Scrubs_n_sirens

Hi there! I have multiples (: they’re just longgggg. I’m working on trying to condense them! I really don’t want paid for advertising. I know it sounds goofy but I want to keep my hands clean. I’m afraid if I jump down the rabbit hole of getting paid for things, it will cheapen my message, I will have to worry about disclaimering too much about my full time job not being involved in certain products, and I want people to feel like products are recommended on merit (not because it’s paying me too).

I'm in the process of starting a blog about flight nursing (how to become one, what it is like) and exploring my career in EMS, the ED, and discussing BCEN certifications. I'd love feedback! What do you think so far? https://scrubsnsirens.wordpress.com/

What are you guys requiring in the way of certifications etc for this position?

Americans in general do not drink enough and have some form of dehydration that may not be clinically present. If the person has a UTI, help hydrate them to flush em out. Other than that, I don't see why we do it so much. It's an over ordered intervention. But, unless they are fluid overloaded, I guess there's no real reason against it besides time to infuse, cost, risk of infection by iv.

Nursing isn't about money. Trust me, I don't get paid enough to deal with the abuse I get. I do it because I love it and couldn't imagine not doing it. Frankly, I wouldn't recommend stripping and nursing at the same time. Although it's not necessarily a bad thing to strip, some patients may not feel the same and it may make them uncomfortable if a family member recognizes you or something. It just depends on how much you want to be judged, because like it or not, it'll happen. Not saying it's right, but it will happen. Frankly, if you want to strip, then strip. I don't feel like you have the real and pure motivation to become a nurse. I see consistently that you want money. And people who go into the field for that don't last long.

Again: I feel like it needs reiterated, nurses don't purposefully mistreat students. We don't start our day with hurting feelings in mind. And just because some may not want a student nurse, doesn't make them a bad nurse or person, and it certainly doesn't make them mean or unprofessional. Some nurses know how much they can handle and sometimes putting a student on top of a full assignment does add more stress.

"Patient calling out of room, repeatedly, for nurse. Upon looking in on patient, found patient in no distress, lying quietly in bed. Upon physically walking into room and engaging patient, patient began to writhe in bed, screaming, and demanding 'something better than toradol!'" Patient is a drama llama, also should get 4 cc's of NorSal, fast push or titrated to nurse comfort.

Honestly as someone who was an EMT before school, went to paramedic school, and then nursing school: Go straight to nursing school, do not pass go. You can challenge the paramedic exam with a few days of clinical experience with intubation, etc in most states. Pay rate in my area is about 13$ an hour for paramedic and almost 30$ an hour for nursing. Nursing is going to be hard regardless of which level of nursing you go into. So is paramedic school. Healthcare isn't easy and you shouldn't expect it to be because humans are complicated critters. Just advice from someone whose been there.

Or your friend said her pay rate was higher than it really is?

I felt that way too. But part of my concern was that as I got more right, the questions got harder. I wouldn't worry yet

Yep. Happened to me. Was oriented on day shift and day shift only. Was turned loose on nights, and everyone was so gosh darn clicky. Never got asked if I wanted to order out, had people always talking about going out together while I stood there awkwardly, and overall had certain techs who gave no attitude to certain nurses but when I asked for things, jumped down my throat. It got less and less as time went by. Still don't really "hang out" with people outside of work but I also got a little more thick skinned that it doesn't bother me so much.

I have hemiplegic migraines that present like strokes. It starts as a headache and nothing else and progresses to hemiplegia. I Obviously I'm a different story but people will always go to the ED for nonemergent stuff. No use getting upset about it because until healthcare as a whole changes, it'll stay that way.

Don't put words in my mouth. I meant aide level work in that it is work the aides were permitted to do. If you've seen my other posts, you'd know I'm a strong advocate in "aide work" being everyone's work. Don't look for things that aren't there. Without my clinical instructor present I couldn't do "nursing level work" that aides could not do. Get off your high horse a second and chill. By the way... I am an RN who was an aide. I understand my role very well thank you

Yup. The rest of us are idiots. Now where's my things, you know the ones I was entitled to? What's this? A stethoscope? What's that for? Oh and you there, you massively expensive bachelors degree that is going to be expected of me by 2020... I need to use that diploma paper to write notes to myself to not forget to brush my teeth since I'm inept and obviously unprepared. -_-

Peeing is for the weak anyway. Real nurses reabsorb.