vossy

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1. patient lingo...

   vossy replied to athomas91's topic in Emergency

   :roll :roll :roll This is fun, great examples. I remember a female patient who proudly showed me a bracelet. She said look, my husband gave me a bracelet with his genitals on it. (genital =initial)

2. remember

   vossy posted a topic in General Nursing

   I was wondering about youre fav. patient. One patient you think of that made it worthwhile for you to become a nurse. I remember an obese grumpy patient, who was put on a very strict diet and hospitalized, at Christmas. He was very angry about this d...

3. Nclex Results From Calif. Brn

   vossy replied to TLS's topic in General Nursing

   better luck next time jayvee, don't despair! Good luck:)

4. How do you deal with "patient-know-it-alls"?

   vossy replied to gizzy76's topic in General Nursing

   I remeber a parent of a 2 month old, who came in with her little one, because of some minor surgery. She had a 12 pages handbook written out for her baby and demanded us to care for the child according to her handbook. It had explanations like; Burp ...

5. Yummy Nutritious Breakfast For Nurses!

   vossy replied to nurseygrrl's topic in General Nursing

   amen to that Mario. I know we don't want to hear this, but how can we care for others if we don't care for ourselves? We know how to advise our clients, but do we listen to our own advise? Breakfast is an important meal!

6. Texas nurses!

   vossy replied to vossy's topic in General Nursing

   Thats good advise, thank you. Does anyone have experience with recruitment agencys that promise to help you with all that clutter? And are those exams difficult?

7. Texas nurses!

   vossy replied to vossy's topic in General Nursing

   I won't laugh, I'll even practice my y'all and thanks!

8. Faking having cancer, can you imagine?

   vossy replied to Love-A-Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   Yes Michael, I do think she is sick, but lets not jail people for that reason! Last year my best friend (for 4 years!) told me she had cancer in her breast. I was of course shocked. This after so much bad luck, divorce, abuse pneumonia and diabetes i...

9. Texas nurses!

   vossy replied to vossy's topic in General Nursing

   thank you, that is helpfull, good luck with your own papertrail

10. delemma in the ER..what would you do?

    vossy replied to 2muchfun's topic in General Nursing

    first of all, congratulations on acting the way you did. So many nurses take this crap and stay there, only to complain later. You took a stand. But it must feel bad, that your action wasn't enough to stop this dr. I don't know about the culture in y...

11. Texas nurses!

    vossy posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a european registered nurse, currently training to become a dialysis nurse. Next year, my husband is going to Texas (Fort Worth) for a few years. I intend to go with him. Do you know if there is work for forreign nurses in Fort Worth? Do you have...