Silkybo

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1. Organizations for volunteer missions that do not cost too much?

   Silkybo replied to fsv1024's topic in General Nursing

   My dream is to do a short term volunteer project with MEDICO, a non sectarian group in Texas that sends health professionals and students to do one or two week clinics in Honduras and Nicaragua. They charge a reasonable fee, most of the money being u...

2. Funniest real orders you have seen in a chart?

   Silkybo replied to nilepoc's topic in Humor

   Yep, we have 2 docs that always do that as well. Manners. So simple, so powerful, so sadly endangered...

3. My Jingle

   Silkybo replied to JBizzleRN's topic in Humor

   One of my faves is "Ativan, Ativan, also known as Lorezapam" sung to the tune of "Spiderman". Another is the catchline from the Offspring's Come Out and Play rephrased as "Ya gotta keep em all sedated"!

4. Funny dreams about your job as a nurse

   Silkybo replied to mondkmondk's topic in Humor

   One of my most vivid: This was a few years ago when I was a brand new med-surg nurse. I dreamed our charge nurse let me know I was getting an admit, and the patient was already in the room. I walked into the room and found writhing in the bed a very ...

5. I broke my ankle

   Silkybo replied to NurseBrittney's topic in New Nurse

   I stepped wrong off a loose concrete step in my cousin's garage. HURT. tried to stand up, absolutely not a possibility. My immediate thought was "oh, this isn't good." Since I was on vacation visiting family, had to be taken to local ER about 30 coun...

6. Shaving Cream & Expiration

   Silkybo replied to thisgirlsanurse's topic in General Nursing

   One night I too had a patient who was knocking on heaven's door. Her hair had been put in a ponytail and was very matted, almost like a dreadlock. My awesome nursing assistant spent over an hour carefully bathing this homeless, substance addicted lad...

7. Nurses that "eat your lunch" during report!

   Silkybo replied to allthingsbright's topic in General Nursing

   I usually replay in such a way a to be superficially polite, but make then realize how condecending they are being. Wow, thanks Nancy Nurse, for pointing out that we try and leave our patients clean and dry. I'm awfullly sorry he got out of his 5 poi...

8. What states allow RN's to pronounce death?

   Silkybo replied to daisey_may's topic in General Nursing

   yes, In FL we can pronounce inpatients if the death is not unexpected....always been fuzzy on how that is defined, but I've made many pronouncements, then informed MD and supervisor, never been told my pronouncement wasn't valid

9. Just Another Code

   Silkybo replied to interleukin's topic in General Nursing

   truly beautiful yet dignified, not maudlin....dankeschoen

10. Song lyrics that remind you of nursing...

    Silkybo replied to grace90's topic in Humor

    I think its the O'Jays....early 70's soul/funk band. I remember it, can sing it, not sure about the band. None of the lyrics engines I can find go back that far. I found out today I'm old enough to be the ER tech's mommy! Where was I when we went and...

11. Terms we will not admit to using

    Silkybo replied to gwenith's topic in Humor

    crackacardia....the arhythmia caused by too much cocaine whackacardia....the (apparent) arhythymia caused by patient masturbating

12. Best-smelling liquid meds!

    Silkybo replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in General Nursing

    I've always loved the smell and taste of Fletcher's Castoria, a children's rootbeer flavoured laxative...it has a new name now, I'm not sure what. Dopamine surely does smell of sweat. Rocephin and Fortaz are representatives of the catpiss family of a...

13. Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

    Silkybo replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Humor

    a determined patient can CHEW thru their foley tubing. Not the soft rubber of the catheter itself, the clear plastic connected to the bag. I guess it helped that she had a gold tooth.

14. Print Scrub Sets

    Silkybo replied to rukiddingme's topic in Uniform/Gear

    I have several print sets, matching tops and bottoms with such motifs as strawberries, tropical fish, etc. Fortunately for me, my mom is a professional seamstress and craft coach, and we design my scrubs together with special features like zip shut p...

15. Song lyrics that remind you of nursing...

    Silkybo replied to grace90's topic in Humor

    Whenever a death affects me a little bit more than average, cuz I got attached or it was sudden, I have to play Dont Fear the Reaper at cerebral hemmorage volume and sob my eyes out, and then Im better. Very few hard rock bands have the poetic depth ...