Flatline

Flatline BSN, RN

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  1. RFID Implantation and Implementation: A Look Into the Future

    Flatline replied to David Offenbaker's topic in General Nursing

    Lol. No one cares. If they did cellphones, credit cards, fitness trackers, online shopping, Amazon Echo, etc, etc would all have been market failures. Implantable RFID tags would actually improve...

  2. IV catheters

    Flatline replied to christina816's topic in General Nursing

    Blood vessels have 3 layers, the tunica intima which is a single layer of smooth endothelial cells, the tunica media which is a thick layer of muscle responsible for contracting and relaxing...

  3. Is it a bad idea to go to nursing school right now? (No more shortage)

    Flatline replied to Skippy97's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    LOL. The Baby Boomer nurses may be holding on but eventually they will die, they might die at the bedside but they will all eventually die. You will hear lots of whining and crying from those who...

  4. breakups & nursing school

    Flatline replied to jamielerae's topic in General Students

    Dear god...nursing students have had wives, husbands, and children die. They have been deployed into combat and others have been diagnosed with cancer. Whether or not a breakup with a boyfriend will...

  5. IVEA - The Innovative Replacement for the IV Pole - NTI

    Flatline replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Is this a paid

  6. Scope of Practice Question - Texas specific

    Flatline replied to LevitateMe's topic in General Nursing

    The ability to prescribe or administer medications independently is state regulated and there are some states that do allow non-advanced practice registered nurses to prescribe and administer...

  7. to AMA or not to AMA?

    Flatline replied to newnurse925's topic in General Nursing

    As a general rule of life, in and out of the hospital, unless there is a real and immediate danger of serious harm or death to others or themselves it is generally frowned upon to physically restrain...

  8. Criminal Charge... Last Semester of School

    Flatline replied to kjl31's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Your lawyer sucked. If I was in your shoes I would get another lawyer to take a look at it to see if they can get the charges thrown out and/or expunged. If they cannot now, after you serve your...

  9. Scope of Practice Question - Texas specific

    Flatline replied to LevitateMe's topic in General Nursing

    Yes and many do. Private duty nursing is fairly popular and I know many vascular access nurses who have independently contracted themselves to

  10. NTI: Medical Marijuana

    Flatline replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    It has never been well defined for me but what is the difference from Marinol? I have been giving Marinol for years with my Onc patients but never understood why the desperation for smoking or...

  11. Scope of Practice Question - Texas specific

    Flatline replied to LevitateMe's topic in General Nursing

    I have never heard of a requirement for any non-advanced practice registered nurse to practice under a physician in any state. Nursing is a separate and unique profession from that of

  12. Is this reasonable or just over the top?

    Flatline replied to Lakeshore18's topic in General Nursing

    LOL. This is why we need to be more politically active? Scripts? What would you do, legislate away scripts? When it comes down to it a hospital is a business like any other and some businesses are...

  13. Dialysis

    Flatline replied to ConfuseRN's topic in General Nursing

    The title of "charge nurse" is mostly an employer designation. As the individual with the highest level of licensure you are de facto in charge and responsible. There was a case years ago in a LTC...

  14. E.R. Alien proof

    Flatline replied to RayeAnn Kemp's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I have encountered this many times in my career where mysterious foreign objects are found inside of someone. For some odd reason the objects are typically lodged in the rectum with no memory of...

  15. Is it common for nurses to have papers published?

    Flatline replied to Raven1994's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, there are many journals that are primarily nursing focussed. Most industry based companies (medical manufacturers, pharma, etc) hire teams of nurse writers who do nothing but write articles,...

  16. How hard is nursing school?

    Flatline replied to Jmcm1025's topic in General Nursing

    I think you would find it easier to ask someone to describe the smell of oranges. Nursing school can either be extremely easy or so hard you fail, it highly depends upon your personal attributes and...

  17. Question for nurses that are male...

    Flatline replied to NurseLife88's topic in General Nursing

    I would recommend that we try to restrain from inappropriate and quite honestly sexist stereotypes based upon an arbitrary differentiator like sex in this discussion. There is enough to debate in the...

  18. Question for nurses that are male...

    Flatline replied to NurseLife88's topic in General Nursing

    To me the terms like feminazi, misogyny, and even misandry all belong in the same category of pejorative terms used to launch ad hominem attacks instead of debating the substance of the content. I...

  19. Question for nurses that are male...

    Flatline replied to NurseLife88's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe that is the problem, you are speaking at an arbitrary minority group? Maybe we as nurses should look beyond minority groups and just see each other as the professional nurses we

  20. Question for nurses that are male...

    Flatline replied to NurseLife88's topic in General Nursing

    We unified nurses regardless of age, race, or

  21. Question for nurses that are male...

    Flatline replied to NurseLife88's topic in General Nursing

    Men had nothing to do with scrubs, keep in mind men have had a long presence in nursing and generally wore tunic tops. The rise in healthcare prices and the subsequent push to decrease costs forced...

  22. How to handle lazy CNA's?

    Flatline replied to CedarGirl10's topic in General Nursing

    Keep in mind that the CNA makes little more than minimum wage for the worst back breaking work. There are definitely bad apples but I always had a great deal of respect for the hard work they go...

  23. Question for nurses that are male...

    Flatline replied to NurseLife88's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, some animals are more equal than others right? Let's fight injustice with more injustice? Is inequality just a banner that you wave around to elevate yourself above others? You would have an...

  24. Question for nurses that are male...

    Flatline replied to NurseLife88's topic in General Nursing

    I know many men who have been turned away from women's health units solely based off of

  25. Question for nurses that are male...

    Flatline replied to NurseLife88's topic in General Nursing

    Do you insert IVs because of your sex? Men are sometimes asked to perform certain, many times unpleasant, tasks entirely based off of their sex and that is the