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  1. Do Nurses Eat Their Young?

    I'm not mean, you're just a sissy
  2. Inventions we'd love to see....

    A pain detector!!! I'd like to see a gaget you just touch to a pt's skin and it tells if and how much pain they actually have!!!
  3. If not a nurse...what????

    If you could see the sweet swirly loops I can make on the top of a soft serve ice cream cone, you'd know why my dream job was to own a Dairy Queen. LOL
  4. I shaved off a patient's mustache. Was I wrong?

    My husband shaved his moustache once. He looked just like his brother. Eeeeeeuuuuuhhh! He hasn't shaved it since! Yes, the daughter over-reacted, but it really is a big deal to a person's identity.
  5. Jay Leno slams nurses!

    I've got to agree with llg. It's a joke. He pokes fun at everyone. And when he does, I don't take those jokes seriously either. Lighten up.
  6. Drug seekers "Drug of Choice"

    thanks critter lover! unfortunately in our small town, the doc has no partners and his phone directs problems to the er when he's unavailable. my husband was standing right there, if they wanted to develop a therapeutic relationship, they could ...
  7. Drug seekers "Drug of Choice"

    I don't know what the "drug of choice" is in our ER, but I do have another ER horror story. My husband has a severe chronic pain condition. He received a prescription from our family doctor for po Dilaudid which he took to the pharmacy the next day ...
  8. No More Demerol IV Push???

    I agree. In 30 years of using IV Demerol, I found it to be quite effective for short term post-op pain relief for most patients. We still use IV Demerol now but less frequently than in the past, and never for elderly patients.
  9. What do you HATE to do at work?

    I can handle almost any sounds or smells at work, but what I absolutely can't stand is a patient or visitor ( or other staff ) wearing the cologne Obcession!!! Obcession is worse than the smell of GI Bleeds..... ! How can people wear that on purpos...
  10. can someone help me out? please!!!

    It's not unusual to feel like you've failed boards. If she did well in school, she most likely did well on boards. Give her a hug and some reassurance and prepare to celebrate her success!
  11. have you had an abortion?

    Please don't do it. There are other options. You might try looking up Project Rachel sites for true stories of women who had abortions and what they went thru and how they found healing. http://www.rcab.org/projectrachel (Rachel w...
  12. Nursing and tattoos

    No, I don't have and don't want a tatoo. But if I did, it would be "DNR" on my chest and a list of dr's I'd refuse to have care for me! LOL
  13. Utilization Review Specialist

    Can you tell me more about it? How can I learn the medicare codes, etc?
  14. Any info on IL vs FL pay scale?

    Since you love your Chicago home, I would suggest getting BOTH a IL and a FL license. That way you can always go back there to work if you and your husband decide you prefer the cold, traffic, and gray skies to the sunshine and mild winters. Yes...
  15. Not to insult anyone here but I had an interesting talk with a doc one day in which I learned that he thought we hospital floor nurses knew more about our pt's than we do! He expected we had actually read all the pt's H&P's, lab & test res...