NurseChick

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1. Chewing Ice!!!

   NurseChick replied to LadyBugLass's topic in General Nursing

   My 15 year old daughter goes through so many ice cube trays full a day it drives me crazy! She only puts in about 1/4 full of water to freeze them into small cubes. I originally thought about pica too, but then dismissed it. The crazy thing is tha...

2. Have you ever gone in to find a patient dead? What happened?

   NurseChick replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

   I was working one afternoon at a LTC facility and hadn't been and aide for very many months, and therefore hadn't seem many dead people. A lady was sitting in the hallway in a geri chair, and she had just gotten back from a Dr.'s appt. I happened t...

3. Real 911 calls.....

   NurseChick replied to RosesrReder's topic in Humor

   I work in a LTC facility and we had a lady one time who called 911 to tell them she couldn't get her bra off. The dispatcher got a chuckle out of it also when they called to tell us they had her on the line and could we please go check her. When I ...

4. You know you've been a nurse for way too long when...

   NurseChick replied to jalvino1's topic in General Nursing

   I noticed one night when we were watching one of the medical shows on tv, and it was pretty grafic. The kids and I were all eating popcorn and just watching tv. I looked at them and told them they could all be in the medical profession because they...

5. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   NurseChick replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   I work in a LTC facilty on night shift and I have a few to share! Several years ago when I was an aide, a gentleman had passed away. Not too long after that we were having a severe thunderstorm one night and a great big clap of thunder was heard. ...

6. Thyroid Problem

   NurseChick replied to hrjang's topic in General Nursing

   When I was 17, I was diagnosed with Grave's Disease or hyperthyroidism. I also drank the radioactive iodine and have taken synthroid ever since. I go in for yearly bloodwork to monitor it. If you ever have to have your dose changed, they will wait...

7. Does it help being a CNA in Nursing School?

   NurseChick replied to alexsb1116's topic in General Nursing

   When I started nursing school, I had been and CNA and then a Med Aide. I think it helped me a great deal to have some knowledge under my belt before I began nursing school. Granted, it's not much knowledge, but every little bit helps! Some of the ...

8. Inappropriate relationship with pt?

   NurseChick replied to DeeDee*'s topic in Professionalism

   I work at a LTC facility and we had a CNA, that the staff felt, was having a relationship with a gentlemen there. Other staff would walk into the room and find her laying in bed with him. Other times staff would witness him groping her chest and sh...

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

   NurseChick replied to Brownms46's topic in Humor

   When you need a pen and you instinctively reach into your front pocket of your scrub top, even when you're not wearing one! I was explaining to my husband one day how a gentleman had fallen and hit his head and we had to do crani checks on him q 15 m...

10. Always Wear Your Underwear

    NurseChick replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Humor

    We had a male CNA that started at our nursing home. He would wear white scrub pants with white boxers that had blue polka dots underneath. The problem was that you could see them at all times! He was quite a large fellow, over 6 ft tall and 300lbs...

11. Strange things that you saw when you were a student

    NurseChick replied to cokie's topic in General Nursing

    While doing my OB rotation, we got to watch a C-section. After the baby was born, the Dr. takes a towel and stuffs it in the uterus and wipes it all out nice and clean then takes out the uterus and lays it on the ladies stomach. He then holds it up...

12. Need advice on working nights

    NurseChick replied to J Lynn's topic in General Nursing

    I love working night shift! My husband works every weekend from Friday through Monday, so my schedule is basically the same except for I do rotating weekends. I am off during the week when he is. I am also home during the days if I want to do some...

13. HIPAA violation?

    NurseChick replied to moni rn's topic in General Nursing

    Is there some type of hippa policy for employees? Our D.O.N. talks to staff members about people on our staff. She has told one LPN about another LPN and told her to keep an eye on her. (She had held down one of the resident's hands when she was ...

14. Anyone sick of working weekends????

    NurseChick replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

    My husband works 12hr shifts every Fri-Mon, so his "weekends" are Tues-Wed-Thurs. Those are always my days off too. I work night shift at a LTC facility, so I feel I have quite a bit of time to do as I please, as long as it's not after 10:00 at nig...

15. Things that make you go "EEEWWW"

    NurseChick replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    OMG green phlegm on the back of the neck......eeeWWWW!! I think I can handle pretty much, but snot and phlegm make my stomach roll, especially when they are coughing it up and then don't, or can't spit it out and they sit and gargle on it. Or when ...