Thanks!~!!!



/what boo boos may look like.

ArkAngel: Good thing they had notes from their parents authorizing care

Sadly, this.

Can't see. Turns anyway. Typical.

So she promptly placed pillows under all their necks, and did an emergency drag out of the car because she saw white smoke coming from under the hood?

/Happy EMS Week!

My mom is a nurse and has had to do something similar quite a few times, sadly. I think it's in their oath that they have to stop and help if people are in medical danger.

CSB Time: Mom worked at a hospital in a town 20 miles away back when I was in high school. She usually worked the B shift (3p-11p) and she would get home around midnight. One night, my dad and I were waiting for her to get home and midnight rolled around and she wasn't there. Finally about 12:30 we decided to go out looking for her. The section of highway she usually took was notoriously bad for accidents. We got about 12 miles out and saw the flashing lights. There were cop cars, ambulances, firetrucks, you name it.

We pulled up and asked the first emergency personnel we saw who was involved and if they'd seen mom. Firefighter guy said, "Yeah, she was the first one on the scene and called it in." I guess she helped stabilize a couple of the injured people till the EMT's got there. She was still helping and filling out reports when we got there. Come to find out, She said one of the guys in the wreck was decapitated in the crash. Crazy stuff, man. That was the worst one. She had to stop a few other times on that road to make sure people were okay. They finally just moved to town a few years ago so she wouldn't have to drive.

/end CSB

"A violent crash in Bethel Township brought out the nurse's instinct in a woman used to applying Band-aids and sick comforting students."
Does she apply band-aids and "sick", in order to comfort students?
Does she appy sick (though comforting) students on something?
Does she sick the comforting students on someone?

Ideal school nurse.

BronyMedic: So she promptly placed pillows under all their necks, and did an emergency drag out of the car because she saw white smoke coming from under the hood?

/Happy EMS Week!

It's a calling.

Happy EMS Week to you sir.

School nurses have medical training? I thought they just ran some sort of lounge for girls pretending to have their periods to get out of exams.

I can't wait for the follow up where she's fired for some violation of zero tolerance school district policy.

My Favorite Nurse


/always wanted her to fix *my* boo boo.

Beerguy: I have said it before, Earth would be a better place if Nurses ran the world.

Yes, we should all have a pedantic, overworked woman, with a 1/4 of the training she should have, running the world.

/Knows two nurses very well
//Truly wonders how hospitals have such a high survival rate

I know a RN who is a school nurse in a wealthy school district. The pay is less than the local hospital, but she has zero stress, off all summer, off for every holiday, off for teacher conferences, excellent benefits and full pension after 25 years.

If I knew then, what I know now, I would have undergone a sex change and become a school nurse.

Hot nurse thread!

Whiskey Dickens: Yes, we should all have a pedantic, overworked woman, with a 1/4 of the training she should have, running the world.

But enough about floor nurses, let's talk about the real people who rule the world - the ER Charge Nurse.

Thalarion: Hot nurse thread!

Hellooooo, nurse!

I don't know what this is. SafeSearch was on. But here anyway.

FirstNationalBastard: ChipNASA: My Favorite Nurse
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/always wanted her to fix *my* boo boo.

And, she had a bush you could hide a VCR in.

"Go on......"
(heads to the garage grab my "Weed Wacker")
/and you know this *how*

Active introvert: BronyMedic: So she promptly placed pillows under all their necks, and did an emergency drag out of the car because she saw white smoke coming from under the hood?

/Happy EMS Week!

It's a calling.

Happy EMS Week to you sir.

And Happy EMS Week from Wyoming.

Wow you mean she didn't lock them in a room so that she could watch them die of asphyxiation? But didn't they say that School Nurses where not suppose to interfere?

Fissile: I know a RN who is a school nurse in a wealthy school district. The pay is less than the local hospital, but she has zero stress, off all summer, off for every holiday, off for teacher conferences, excellent benefits and full pension after 25 years.

If I knew then, what I know now, I would have undergone a sex change and become a school nurse.

You DO realize men are nurses, too? And the men make more money than the women.

algrant33: You DO realize men are nurses, too? And the men make more money than the women.

But they get less respect, and take a lot more crap from the women too. And in many places, they are prohibited by facility policy from performing procedures on women - such as urinary catheterization or pelvic exams.

I was just wondering if you might know why my son is trying to split his head open with an icepick?

BronyMedic: algrant33: You DO realize men are nurses, too? And the men make more money than the women.

But they get less respect, and take a lot more crap from the women too. And in many places, they are prohibited by facility policy from performing procedures on women - such as urinary catheterization or pelvic exams.

Until they hit CRNA or NP, which is what any male nurse in their right mind is working towards.

algrant33: Fissile: I know a RN who is a school nurse in a wealthy school district. The pay is less than the local hospital, but she has zero stress, off all summer, off for every holiday, off for teacher conferences, excellent benefits and full pension after 25 years.

If I knew then, what I know now, I would have undergone a sex change and become a school nurse.

You DO realize men are nurses, too? And the men make more money than the women.

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Yes, I've seen male nurses in hospitals and clinics, but I've never seen a male school nurse in a coed elementary school. If you want a job as a RN, school nurse in a wealthy school district is the place to be.

Oh man, the school district is gonna get sued for sure!

Bet she didn't give 'em fruit cup.

So she didn't just lock them in a room,watch them slowly suffocate, and not call 911? Amazing!

algrant33: BronyMedic: algrant33: Until they hit CRNA or NP, which is what any male nurse in their right mind is working towards.

Meh. I get tired of 'stepping stone' nurses. Some of the worst care I've ever seen across the board as they mark time till leaving the 'bad kind' of nursing. It was the same in 90s when every kid wet behind the ears with a BSN was shooting straight for management with no practical skills.

Precious little patience for them.

/Always have to make sure they're not killing someone

Good thing they didn't have asthma.

jagabaya: Meh. I get tired of 'stepping stone' nurses. Some of the worst care I've ever seen across the board as they mark time till leaving the 'bad kind' of nursing. It was the same in 90s when every kid wet behind the ears with a BSN was shooting straight for management with no practical skills.

Precious little patience for them.

/Always have to make sure they're not killing someone

THANK YOU.

I get so mad at people who use any kind of healthcare profession as a "stepping stone", and it shows in the way they treat their patients. When I graduated Paramedic school, I had the opportunity to set in on the evaluation board for the next two years class, and I learned quickly why people were told when they interviewed to not mention wanting to be an RN. They were grilled ruthlessly. The ones who said they were just taking paramedic until they got into nursing school didn't even make the consideration phase, they were cut on the spot.

One of the worst nurses I've ever seen was telling us that she was only floor nursing until she got into Nurse Praciticioner school. This was the same nurse at a nursing home who gave Dextrose 50% IM.

How do you even do that?

BronyMedic: One of the worst nurses I've ever seen was telling us that she was only floor nursing until she got into Nurse Praciticioner school. This was the same nurse at a nursing home who gave Dextrose 50% IM.

HAHAHAHAHA.

"Nurse" at con home " you take him now."
Medic "what's wrong?"
Nurse "He not my patient. I just came on shift. It's my first day. I can't find his paperwork. It just started right now."
Medic "?" facepalm.

Active introvert: HAHAHAHAHA.

"Nurse" at con home " you take him now."
Medic "what's wrong?"
Nurse "He not my patient. I just came on shift. It's my first day. I can't find his paperwork. It just started right now."
Medic "?" facepalm.

HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEH

Nurse: Oh, there you people are. We've been waiting 15 minutes. Why did it take you so long to get here!
Me: We came from across town. We actually got here pretty fast considering traffic.
Nurse: Well, Mr. Soandso is in room 15, and he's having trouble breathing. You need to take him to Hospital X
Me: So can I get his chart and information? Pretend I'm a nurse and give me hand-off report.
Nurse: REPORT HAS ALREADY BEEN CALLED AND THAT WOULD VIOLATE HIPAA.
Me: You're an idiot.

There are plenty of good nurses out there, and anyone capable who sees an injured person should lend a hand until help is on scene. That being said, I don't really want a nurse's help once I'm there. I know it is very exciting to witness an emergency and to become involved, but I do this all day, every day. I've managed to successfully muddle through the last 8 calls today without you, and I think I can handle this one. I have no interest in what an RN who has worked at a neurologist's office, or the dialysis clinic, or the elementary school for 20 years thinks I should be doing about a trauma in the field. And these folks will tell you how to do it once they're involved. "I'm a NURSE!". Me: Are you an ER nurse? "Well, no..." Me: Then please leave.

The only thing worse is when a proctologist or something tries to butt (heh) in. They'll state they're a doctor, start giving orders and asking specific, complicated and useless questions. They're easier to scare off, though. Me: Are you taking over care for this patient and riding to the hospital? "Well, no..." Me: Then please leave.

Funny... I'm not a nurse, but I was right in front of a fairly major accident more than once,and I always stopped and did first-aid until the paramedic arrived.

Once while on my motorcycle, stopped at major accident that happened a few seconds before I got there, and got in the car with the victim, insuring that the guy wasn't bleeding out, while others were doing what they could to prevent fire as the gas was going everywhere. It appeared the guy's leg were broken and no way to move him safely. Paramedic arrived and were dicks... I ended up having to break the door (opening it all the way to the front) so that they could get to the guy properly, instead of the paramedic tugging on the poor guy.

Once while on a family outing, so wife and kids stayed in the car while I stopped bleeding and did what I could to prevent the victim from going unconscious, and insuring that he didn't move as he appeared to have broken bones and was incomplete shock (no longer knew where he was) and trying to get up.

Both times, it was good to see a few guys jump in and help, complete strangers able to work together as a team, but the number of bi-standers just being stupid about it and getting in the way was very annoying.

_{/didn't make the news those time
/did make the news front page during my sister and her kid's hostage taking by her ex-husband though but the picture (as my niece jumping in my arms, as things were getting resolved) was from behind, so you don't see my face.}

Raug the Dwarf: I think it's in their oath that they have to stop and help if people are in medical danger.

I was told that if you're not actually functioning in a capacity where you are voluntarily accepting responsibility for providing care for a person, you have no legal duty to treat them. It would be kind of a dick move not to do what you can considering how much more you know than some random schmuck, but you're not bound by anything other than conscience to stop and help people if you're not at work.

Jerkwater: School nurses have medical training? I thought they just ran some sort of lounge for girls pretending to have their periods to get out of exams.

They're generally RNs. They do all kinds of stuff regarding education, screening tests, and taking care of kids and staff members with chronic conditions. Or they're supposed to, anyway.

Dictatorial_Flair: Raug the Dwarf: I think it's in their oath that they have to stop and help if people are in medical danger.

I was told that if you're not actually functioning in a capacity where you are voluntarily accepting responsibility for providing care for a person, you have no legal duty to treat them. It would be kind of a dick move not to do what you can considering how much more you know than some random schmuck, but you're not bound by anything other than conscience to stop and help people if you're not at work.

THIS... btw... before someone comes in with the urban legend about the whole "legally responsible to help if you are certified or such in first aid or in a medical profession"

No one is legally obliged to help unless they are the paramedic that were called in. ('cause it's like... their jobs)

imfallen_angel: No one is legally obliged to help unless they are the paramedic that were called in. ('cause it's like... their jobs)

And I think that even they have the right to refuse if the scene is too dangerous. I'm not a paramedic though, so I could be wrong.