[hope4all56]

AHHHHH-- this is why nursing is so great. Never a dull moment, we have to laugh to keep from crying!!!!! You are so funny!!!!!

[Jessiedog]

...that the new RMO's are glorified secretaries. You tell them what drugs to write and what dose etc.,, and they sigh, smile and follow suit.

...that those same RMO's whose butts you saved with your long experience will treat you like crap when they graduate to Interns.

...that it is ALWAYS the nurses's fault.

...that elderly people with broken hips ALWAYS think they can walk. And do it each hour just to prove you wrong.

...there is no limit to the imagination of elderly confused patients when they fingerpaint with their own faeces.

...the only thing worse than watching somebody drink their own urine out of the urinal is watching somebody drink their neighbour's urine. (True story, I was a split-second late to prevent it!)

...that Breast Milk may look the same as a hydrolised baby formula, but it's not, and the crap hits the fan when it's accidentally given to the wrong infant.

...that nothing, NOTHING can EVER prepare you for the smell of true malaena!!

[Jessiedog]

Originally Posted by A476

I THINK THAT ALL OF THAT IS NEED TO KNOW INFORMATION. HOW DARE THEY NOT SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT STUFF. WHEN I START SCHOOL I WILL HAVE ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED BEFORE I SET FOOT IN A CLINICAL . BUT MAYBE NOT. I HOPE I NEVER RUN INTO PROJECTILE VOMMITTING OR TOO MUCH POOP.

If you never want to run into projectile vomiting or too much poop, then you're in the wrong career girl! Cause there are days when you are gonna be covered in it! Literally!

[Daywalker]

You get used to it, after a while. I always say that if the human body can produce it, I've spilled it on my shoes!

[peridotgirl]

that sometimes a pt's family is often more troublesome to deal with than the pts themselves..

[pfongk]

this one I learnt last night.
Just because they are full assist with all adls due to severe cp and have double puree food and jelly consistency fluids as they are unable to chew properly and asperate on fluids doesn't mean that they can't eat the bandage on their dressing and pass all of it a few days later with no apparent harm.

[Daywalker]

That's just NASTY!

[pfongk]

I know. 10 years as a CNA or similar and some of the girls have been doing the job for 50 years or so and it grossed us out.

[Franemtnurse]

That the words administrator or administration take on a whold meaning other than your were taught. They definitely don't work with the rest of the healthcare staff like we were taught in school. How dare those textbooks set us up like that. It just plain isn't fair.

I have learned that most people can't be taken for their word either. They really don't mean what they say when they tell you to call them. If you make a couple attempts to call them, they will ream you out and tell you to leave them alone.I'm thso confused.

[Jessiedog]

That common sense is a commodity sadly lacking in the community!

I know that all people deserve to be treated with respect and dignity, and I have no trouble doing this. But, honestly, there are those patients whom you can diagnose as BIBT (Brain In Big Toe)