dawnbee

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1. You Know You're a Nurse When...

   dawnbee replied to Brownms46's topic in Humor

   this is a little bit in poor taste, but bears a ring of truth nonetheless...There is a small man-made lake which our hospital overlooks. A couple of years ago, a rumor went around that a female body was found in the lake. She had no ID on her, but th...

2. safe maternity practice?

   dawnbee posted a topic in International

   I work in a 40 bed rural hospital as a Perinatal RN. We have a three bed ward, with two delivery rooms. There is one Perinatal RN in the hospital 24/7, and since provincial protocol demands that there be two qualified assistants at each delivery, our...

3. What's the weirdest baby name?

   dawnbee replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I have two...one couple wanted to name their daughter after both grandmothers. One was Shirley, and other Tina. Baby's name? Shirtina. One unfortunate little girl was called Melena, and although the parents clearly had no idea, I thought "bloody stoo...

4. Allowed to die

   dawnbee replied to nettie01's topic in Geriatric

   Syncronicity! I nurse in a small Canadian hospital. Just two weeks ago I struggled with the same ethical dilemma as the original poster. My patient on Med/Surg was a 94 year old gentleman who had lived in a small apartment in his daughter's home, ind...

5. Husband appaled when I chose to do nothing

   dawnbee replied to JacelRN's topic in General Nursing

   Anyone else been thought of as a superhero on duty 24/7? As always, looking for another nurse to lean on. JacelRN Just a couple of weeks ago, my son and I were driving into town to run some errands. As we came to the corner outside of town, an SUV wa...

6. Neonate heel pricks for screening

   dawnbee posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   I work in a small rural hospital as a Perinatal Nurse. It has always been the hospital policy to call a lab tech in to draw blood for PKU screening before discharge. Several of us would prefer to do the heel pricks ourselves, as it would save time if...

7. Funniest real orders you have seen in a chart?

   dawnbee replied to nilepoc's topic in Humor

   A few weeks ago, we had an older man with pnuemothorax, who spent almost all of his time leaning forward over his bedside table. One morning, the Internist wrote the following order in his chart:"Keep bum covered, family request. I'm not kidding!"