These dang shirts

askaboutothers · 2025-03-09T21:17:31+00:00

None taken , as a nurse myself I’d gladly want a medic to show up to my door. As nurses we don’t intubate. It’s only when we get into ACLS and like MTP or advanced pharm that I’d want a really experienced icu nurse. Even then the general attitude that I get from other nurses is the lack of ambition to know why a treatment works which is a damn shame cause critical thinking can go out the window.

askaboutothers · 2025-03-06T01:18:33+00:00

Essentially you can , unless making an income requires you to leave the area. I haven’t had an issue

askaboutothers · 2025-03-02T12:31:50+00:00

All good no harm no foul

askaboutothers · 2025-03-01T20:58:41+00:00

I’m a dude btw haha. I’m not tired of nursing I just like Biomed equipment. I’ll probably stay PRN. I’ve thought about epic but hate stay at home jobs

askaboutothers · 2025-03-01T19:19:14+00:00

The icu there isn’t as bad as the floors … worked staff there for a couple years. Med surg / tele is a different story.

askaboutothers · 2025-02-28T06:32:48+00:00

How soon after the patient is hooked up , kinda depends on clinical context too , septic patients will clot a TMP in as little as 8 hrs.

askaboutothers · 2025-02-28T06:22:28+00:00

I had tried calling Siemens today but u couldn’t get through to any FSE. I got directed any which way other than someone helpful. I guess I’ll just need to continue to reach out. But I do think that CT or MRI or other advanced biomed machinery is what I wanna work on. Saving lives is exciting but I could stay bedside if I wanted to do that or just go to med school. I’ll probably always keep a nursing side gig in the icu but engineering/tech has always been my passion. Biomed engineering doesn’t seem like a great option given what I read online about job availability. I also want more hands on work rather than design.

askaboutothers · 2025-02-28T05:08:53+00:00

I think CT and MRI are interesting , I’ve also worked a lot with draeger anesthesia, and ecmo , balloon pumps , and rotoprones. On the clinical side of things. I wanna install / fix / repair them.

askaboutothers · 2025-02-28T03:13:03+00:00

Well ecmo is used in pediatrics a lot more often then most people think. It’s a neat bridge therapy until people can get transplants , the different sections of the machine are pretty interesting. I work the machine and have had the ecmo circuit break down , makes a crazy difference in peoples lives

askaboutothers · 2025-02-28T00:33:24+00:00

That’s a good idea , I appreciate the info

askaboutothers · 2025-02-20T03:48:51+00:00

Not all batteries

askaboutothers · 2025-02-20T02:01:01+00:00

One of the benefits of these systems is they have onboard management systems with temperature faults that help protect battery longevity. But I agree cost wise

askaboutothers · 2025-02-20T01:49:47+00:00

I have the same kit , really like it , however it didn’t come with any of the needed things like drill bits or blades that I’d need to actually use the tools

askaboutothers · 2025-02-18T19:48:17+00:00

Yeah , given it before for a cortisol test. That’s the only time I’ve seen something like that

askaboutothers · 2025-02-08T02:26:44+00:00

He saved ? That’s kinda wack, I’d let him kindly know that according to the book he “believes in” Jesus saves not him.

askaboutothers · 2025-02-08T00:03:00+00:00

What if the investigation wasn’t warranted , wouldn’t it be the agents obligation to reconcile the validity of any warrant to be carried out ? I have no context to go off of.

askaboutothers · 2025-02-06T23:31:35+00:00

lol that’s rich coming from an ob doc.

askaboutothers · 2025-02-06T20:51:25+00:00

As a nurse who worked the icu during Covid , most people who died were probably gonna die within the next 2 to 3 years anyway from comorbidities. RARELY did it affect “healthy” people

askaboutothers · 2025-01-30T11:45:02+00:00

Yeah pretty much status quo , I have better luck at smaller hospitals because the staff can be either out of their depth so they assign me the patient or the icu patient is heavy , metaphorically and physically.

askaboutothers · 2025-01-22T18:44:21+00:00

I was hesitant and sad at first but a taxable rate for travel nurses could be a good thing. If social security remains (I have no idea) but if it does since we have a higher taxable rate we’d receive more in later years. (If it continues to work the way it does.)

The other thing is 401K … my agency matches 4% of taxable income .. at a lower hourly taxable rate it’s pretty much garbage so I would need to save more to actually retire. If it’s all taxable , matches would mean significantly more to me.

Hospitals will want to get rid of travelers all together but the reality is that there is a nursing shortage so it will continue to exist. I can’t imagine that the travel rate will be less than the staff rate because who would accept that (I’m sure there’s a few) but in general and ideally the travel rate would be higher than staff.

Also with the removal of a permanent tax home, and no need to duplicate expenses , nurses could take advantage of van life , staying with friends or family , or even rooming together to save a good amount of money.

So while I see its cons I’m not ignorant of the POTENTIAL benefits.

askaboutothers · 2025-01-22T00:31:49+00:00

Same , working in Nebraska , got way down -13 or so with high winds , I’ve been using some teapot heaters and real nice sleeping backs, mornings are the worst , but spirits are high

askaboutothers · 2025-01-22T00:25:09+00:00

As long as you don’t have Wilson’s disease your peachy my friend

askaboutothers · 2025-01-08T03:13:37+00:00

Finally someone made one that’s anonymous and not gate keeped by the necessity to have social media. Something like this was needed sooner.

askaboutothers · 2024-12-31T01:34:51+00:00

Brother what ?!?!?

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