ayysolapsu09

I work in a 17 bed community ER, with a Level II trauma center a county away from me. I applied for the level II, but interviewed with the community ER and was offered a position there, which I accepted. In my 2.5 years there, I have seen a few sea...

A lot of good stuff here. A piece of advice that I have heard before is to be the "scribe" during a code. Everyone is supposed to shout their stuff out as things are being done (Epi at 0400, followed by flush, etc). If you are in charge of writing...

I did the same thing. I ran EMS for 4 years while going to RN school. Being an EMT really helped hone my assessment skills and made it easier to pick out the "sick" patients quicker. It also eased the transition by getting me comfortably assessing...

One of the posters compared a stethoscope with golf clubs, and how you shouldn't spend money on clubs until you're good. Speaking as a golfer, bear with me while I expand that analogy to include the reality. An expensive set of clubs is not nearly a...

I have been a nurse for a grand total of 7 months, and have been working as an EMT for 4 years while going to RN school. Most of my instructors thought I would end up in the ED because of my pre-hospital experience. I personally thought differently...

Rory Miller writes in his book called Facing Violence: Preparing for the Unexpected about glitches. Rory Miller is a former corrections officer and jack of all trades who writes extensively about self defense principles that can be easily applied to...

I am currently 6 months into my first nursing job, and I have to say that working is much more stressful than school. I worked EMS while going to nursing school, so school was relatively easy. It has been stated before, but as a student you really ...

Another aspect is the mobility you gain in nursing with a strong base. I just graduated and started in Med-Surg because I don't intend on staying where I am at in the long term (5-10 years or so). I think that being able to put 1-2 years of med-sur...

Hi all, I'm a nursing student about a semester and a quarter from graduating (still have to get through that stuff, so I know that I'm thinking a little bit into the future). I was wondering about everyone's opinions on what type of nursing I should...

It's all been pretty much said, but I wouldn't mind putting in my $0.02. I'm currently in RN school, working as an EMT, and worked previously in a county prison as a Booking officer. I don't have a lot of RN experience, but I have a lot of experien...

I'm entering nursing school in about a month, and I am looking at the ED as a place where I eventually want to work. I used to work Booking at a county correctional facility, and there are a lot of the same elements involved. You have basic work th...

If I did wine I'd do a chilled white. But beer bottles are sturdier, so there's less of a chance of them breaking and cutting you up. Beer cans are probably the best in terms of safety. But to each his own for sure, as long as alcohol is involved ...

In one of my previous jobs I was a corrections officer. I worked mainly 3-11, but I'd also do a lot of 11-7 double shifts. That meant that I'd get home by around 7:30 or so and have to be at work at 3 again that day if I was on the schedule (you co...