monkeymedic

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1. stupid things you've said

   monkeymedic posted a topic in General Nursing

   my history of gaffs: 1. As house officer going to assess patient after femoral entry angiogram. want to look at her groin to make sure there is no haematoma etc. take student nurse with me as chaperone as pt is female. don't want to mention her groin...

2. another friday rant...

   monkeymedic posted a topic in General Nursing

   "For the love of all the girls in Hugh Hefner's playboy mansion either choose to have a barium swallow or grow a spine and have an endoscopy!" Is what i said in my head to a patient that came in to complain that "during her barium swallow they won't...

3. nurse vs doctors

   monkeymedic replied to monkeymedic's topic in General Nursing

   ok..think I'd better compose myself and mkae chure dere isnt ne spellin miscakes. I apologise nurses, was meant to be a funny, close to the bone post that would lead to hilarity and fun for the whole medical family. Didn't work. Let's clear some thin...

4. Why no nursing love from Grey's?

   monkeymedic replied to thisgirlsanurse's topic in General Nursing

   i'm a doctor from the UK. I've done hundreds of catheters but usually when a nurse can't do one. The same with cannulas and NG tubes. nurses to a great job, an a good nurse is indispensible. However don't compare yourselves to doctors because you c...

5. nurse vs doctors

   monkeymedic posted a topic in General Nursing

   hello nurses, I'm a doctor (keep readind, don't turn off the computer!) who's been qualified approx 2 years. In that time I've met nice doctors, stupid doctors, super inteligent doctors, weird doctors, dedicated doctors and lazy doctors. Also in that...