WalMart_ADN

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1. home iv therapy

   WalMart_ADN replied to fitzman's topic in General Nursing

   at first your question had me confused...but now i see your point. damned if you do, damned if you don't. good luck with your dilemna.

2. Who is REALLY GOOD with needles?

   WalMart_ADN replied to IndyGypsyNurse's topic in General Nursing

   hypothetical situation..... does anyone WEAR gloves while drawing blood, doing IV's..but tear the finger off cause it's just too much of a PITA to try and feel a little baby vein through a layer of latex/vinyl?? totally hypothetical, i swear....

3. uniforms are killing us

   WalMart_ADN replied to parklandtrauma's topic in General Nursing

   bwahahaha!!!:rotfl:

4. uniforms are killing us

   WalMart_ADN replied to parklandtrauma's topic in General Nursing

   http://www.scrubsexpress.com a personal favorite of mine, just got a delivery from them yesterday...' also... http://www.tafford.com and http://www.lydiasuniforms.com call me crazy...

5. uniforms are killing us

   WalMart_ADN replied to parklandtrauma's topic in General Nursing

   Kristy..... yes i work in peds...grown up's scare me! and I only wash them if there are visible stains on them..... :chuckle job security ya know....

6. uniforms are killing us

   WalMart_ADN replied to parklandtrauma's topic in General Nursing

   my neighbor told me once my closet looked like the disney store threw up in it. yes, i have spongebob scrubs. Kick me off the board! i also have tigger and pooh, mickey, tinkerbell, rubber ducks, dinosaurs, turtles, ladybugs, bob the builder, bugs, b...

7. Amount of orientation for new RN

   WalMart_ADN replied to rileygrl11's topic in Oncology

   orientation for 12 weeks on my pedi. onc. floor....then a 2 day chemo class... then the test....and now we just get our meds double signed, which is standard practice. but before our chemo class...didn't touch the stuff..which was fine with me. now i...

8. R.N.'s Vs L.P.N.'s

   WalMart_ADN replied to getbabygirl's topic in General Nursing

   Party on, my friend.

9. R.N.'s Vs L.P.N.'s

   WalMart_ADN replied to getbabygirl's topic in General Nursing

   Here's the tequila paula, i left you the worm....... Guys..why do all the doctors think they are better than me?? I mean, they only had a LITTLE more training.....

10. IV site protectors for peds..

    WalMart_ADN replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    you know those small plastic cups, the 120cc ones? we take those, cut them in half, put cloth tape around the sharp edges, and voila, a little iv house. slap a sticker over it and they are customized lol. easily lifts up to check out the site underne...

11. poor baby

    WalMart_ADN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I sent one of my babies from work down to the PICU from our unit....supposedly just another RSV+, intubate for a little while to give her a break, then she'd be back. I find out yesterday she has non-HIV PCP pneumonia, is on an ossilator (sp) and the...

12. If you worked while in school, what did you do?

    WalMart_ADN replied to lizmatt's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for choosing your local Walmart, how can i help you? not glamourous, but a no-brainer job that gave me a little cash in my pocket and still time to study lol

13. Want to travel, but scared

    WalMart_ADN replied to seanymph's topic in Travel

    If i take a travel assignment, can i stay in pediatrics? or do i have to work where they tell me?

14. VIP rooms

    WalMart_ADN replied to CountrifiedRN's topic in General Nursing

    private room...definately. (even though, unfortunatly, my floor being a part heme-onc floor, our few privates we try to keep open for F & N and isolation purposes). if someone wants to pay for a private, then by all means, knock yourself out. but...

15. VIP rooms

    WalMart_ADN replied to CountrifiedRN's topic in General Nursing

    sjoe you certainly are passing out a lot of crap lately, more like forcing it on the rest of us, so we really don't have a choice as to how much we take. IMO, a kid who's parents make no money deserves the exact same care and compassion as a kid who...