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  1. 8jimi8

    the 100% directionless thread

    I guess I'm officially as old as my Dad was when I started listening to punk rock. I just can't understand it and nothing about it sounds good. And the *c*hick was only "kinda" hot.
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    the 100% directionless thread

    Don't go med surg. ICUs hire new grads all the time. I started out in ICU. I took a stepdown job to get my foot in the door at a level 1. All I learned was how horrible non critical care nursing is. Don't settle.
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    the 100% directionless thread

    I'm a climber. I've longingly looked at Mt Lemmon. I'm also ... brown... Sadly it's all about numbers.
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    the 100% directionless thread

    I fly Monday to Tucson. I'm interviewing at university of Arizona medical center for their CVICU. It's a heart and lung transplant unit. I've got a standing offer for 3 jobs here in Columbia for the medical Icu ( which is a 24,000$ pay cut)... Not to mention the state tax if I stay. I could...
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    the 100% directionless thread

    ER resident 0 :: 8jimi8 3 1 for the first night he was wrong and threw a tantrum 1 for the second night he was wrong 1 for the attending telling him he was wrong in front of me. Actually the last one should count as 2 8jimi8 4
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    the 100% directionless thread

    I'm watching the moron resident get demolished by the attending. I wonder if that fool will ignore my earnings again.
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    the 100% directionless thread

    are you hitting on me? gross!
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    the 100% directionless thread

    a tech last night was teasing me saying... you look like someone.... i can't say who... then she busts out, YOU LOOK LIKE A DAMN EMT. yeah. i don't like to wear pajamas at work.
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    the 100% directionless thread

    famous last words
  10. 8jimi8

    the 100% directionless thread

    first years are great. they listen. this moron, made me badger him for 6 hours until he finally realized i was right. after throwing a tantrum in the nursing station. forcing the patient to take meds she tried to refuse. and then ultimately understanding that his 3 years of...
  11. 8jimi8

    the 100% directionless thread

    the wrong resident just tangled with me. let's see how this plays out.
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    Most practical way to advance to RN.

    the fastest way is get your ADN and if you are planning on NP, you can take an RN to MSN/NP program. i dont know much about states that are requiring BSN, but it is NOT hard to get a job as an ADN. my second travel assignment and i'm at a level 1 here in south carolina in the medical icu.
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    Guess the EKG

    what is wrong with those rates? what phenomenon of ectopy initiates the increased atrial rates in the first place?
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    There is nothing more irritating than incompetent nurses...

    Then My job here is Done sans retaliation for misplac-ed hate
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    There is nothing more irritating than incompetent nurses...

    Another thing about being clear. Do not use abbreviations. I guarantee this is why the nurse didn't understand you. I didnt. I'm still wondering if you mean adult or acute pulmonary edema. Trying being clear an professional before you start bashing other professionals. Try...
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    Normal Range Oxygen Saturation readings in CHF Patients

    A better question: why wouldn't you expect shunt in pneumonia?
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    Help with anatomy and physiology

    take a smartphone or digital camera to your lab
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    Darn Thieving Drug Addict Fire Fighters

    interesting. quite a disparity in the number of nurses vs the number of ems suspensions. i wonder what the ratio of disciplinary actions/ N nurses vs disciplinary actions / N em providers. the number of nurses is pages long in the back of our newsletter
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    Darn Thieving Drug Addict Fire Fighters

    They publish this monthly when the board of nursing publishes it's newsletter. Nurses don't automatically lose their licenses, if they enroll in mandated treatment programsbecause addiction in any context is labeled a disease. Something you should have read about in your "education."...
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    the 100% directionless thread

    I just came up with a great name for a band. "Jimi clary and the diabetes (pronounced die-a-beats)
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