supersneaker

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1. What medical shows do you watch?

   supersneaker replied to shellsgogreen's topic in General Students

   House rocks, but you know what?- Dr. G is actually my current favorite. Did anyone see the one with the self injection of (hardware store) silicone directly into the breast?? OMG, that blew my mind. Of course I like Mystery Diagnosis but I think it n...

2. What is ur average 2 week take home pay?

   supersneaker replied to chioma829's topic in General Nursing

   1.Type of nurse? CCU - RN 2. How many hours u work per week? 36 3. How many years of nursing? 4. What Shift: Day, Evening, nights, or weekend only? day only, with occasional voluntary others 5. City and State Philly 6. Average 2 week gross pay 1300 ...

3. Pubic hair

   supersneaker replied to nurseJLoo's topic in General Nursing

   Ewww! Even I draw the line on that one. Peripads are what you get- and that's it.

4. I didn't get all this education to wipe behinds!

   supersneaker replied to SeekingNur's topic in General Nursing

   One of the docs just said this to me the other day- I think he said, " I don't know these things about the patient, that's why we are so dependent on you guys (nurses) - you know the patients so much better." Of course, but just nice to hear it from ...

5. I didn't get all this education to wipe behinds!

   supersneaker replied to SeekingNur's topic in General Nursing

   Ummm- which is the glamorous part of nursing?

6. Nursing with a Southern Accent

   supersneaker replied to natron20's topic in General Nursing

   We have very diverse pts and doctors- sometimes I find myself at the patient's bedside translating from english with one accent to english with another! Say east indian accent to south philly or italian, russian, or maybe just ahhh... ebonics? Its al...

7. Pubic hair

   supersneaker replied to nurseJLoo's topic in General Nursing

   Exactly what I would say. And then if I had the time , and it didn't seem fishy (REALLY no pun intended there) I would do it. I try to make my patients happy, within reason.

8. I didn't get all this education to wipe behinds!

   supersneaker replied to SeekingNur's topic in General Nursing

   I have a little different perspective working in a ICU. We do everything for our patients, wiping butt, everything..... In fact, going straight for nursing school to the CCU- I do not even know how to do a complete and continuing assessment of a pati...

9. Another Five Star Visitor Thread

   supersneaker replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

   I work in a CCU and we have huge visitor problems- well I guess that comes from the fact that we have visitor rules. And guess what is our numero uno discussion at every staff meeting. Rules include hours 11-8 and no more than two visitors at a time....