Dewgrl

Dewgrl

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  1. Scrubs catalogue conspiracy!

    Go to uniform city website and get a catalog from them- they are out of FL I think and they often have shipping specials and things get to OH in about three days with standerd shipping. Great prices, easy online ordering.
  2. Transgender nursing student!!

    It's been my expiriance that many transgender individuals are very eager to be noticed in their new "role" and I have to wonder if the student brought attention to it on purpose. Think of it like when you get a new haircut, and you want everyone's op...
  3. Questions about trauma I witnessed. (LONG)

    I want to start off by saying how proud I am of the way you handled the this trauma. You stopped and offered assistance and that alone is a great thing. I worked in an er a few years back, as a tech, and had a very similar situation. My sister and I ...
  4. Chaperone or not during exam

    :angryfire My first "female" exam was when I was twenty. I had put it off due to what I viewed as no need coupled with a very shy nature. I went to a man who became very unkind when I asked for a nurse to stay for the exam. The female(not sure her st...
  5. Would You Pray if your Patient asked?

    If that's a joke I don't get it.:angryfire If it's not- that kind of attitude is exactly why I would NOT pray with a pt. I'd call the chaplin, provide the "referal of service" just like a ss consult.
  6. Bad experience as Paramedic intern

    I disagree. He threatned to run over the nurse. That kind of attitude towards other's is not something one would encourage in healthcare. I feel he has indicated he over-reacts to something which most of us would have dealt with as unfair and moved o...
  7. New to ed

    Every ER is run in their own special way, but here is what I did as a tech- Phlebotomy-blood draws unless they needed an iv. Knowledge of what tube for what will be needed....i.e. lavender for cbc's, green for lytes etc... EKG's-lead placement, ways ...
  8. Sleeping on the job..acceptable or not?

    We have a few nurses who nod off on nights in the unit. My view is, if you're on your un-paid break, leave the floor and do as you please. What I have a problem with is those who sit and fall asleep at the desk, everynight. When ribbed about it, comp...
  9. Bad experience as Paramedic intern

    I wonder if she perhaps sensed what seems to be your unprofessional attitude and was protecting her patients. Could the mother have been asked in a bad moment, or not understood who was seeking permission to observe?
  10. Nurses are not "allowed"

    We are getting a new unit (ICU) and the first complaint was that the proposed nurses station was to small, and that we couldn't see the pt's. Mngmnt's response? You should be in the pt's room's, not at the station. I work nights. In the dark, sleepi...
  11. 'Blood' Doesn't Make the Indian

    I was just discussing this the other day...According to my father(who has passed) my maternal grandmother was "half" cherokee. I have pictures of her dressed in what appears to be some sort outfit that looks indian, and I have knives that she suppose...
  12. unit secretary question

    I'm currently a unit assistant (slowly but surely will become full fledged nurse) and we do it all. Call lights, bedpans, stocking, ordering supplies, taking off orders, the phones, you name it we do it. Because I've also been an ER tech, and a phelb...
  13. Abandoning babies at Hospitals LEGAL?!?!

    Here is your best argument...Go to a search engine-yahoo, msn, whatever.. Type the following words- Baby left I was looking for an article I had read a week ago about an infant left in a couples flowerbed, and the husband had speculated that becuase ...
  14. Real 911 calls.....

    It's a real 911 call...not so funny...A five year old boy called 911, told dispatcher that mommy wasn't breathing-dispatcher told the poor kid to stop playing with the phone, and to put adult on the line-no one dispatched Three hours later-he calls b...
  15. Do drs really look down on nurses?

    I have found two kinds of doctors that are most common.... One who will listen and appreciate helpfull ideas-may or may not implement, but listens and considers you helpfull for trying...In other words-teamwork:) The second is often a flirt(okay mayb...