Peepsaretasty

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  1. The best nursing advice you've ever received

    From my mother:Never say anything on the radio/recorded line (or write in the chart) that you wouldn't mind hearing on CNN someday"
  2. Charting Bloopers

    I may or may not have written "Pt states hx of pancreatitits, thinks is having relapse" on an intake form, but I cannot confirm or deny any such occurrence.
  3. Terms we will not admit to using

    TTJ-Transfer To Jesus RTDD-Refer To Dr Deere (as in John Deere) PSTO (pronounced "pesto") Pet Smarter Than Owner And who could forget Fartical for describing a pt who has just passed gas for the first time after surgery. Used in a sentence: "Is Mrs J...
  4. 18-gauge vs. 20-gauge

    I prefer an 18 in myself-I've had extremely bad phlebitis caused by fluids and thick meds pushed through too fast in a too small catheter-I could literally feel the liquids swirling as they came shooting out of the catheter, it was awful. If they can...
  5. Vultures

    Thank you, John Edwards :argue: Seriously. Several of my friends have CP and we have those commercials that are like "if your child has CP after a long delivery or emergency c section, call 1800dewycheatemandhowe. Millions of dollars in settlements h...
  6. What is the pain med of choice?

    You know what really chaps my hide? When people freak out about the druggies and then end up taking the druggies' sins out on the actual sick people. Can we please remember that not EVERYONE is a drug seeker and some people really do have pain that i...
  7. What is the dumbest most degrading, most unprofessional thing...

    Reminds me of the movie Office Space "Corportate accounts payable, Nina speaking. Just a moment...Corportate accounts payable, Nina speaking. Just a moment...Corportate accounts payable, Nina speaking. Just a moment...Corportate accounts payable, Nin...
  8. Such a 'tool'

    I could swear I read somewhere that at 90% reading on the SaO2 that the oxygen carrying capacity or something similar is actually only at 60% and drops exponentially after that (as in 80s even worse etc) Anytime I see anything under 95 it makes me th...
  9. placed on unpaid adminstative leave today

    Yay! good job
  10. OMG, That happened to me! (not in nursing, but in retail) they "let me know" Christmas Eve, and my last scheduled day was "Boxing Day" (day after Christmas) at the RETURNS COUNTER!"What's that Ma'am? You say you bought that walmart-brand product here...
  11. If I may ask of you

    no problem!
  12. Funniest real orders you have seen in a chart?

    Ok, I can't read anymore without sharing. One of our residents (I am transitioning from vet med to human med) in the equine (horse) clinic wrote the following on a inter-clinic memo: "Pt is CTD, O BSC, Refer to Dr Deere for TTJ" translation: "Patien...
  13. Anybody know CNA class in Eugene, Oregon?

    I believe LCC does (well, I KNOW they used to, but I'm on the east side now) . Just google Lane Community College
  14. Help! Any advice for new grad moving to Portland?

    I have personal experience with this hospital, the quality of the nursing staff that I encountered was EXCEEDINGLY excellent, and all said they were happy with their jobs (I have never worked there myself, only volunteered) It is Portland Adventist M...
  15. Help! Any advice for new grad moving to Portland?

    Excellent advice! Anywhere near "Tri-Met" is a good plan (that is the Tri-county metro transit authority-there are light rail trains, trolleys (I think, but only in certain areas like downtown) and buses. If you would like to get together some weeken...