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  1. Seriously? If the OP is sick, she's sick. Nurses get sick too. If a facility can't properly prepare for that fact, that's...
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  2. Had an 84 YO A&O woman suddenly report to my Tech that she had seen "Batman and Superman" outside the 4th floor window. ...
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  3. Was she suggesting you do the same with your kids? Here's a bucket of soup and here's a bucket to potty in - don't mix 'em...
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  4. I have one for the Management Hall of Shame: Management complains (again) about "unauthorized overtime", i.e., the nurses...
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  5. This didn't come from administration, but from a doctor in a facility where I once worked. We had a patient with a difficult...
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  6. "No lunch"... we all know what would happen. The nurses would continuously have to write no lunch, overtime would have to be...
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  7. We get prisoners at our facility regularly. Most are just people who got into trouble due to substance abuse. (Which makes...
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  8. Well, as I said, those with personal connections and unable to separate themselves from their emotions should not be such a...
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  9. You treat them as any other patient, with respect, professionalism and dignity. As a Paramedic, I ran daily calls out of...
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  10. Laparoscopic C-Section! Best one so far! buahahahahaha!!!!
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    Forum: Ob/Gyn Nursing
  11. BABIES: do not play jump rope w/your umbilical cord!!!
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    Forum: Ob/Gyn Nursing
  12. I've only had to get to the legs once during a c-section, when the mother felt the pressure of the incision and panicked....
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    Forum: Ob/Gyn Nursing
  13. If you feel better when you are cool, you can request a cooling vest. Many nurses and surgeons use these in the OR. The...
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    Forum: Operating Room Nursing
  14. sleep is beneficial to healing. Don't wake me up to ask me about pain. I will let you know.
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  16. Why would you wake a sleeping patient? We do rounds on my floor qh.I slip in, check for comfortable breathing and leave. If...
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  17. Super creepy, not appropriate at work.
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  18. I am the only nurse in the family, so definitely, I have not inherited any nursing gear from my ancestors! =)
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    Forum: About A Nurse - Nursing Cartoon Series
  19. I've never completed an incident report or involved risk management because we've never had an incident where we didn't find...
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    Forum: Operating Room Nursing
  20. I've seen this many times. The reality is that MOST of the time the missing item is found on the re-count and/or after a...
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    Forum: Operating Room Nursing
  21. I love all these vintage posts!
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  22. I just called off for a week with the flu, accumulated all those sick points and am the proud owner of a written discussion...
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  23. Yep. I turn the conversation to patient safety. "Im sorry, my illness prevents me from practicing safely today." If they try...
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  24. If I call in, I'm calling in. If I was well enough to work, I wouldn't be calling in.
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  25. OP...hang in there. A bit of hazing should be expected in the OR. The Otis elevator joke has been long running. They...
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    Forum: Operating Room Nursing
  26. Can't blame a guy for trying!
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    Forum: Ob/Gyn Nursing
  27. Just today my boss was telling me about a 91 yr old pt that attended our cardiac rehab. We encourage them to set a...
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    Forum: Ob/Gyn Nursing
  28. When I worked in the ER, we had a girl come in claiming to be nine months pregnant and in labor. We turf her to l&d who...
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    Forum: Ob/Gyn Nursing
  29. I am afraid to keep reading this for fear of catching something!
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  30. Well my question is, if the incontinence is able to be "cleaned up right away," why can't the patient go to the bathroom...
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  31. Wow. Just wow. Youshould have reported this. Perhaps that CNA needed more education about what mouth wash and where to put...
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  32. Wow. Just wow.
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  33. " Just go in the BED!!!":confused: Are you serious??? Been a nurse 35 years, never heard that excuse from a nurse before....
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  34. What about a bed pan? Sent from my GT-I9300 using allnurses.com
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  35. well, at least you have an excuse, you are new at this, and most all new nurses are nervous to one extent or another. Me,...
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    Forum: Home Health Nursing