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1. Patient brings own urine sample for preoperative pregnancy testing

   nocalmomo replied to DineenC's topic in General Nursing

   You might try American Association of ambulatory care nursing or G.I. nursing Cytie website G I nursing insi G I nursing society sorry Siri auto type makes up its own words

2. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

   nocalmomo replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

   Mist tents for pedi cystic, steam sterilizing syringes, burning ur fingers on chemical"clinitest", for urine sugar, using sugar in large decubs, (

3. Brian Short News

   nocalmomo replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

   I am so saddened by this news. This is by far the best , most down to earth web site for we nurses. Keep on !

4. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

   nocalmomo replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Humor

   This supposedly happened around L.A. in the early part of my nursing experiences, early 1970's. An elderly LOL, in a SNF, trying to "help" had been brushing patients dentures for them. However, she had collected ALL the patients dentures & what h...

5. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

   nocalmomo replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

   Before plastic tubing , they used red rubber tubing , for everything! .

6. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

   nocalmomo replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

   I was a student in 1973! We HAD to wear caps, white hose & clinic "nursing " shoes. I remember carring metal "tubexes," so we could find one,for "htpos", glass meniscus cups, for titrating all your meds, ekg's that burned your fingers, if the nee...

7. Weird, Odd Nurses Behavior.....

   nocalmomo replied to cre8tivRN's topic in General Nursing

   Perhaps you have OCD. Easily treated with meds. The meds aren't problematic, either.

8. *rant* "Nurse" at office answering questions.

   nocalmomo replied to FrumDoula's topic in Ob/Gyn

   That is ILLEGAL in Calif. I would highly reccommend calling , or emailing the Board of Registered Nursing , in Sacramento. I did just this, & there was no retailition, but that m.a. never did it again. Thanks for standing in the gap for our PROFE...

9. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

   nocalmomo replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

   You are soooooo right. I can't believe how some, not all of them act. Especially the uap's .(unlicensed assistive personel). Patients aren't being helped as they should be. My daughter, an ER nurse , was told by the manager he couldn't believe what a...

10. Comment about LPNs made by clinical instructor

    nocalmomo replied to FutureIsBlue's topic in General Nursing

    I was proud to be an LVN for 5 yrs. , while I worked my way thru RN program. I worked full time while going to LVN school& most of our instructors were very supportive. Then when in c/c RN program, one instructor was soooooo hostile , she went ou...

11. Why Are Nurses Given Such A Bad Rap Today?

    nocalmomo replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    I have always found that all prejudice is based in ignorance. Do you know all 34.5 million people in Calif. ? I'm sure there are wonderful people in Philly., though I've never met ANY of them. Also , learn how to spell,& type, as you will need ...