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1. Easy To Remember These...

   frannybee replied to betts's topic in Humor

   You might want to watch the racial slurs, Betts. I for one don't find that funny at all.

2. Has anyone noticed the # of guests we have on the bb?

   frannybee replied to RNIAM's topic in General Nursing

   I second that. My mother always said "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all, or at least wait til their back's turned". Happens a lot here.

3. What's wrong with me?

   frannybee replied to panda_181's topic in General Nursing

   Or even three, if you look at all the symptoms separately. Dontcha feel so much better for that, Amanda? Sorry hun. Make sure you get a full abdo US, not just pelvis - if there are stones there, at least you'll be able to explain some of the symptoms...

4. greet n meet/cheese n wine

   frannybee replied to Tookie's topic in Australia

   Tookie, our hospital coffee shop has just started stocking macadamia flavouring syrup for the 'real' coffee. Soooooo yummy! I had to explain what a macadamia was to the girl serving though, since the humble macadamia isn't exactly well known here :ch...

5. What's wrong with me?

   frannybee replied to panda_181's topic in General Nursing

   Hope you get sorted soon, Amanda. My symptoms aren't as nasty as yours sound, but I can definitely relate!

6. Drinkypoos

   frannybee replied to frannybee's topic in International

   Tookie, I'm ashamed to admit that I still haven't had it. The only Fri/Sat I've had off since then has been used up for a ward night out, and the next month or so is going to be tight. I go on holidays next week though, and I'm the Designated Drink D...

7. Nursing Badges

   frannybee replied to frannybee's topic in International

   Finally got my badge, some 2 yrs 3mths after finishing my degree. :chuckle Anita, the lady from QUT, sent it in a plain envelope with no padding or bubble wrap etc, so the pin and clasp on the back were all bent and twisted from being under a gajilli...

8. How would you have handled it?

   frannybee replied to TazziRN's topic in Emergency

   Sticky situation, Tazzi. If you didn't know the problem existed, you had no way of avoiding exacerbating it. Hope you have some luck finding someone to interpret for them.

9. thirty odd foot of grunts

   frannybee replied to renerian's topic in International

   Thanks Tookie, I love the beaches near there :)

10. Tookie's Bushfires update

    frannybee replied to Tookie's topic in International

    It's so horrible when the big dams dry out. I used to live near Lake Wivenhoe in Qld and it was heartbreaking to see how little water was available to use. Isn't it scary when you realise how much destruction there is under the water line? We tend to...

11. sleeping staff

    frannybee replied to night owl's topic in Safety

    It's easy to say don't work nights if you can't go a full shift without sleep, but some of us work rotating shifts and don't have the luxury of being able to refuse nights. The staff that do our rotas think nothing of putting you on for PM/AM/PM then...

12. Hand lotion

    frannybee replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    New question - what about the effect of the unguents and ointments and lotions we have to put on our patients? IC never seem to mention those topicals degrading gloves, and they're packed with more potent active ingredients than a nurse's hand cream ...

13. Picc Line And Ampho B

    frannybee replied to erbs971's topic in Med-Surg

    I thought it had to be 5% dex, incompatible with N/S. Could be wrong though, I've only given it a couple of times. Do a Google search for the product info and compatibilities, should tell you what you need to know.

14. Hand lotion

    frannybee replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    One of the hospitals I did placements in while I was training had to change every hand cleanser pump in the whole hospital when they found that the handwash they'd been using was actually *breeding* pseudomonas. As far as I can remember, triclosan wa...

15. Stiff Neck

    frannybee replied to frannybee's topic in General Nursing

    :chuckle Actually, I was in a student bar, playing pool with my bf and two of his lovely mates. Alas, I can't even use rampant rumpy pumpy as an excuse.