gizzy76

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1. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

   gizzy76 replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

   All of these things ring so true and I'm only around page 20 with reading them! A few of mine... 1) Those families who want you to do things for their family member when you are in the middle of something else which is more important...We had a lady ...

2. Tired of toileting, docs, and pt dependency

   gizzy76 replied to lady_jezebel's topic in General Nursing

   I have felt the same way many times and then something will happen with a patient that will make it all worthwhile for me. Maybe you need to search through your day and see if there was something memorable about it or someone who touched your soul (e...

3. Best shoes?

   gizzy76 replied to AccelBSN04's topic in General Nursing

   I currently wear Birkenstocks and they took about a year for me to get really used to wearing them. During nursing school I had a pair of Clogs from http://www.shoesforcrews.com and they were awesome. I believe they were called Euro Clog. Slip resist...

4. RN to MD track

   gizzy76 replied to rhp123's topic in General Nursing

   When I was in nursing school, there was a gal a couple of years behind me beginning her training. I cannot remember what country she was from but she was a doctor in her country. Strange thing was, she was having trouble with the requirements of nur...

5. What is the difference between a PRN, a RN, a ADN, and a LPN?

   gizzy76 replied to Shanda_B307's topic in General Nursing

   Could PRN be Psychiatric Registered Nurse? I know here in Canada we have RPN's which are Registered Psychiatric Nurses. Just a thought...

6. Clostridium Difficile

   gizzy76 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Just wondering what you all can tell me about clostridium...we have a lady who came into our rural hospital and she's just tested positive. All my dictionary says is that it's a rectal infection basically and one of my co-workers said that it takes 1...

7. Todays Oprah

   gizzy76 replied to FutureNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

   I think the little guy was deprived of oxygen thus causing the Cerebral palsy etc. The family were upset at their son being in the state he was due to the negligence of the hospital from delaying the boys births. My heart goes out to those people. Su...

8. Celebrity Patients - Who would you want?

   gizzy76 replied to LasVegasRN's topic in General Nursing

   Bachelor Bob...LOL Just Kidding! I would love to see/meet: Adam Sandler Drew Barrymore Colin Farrell Mark Wahlberg Charlize Theron Keanu Reeves...to name a few... :)

9. How do you deal with "patient-know-it-alls"?

   gizzy76 replied to gizzy76's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the fantastic replies! I guess my choice of wording of "throttle" wasn't so hot. I bit my tongue with this gal and tried my best to satisfy her wishes. I hear dayshift had quite the time with her as well. :)

10. How do you deal with "patient-know-it-alls"?

    gizzy76 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just had to ask b/c I am finding lately that a lot of my patients seem to think they know how to do my job better than I do because they watched a procedure one time or another. What do you all do when this happens? Just this morning I had a 26y ol...

11. Botox, plastic surgery...

    gizzy76 replied to mstewart's topic in General Nursing

    The daughter of one of my old nursing home residents was having botox done. She had the creases in her forehead fixed, and she had her eyes lifted too if I remember correctly. She does look a bit different, but not a whole bunch. She said that she wa...

12. The hard FACTS re: what Nurses earn

    gizzy76 replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting article...thanks :)

13. switching orders before doctor approval

    gizzy76 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm just curious to know if others have seen this in their practises... We had a lady come over from the doctors clinic to our outpatient dept with an order for Demerol/Gravol IV to help her migraine (she comes in every couple of days lately) and the...

14. What do you think of chiropractors?

    gizzy76 replied to itsme's topic in General Nursing

    My first visit to the chiropractor was when I was 13 years old d/t back pain I was experiencing a lot. When we got the x-ray it showed I had lower back scoliosis. A few adjustments later my back felt fantastic and my menstral cramps went from a 15/10...

15. Freak Accident! (sorry kinda long)

    gizzy76 replied to TheMagicCookie's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know a lot about it...but I thank God that you are okay! My best wishes for a speedy and full recovery!