitals and if a male was doing the cath a female had to be in the room. I never said two females just the fact that if a male is doing...

  19. Stupid things that nurses say

    EMSnurse411 replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    I was working in the ER and we had an EMT student with us and a patient was brought in with a gunshot and he looked at the EMT student and said "am I gonna die" and the student looked him in the eyes...

  20. Best MD note

    EMSnurse411 replied to beckster_01's topic in Nursing Humor

    I had a doctor write "The patient is suffering from extreme lower extremity hebbie

  21. Anyone Who Says They Don't is Lying: Medication Error

    EMSnurse411 replied to BonnieSc's topic in Patient Medications

    I have been a nurse for 18 years and a paramedic for 20 and I know I have made a few errors. I now work in the EMR industry and train nurses to use our system. We have developed the system to try...

  22. I'm a sexless nurse

    EMSnurse411 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    The reason for the female/female policy was that if a male were to cath a female there had to be a female chaperone in the room and then we were short 2 people while the pt was being cathed. So for...

  23. I'm a sexless nurse

    EMSnurse411 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    As a female nurse I understand your quandry. Since you have to have a female chaperone its probably easier for the female to do it and for you to do something to assist the female coworker. Most...