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Who told you that?? I was a paramedic for several years in D.C., went to nursing school, and do not work in a trauma unit currently.

If you want to be a nurse, go to nursing school not EMT.

Ditto Island on the flight nurse...not worth the risk. You also will have to have TNCC, and several years of ICU experience to even be considered for a flight team.

I'm not sure you have realistic expectations for the future right now. Nursing school= 4 years, Med/Surg experience= 2-3 years, ICU experience= 3-5 years, then you will be considered for a flight team, if they're still around in 10-15 years.

What meds are they giving the patient for the K? EKG?

That is awesome

I find that there is a difference in appreciation for the literature betweens the ASNs and BSNs.

I know it's not this way everywhere, but around here you'll be hard-pressed to find an ADN in ER's, and very rare in other units of the hospital since most won't hire new grads unless they are BSN and if they are hired, it's because they were already working at the facility.

Can we sit the patient up some more?

Access?

Hx?

Meds?

It's silly that an ER nurse doesn't know about NEXUS. Makes me pissed that I don't have enough "experience" to work in an ER.

Reading is fundamental.

There are tons on mnemonics for the cranial nerves.

ETA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mnemonics_for_the_cranial_nerves

Welcome!

Just because someone is suicidal, does not mean they are altered beyond making informed decisions. Patient's have the right to refuse treatments, even life-saving ones.

Oh Oh Oh...to touch and feel...

If you want to advertise, talk to Admin. You're not winning anyone over with your post flooding.

SAMPLE is a mnemonic device I thought...why have to remember some other words as well as just SAMPLE?!?!

Decorticate, you protect the core, your arms are flexed and you're protecting yourself still, decerebrate is the opposite where you're extended.

The only time I use a memory device is for the cranial nerves.

I've worked 64 hours this week

Know some people out there and have a friend who works in Woodbridge. Welcome!

Well Mike, this kind of snuck up on me, since I wasn't currently actively using my medic card since I can't use a Missouri card in the lame state of Maryland, I just wasn't practicing and I knew that the time was coming shortly but I didn't really think about it until I was cleaning out my wallet and saw the expiration date.

Maryland also has that funny requirement that you have to be affiliated with an agency to maintain your license. That's how mine lapsed when I moved to CO.

I remember when I "retired" from EMS, when I let my NR and state license lapse. It was a weird feeling for me, even though I had only been in EMS for 5 years at the time. Congrats Ruff!

Reading up on anatomy, reviewing pharmacology, and be in the mind-set to tackle the course and learn as much as you can and never stop learning, even when the course is completed.

If you want to be a doctor, be a doctor and get paid like a doctor. I wouldn't expect to be paid as a doctor even with a DNP title because nurses don't have the 4 years, we have on average 2, and no prolonged residency/fellowship requirements.

I "think" it's fair to say that affairs can "lead" to a divorce, but not that the fire service is to "blame" for the affair. Look at the population as a whole and then tell me that the fire service is to "blame" for affairs occurring.

It may not be nationally mandated but my program grew by almost double the clinical hours required for those graduating after 2015. I know it's not much, but the clinical experience can't hurt.

I've always wanted NP and not MD which is why I went to nursing school and not medical school. I don't want to be called a doctor because I like the nursing line of thought better, but that's just me. I work with some awesome NP, PA, and MD's and also some not so great ones on all levels. I prefer dealing with NP's though because I feel like we speak the same language and for the most part they are more trusting of the nursing assessment and judgement.

I didn't know. I didn't start looking at programs until this past summer. I don't know why there hasn't been more of a change with the change in degree type. I'm happy to just have an NP with no D:).

My program has advanced pathophysiology, advanced assessment, and pharmacology for the prescribing provider. We'll see what all that means in about a year or so!

DNP's have referred to themselves as doctor's but I still like the term NP better, it's becoming more common to see NP's in the hospital as well.

Google is your friend.

http://www.doh.wa.gov/LicensesPermitsandCertificates/ProfessionsNewReneworUpdate/EMSEducationandCertification/EMSProviderCertificationandRecertification/InitialEMSCertification.aspx