RN_inTexas

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1. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

   RN_inTexas replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

   I agree!! And now at our hospital they aren't even clients, they are GUESTS.

2. Okay, Okay, Okay. Is It A Joke?

   RN_inTexas replied to walk6miles's topic in MICU

   If it's you then it's me too! I remember one night looking up to see a twenty-something nurse with an ipod in one ear, text messaging with one hand and dopplering pedal pulses with the other. They don't see anything wrong with it and even are proud ...

3. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

   RN_inTexas replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

   Ok, I'm a yankee born and bred and have been in the south (Mississippi then Texas) for 10 years now. I simply cannot get over the phrase "Do what now?" when used in place of "Pardon me?" For example, I ask another nurse the name of the patient in th...

4. does anyone use swans anymore?

   RN_inTexas replied to squirlkeeperCCRN's topic in MICU

   I work in the MSICU of a hospital with a Level I Trauma designation. I have seen one swan on my unit in the two years I have been there, and heard of one in the Trauma ICU. There is a push to use the Vigileo system with a standard art line, but it ...