Recent content by rook901

Hey all. Testing out this idea for a Paramedic shirt. What do you all think? Any suggestions for changes? One problem I know is the limited options for shirt colors (no lighter colors). I didn't think to just put a black stroke on the image to allow for printing on lighter shirts. If it sucks...

Oh, one more negative I just remembered -- sometimes when we would transfer to another hospital (usually pediatrics), the receiving hospital would call us and ask us why we left a butterfly in. We would have to explain to them that it is, in fact, an IV access device and not a lab draw butterfly. :D

I used these at a short stint in a nearby county hospital. These IV caths were about the only thing I miss from my employment there. They are awkward at first. However, once you get used to them, they are really convenient. NYMedic - the problem with connecting an INT loop to standard caths...

When I went to LPN school in 2005, we were taught to check for Homan's sign. Went back for my RN, and we were taught that it was no longer useful in screening for a DVT, so it's no longer part of your assessment. I have heard that it can dislodge a DVT, but I could never find any actual...

I have heard that OSHA requires access to shower facilities for anyone working a 24 hour shift or greater. Don't think there is any requirement for kitchen, sleeping quarters, etc. I see where you're going with this, and you're fighting a losing battle that's been fought by many, many before...

Let me preface this by saying I only read OP's posts. I don't see any reason to not take the BGL, especially considering that the pt has a hx of DM. I don't care if the pt is presenting with obvious hypo or hyperglycemia. I'm going to get a BGL just to add that in to the overall picture. It...

The whole random-article-in-foreign-language thing is a scammer's attempt to bypass Craigslist's system of blocking duplicate posts. It's really aggravating to see all of these schools posting in the employment section. Even when it's a "legit" school (I use that term loosely with places like...

Please stop pretending to be an expert on a nursing program that you only have cursory, second-hand knowledge of. Have you attended any of these CPNE workshops? Do you know what they entail? Did you know that there is an expected level of familiarity with the CPNE critical elements before...

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No need to get worked up. This is the internet. It's not really that serious. I will not disagree that TCN is a scam, but TCN is not Excelsior. To use this as an argument is to also call Indiana State University, Regis University, Angelo State University, and others degree mills due to TCN...

This is the pass rate for the CPNE. Not the pass rate for NCLEX. NCLEX pass rate for Excelsior grads is higher than the national average. The washout rate at Excelsior is equal to or better than the washout rate at a traditional program. The only difference is that the washout is typically at...

This statement alone proves beyond a doubt that you are absolutely blinded by your own arrogance. You believe that your personal opinion and experiences with education outweighs the opinion of an entire commission of nursing professionals with far more education and experience than your own...

+1 to this. As another poster pointed out to me in a PM, there are some people that believe that their personal experience with education dictates the path that everyone else should take. Looking through the OP's link, it states that there is a hands-on component after completing the didactic...

Judging by your juvenile response and the continued lack of hard evidence to support any of your ignorant claims, I'll assume that you have no further counterpoints to present.

Per your very special request, California was not included in the list. Feel free to reference the comprehensive list that I linked to on page 3 of this thread.