DefmamaNurse

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1. Nursing with a hearing loss: Yes you can!

   DefmamaNurse replied to Donna Maheady's topic in Nurse Disabilities

   LPN here and Deaf since birth. I have a Cochlear Implant and use a Cardionics E-Scope. I am a Charge Nurse at a SNC/ LTC facility. The only Nurse on the floor for my shift. I do it all. I broke...

2. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   DefmamaNurse replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   Resident who was on hospice rang one night. I answered her call light. She was sitting on the edge of the bed and when I walked in, she looked at me and point blank said. " I'm supposed to tell you...

3. Why do patients.....?

   DefmamaNurse replied to ArrowRN's topic in Nursing Humor

   It's a PITA. Especially, when (God forbid) all hell breaks loose around those times..... Then you're stuck groveling/begging/ pleading for them to take it because you really don't want to spend a lot...

4. Why do patients.....?

   DefmamaNurse replied to ArrowRN's topic in Nursing Humor

   The one resident who will refuse his H.S. pills if not given within a certain timeframe. In his case you have from 1855 to 1905 to give it or

5. Cochlear implants and stethoscopes?

   DefmamaNurse replied to deafnurseintx's topic in Nurse Disabilities

   I have a cochlear implant and I use a stethoscope. It connects directly to the CI. Here is a link.... Using a Stethoscope with a Cochlear Implant Linn Tearney Cochlear Implants Assistive Devices 271 I...

6. Nursing Student with Hearing Loss

   DefmamaNurse replied to courtneyrs's topic in Nurse Disabilities

   Hang in there! 100% Deaf Nurse here (Cochlear Implant recipient) and I'm on the floor almost everyday. I work LTC, and I deal with the same things you do. I know of a nurse who is Deaf who has a...

7. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

   DefmamaNurse replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

   ROFLOLDNPIMP!

8. Call Light Happy Resident....help please?

   DefmamaNurse posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm a Charge LPN at a LTC facility working overnight shifts....I have a particular resident whom is neurotic on the call light all night long. It would be for anything from I need a tissue (when she...