mamanrs937

Latest Activity

1. Patients Say the Darnedest Things

   mamanrs937 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   A gentleman came came into the ER one afternoon, walking stiffly. He was wearing skin-tight jeans, cowboy boots, and his body was one large tattoo. Chief complaint: lower back pain. The M.D. ordered two injections, one for each hip. When I entered...

2. Choose Your Favorite TV Nurse

   mamanrs937 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   Margaret Houlihan from MASH. She worked hard to become a major, and knew her job well. Her devotion to the Army and to the 4077th cost her relationships with others. How many of us can relate to working so hard on our education, for a promotion, or...

3. New instructor need help!

   mamanrs937 replied to Green-eyedNurse's topic in Educators

   Go through the class/school handbook. Emphasize attendance policy, due dates for skills/Other assignments, and mid-terms and finals. Let them know which items are non- negotiable and stick to your guns. Be pleasant, but firm.

4. Why do you visit allnurses.com?

   mamanrs937 replied to Joe V's topic in Humor

   I joined because I was teaching nursing at the time and was looking for tips from more experienced nurses. I am not working at present due to health issues, but I still learn, laugh and cry with an.

5. Nursing Intuition, Part 1: The Visitor is . . . Dying!

   mamanrs937 replied to RobbiRN's topic in General Nursing

   I was at my afternoon job, running the after - school program at my children's school (my morning to afternoon job was as school nurse. My coworkers kidded me about never knowing who I was). A grandparent came to pick up a child as I was busy writing...

6. Injection Gone Wrong: Part 3

   mamanrs937 replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

   I was having an allergic reaction and went to an urgent care. One of our ER docs was there; I knew his orders by heart. The nurse came in with SQ epi and tried to give it to me IM in my hip. I refused; she argued. The M.D. came in and corrected her.I...

7. Injection Gone Wrong: Part 3

   mamanrs937 replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

   And after hours, our ER staff administered flu shots, tetanus, TB, etc.

8. ER rushing patients to the floor

   mamanrs937 replied to freckles23's topic in General Nursing

   Also, as an ER nurse for many years, keep in mind that the ER doors never close. Once the floors are full, they are (generally) full. So when the ER staff calls with report, they are ready to move because they have to move. Squads don't wait, and th...

9. Struggling with an unmotivated clinical group

   mamanrs937 replied to nursemeanie's topic in Educators

   This sounds eerily like everyone gets a trophy, win or lose. This is college now, and it's time for students to grow up and stop waiting for compliments, spoon feeding, and expecting everything to be handed to them. Compliments for failing to perfor...