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  1. Are registered nurses considered First Responders?

    GregRN replied to wordstew's topic in General Nursing

    It can get pretty dicey when you are working in a different role but are an RN. I would want to protect my RN license at an accident scene by being trained as a first responder. As an RN your scope...

  2. On the CRNA route, so which would be better to work: SICU or MICU?

    GregRN replied to Scrubz's topic in MICU, SICU

    I worked in the MICU for about a year before switching to SICU a couple months ago. CRNA schools are happy with experience in either, with some having a slight preference toward SICU. In theory, in...

  3. what kind of patients go to MICU?

    GregRN replied to sasparilla's topic in MICU, SICU

    I used to work in the MICU and just transferred to the SICU a couple months ago. MICU involves critically ill patients with life-threatening/potentially life threatening illnesses that do not require...

  4. Anesthesologist and CRNA collaboration

    GregRN posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    i've been a lurker on this board for about a year now; not particularly active in participation, but more active in soaking up knowledge from others as i start my nursing career. i'm interested in a...

  5. The Circumcision Discussion

    GregRN replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Me too. I wonder if we had the same doc?I've had far, far worse things happen to me without nearly the benefits that circ's provide. For those who have them done when they are older as adults, why...

  6. I Never Remember....

    GregRN replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I never remember the reasons I got into nursing in the first

  7. The Circumcision Discussion

    GregRN replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work in an ICU and have spent a lot of time volunteering in a Level I trauma ER. ICU's and ER's are full of people who put off getting things checked for weeks and months, things that should have...

  8. Update from my story, med error could cost my job

    GregRN replied to dmwRNpa's topic in General Nursing

    Nope. Won't blast you. Not a chance. I hate to say it, but you're

  9. Better ICU nurse with med/surg experience?

    GregRN replied to withasmilelpn's topic in MICU, SICU

    this sounds more a result of the hosptial, not the nurse. be careful about inferring to the population as a whole based your experience at one institution.there are many variables that need to come...

  10. Anesthesologist and CRNA collaboration

    GregRN replied to GregRN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Yikes. This is exactly the turn I didn't want this thread to take.Paindoc, can I safely assume you are an anesthesiologist? If so, I'd like to hear your take on the original question of this

  11. Med error could cost my job? Need help!

    GregRN replied to dmwRNpa's topic in General Nursing

    For those demanding a drug test, you're missing the point; it really won't do any good. If the hospital wants to paint a picture that she's diverting drugs, they can do so without saying that she's...

  12. Acute-on-chronic?

    GregRN replied to cardiac.cure03's topic in MICU, SICU

    Take a look at Acute on Chronic Renal Failure. A patient may have an acute exacerbation of chronic failure, evidenced by increased creatnine. The baseline may be at a CRF level and an exacerbation...

  13. "Funny Codes"?

    GregRN replied to burn out's topic in General Nursing

    A couple weeks ago we got a code announcement over the intercom: "Code 1, COR zero, first floor atrium near the vending machines. Code 1, COR zero, first floor atrium near the vending machines." I...

  14. Any one CLEP'd sociology??

    GregRN replied to 1979blazer's topic in General Nursing

    It's likely you just need to pass. Your score isn't sent to the school, only that you passed.

  15. What does it take for a school to start NA program?

    GregRN replied to jollyjenny's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    We have the same issue here in Colorado. There are plenty of hospitals in and around Denver, but no CRNA program exists. Why not? Placements. Pure and simple. Most colleges can create the...

  16. Any one CLEP'd sociology??

    GregRN replied to 1979blazer's topic in General Nursing

    Well??

  17. Doctors that think they are god...

    GregRN replied to DebRN06's topic in General Nursing

    For the docs who try everything they know to "cure" a patient and make them better? Good. God bless them. We need them, and in the face of poor odds I would want my patient's doc trying to do and...

  18. sexual harrassment

    GregRN replied to ChristinaV's topic in General Nursing

    If it's good enough for astronauts, nurses should be able to use it,

  19. Any one CLEP'd sociology??

    GregRN replied to 1979blazer's topic in General Nursing

    I'm embarrassed to say just how little I studied for the CLEP sociology test. My accelerated BSN program required it before beginning the program. I put off the CLEP test as long as possible,...

  20. sexual harrassment

    GregRN replied to ChristinaV's topic in General Nursing

    That's what really bothered me about the whole thing. Too many times people do exactly what's being recommended here: run to the EEOC or an attorney, tell them about all the aweful things that are...

  21. sexual harrassment

    GregRN replied to ChristinaV's topic in General Nursing

    You're so far off in so many of your assertions I don't even know where to begin. Your assertion that HR exists to protect the facilities interests only is completely false, and any organization...

  22. sexual harrassment

    GregRN replied to ChristinaV's topic in General Nursing

    Completely and totally false. All HR departments are mandated by federal law. Further, that standard by which HR is measured when it comes to harrassment is "if they knew, or SHOULD have known"...

  23. sexual harrassment

    GregRN replied to ChristinaV's topic in General Nursing

    That was poorly worded on my part. I only meant that the incidents she described were not done to her, aside from the poking incident. My

  24. sexual harrassment

    GregRN replied to ChristinaV's topic in General Nursing

    I spent 9 years in HR before coming to healthcare. So far what you have is hearsay evidence of what people have told you he has done. Further, if you take this to HR or the police saying that you want...

  25. Need advice on job offer please!!!

    GregRN replied to elemschoolnurse's topic in MICU, SICU

    That should be a clue right there. Never, ever, ever go with an agreement that isn't in writing. I cannot stress this enough: either get it in writing or consider it lip service. Would you be happy...