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1. Fun question: Do you wear rings on the job?

   rreed replied to mimahi2000's topic in General Nursing

   nope, I don't wear any rings at all but I do work with people that wear 2 or 3 on every finger would you want their germie hands coming in and taking care of you

2. Today we mourn the passing of an old friend

   rreed posted a topic in Humor

   Today we mourn the passing of an old friend, by the name of Common Sense. Common Sense lived a long life but died recently in the United States. No one really knows how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. ...

3. Anyone in Tennessee???

   rreed replied to highasthesky's topic in General Nursing

   My uncle graduated the PA program at Trevecca many years ago and has been teaching some of the Radiology program at Trevecca. I live in East TN, about half way between Chattanooga and Knoxville. I work at a hospital in Knoxville. Rachel

4. Our first r/o SARS case on the unit today

   rreed replied to rreed's topic in Disease

   I have no idea what type of isolation that he is supposed to be in, but our ID nurse has put in in the 3 listed above. We normally only have patients in one class of isolation, not 3.

5. The new pyxis

   rreed replied to Genista's topic in General Nursing

   oops, above should be 'log' in name not 'long' name as I mistyped

6. The new pyxis

   rreed replied to Genista's topic in General Nursing

   what is wrong with the old pyxis that we have you put in your long in name/number then your pass word we have to change our password every month and that gets confusing I just change it back and forth from the same 2 rachel

7. Our first r/o SARS case on the unit today

   rreed replied to rreed's topic in Disease

   zoeboboey, I'm in East Tennessee http://www.pbase.com/rach1966

8. "Schedules"

   rreed replied to FLgrrrrl's topic in Safety

   our schedule is the same every 2 weeks and if you need off you switch with someone our work week starts on Monday so this week off Mon/Tue, work Wed/Thur/Fri off Sat/Sun next week work Mon/Tue, off Wed/Thur/Fri work Sat/Sun we have 2 rotations and ...

9. Our first r/o SARS case on the unit today

   rreed posted a topic in Disease

   it is Sunday and ID nurse is in the hospital we know something is up pt in ER, admitting for r/o SARS is this over kill????? he is in Contact Isolation, Droplet Isolation and Airborn Isolation in Negative pressure room (used for TB) we are told to we...

10. Weasel's Visited!

    rreed replied to Grace Oz's topic in International

    NurseWeasel, good to hear you have a wonderful time in Australia, one of the best places on earth (or I think so). will you be posting your pictures on a web site for all to see? Rachel http://www.pbase.com/rach1966

11. Airline safety Messages

    rreed replied to gwenith's topic in Humor

    you have got to hear this

12. as I lay on my bed, thinking about you....

    rreed posted a topic in Humor

    As I lay on my bed, thinking about you, I feel this strong urge to grab you and squeeze you, because I can't forget last night. You came to me unexpectedly during the balmy and calm night, and what happened in my bed still leaves a tingling sensation...

13. would you recommend nursing as a career

    rreed replied to bajan girl's topic in Career Support

    I would not recommend it as a career either I do love what I do, but most people don't want to work, they think that they are too good to put someone on a bedpan or help turn someone over or help pull someone up in the bed or feed a little old person...

14. do you write on yourself?

    rreed replied to Rena RN 2003's topic in General Nursing

    I write on my hand all the time and if others say something about it, I just tell them it is my palm pilot. Rachel

15. Virtual Survival Kit for Nurses

    rreed replied to capgirl's topic in General Nursing

    thanks for this idea, I made up 50 bags for our busy 49 bed Med-Surg unit and most loved them. Rachel