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1. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

   Trixxy replied to Trixxy's topic in Humor

   That's the absolute truth!

2. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

   Trixxy replied to Trixxy's topic in Humor

   Javajunkie said :rotfl: :rotfl:

3. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

   Trixxy replied to Trixxy's topic in Humor

   hmmm

4. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

   Trixxy replied to Trixxy's topic in Humor

   "WPW"?? Please define for me.

5. Funniest thing the nurse FORGOT to tell you in report

   Trixxy replied to Rapheal's topic in General Nursing

   Ok...now ya'll are gonna find out just what kinda twisted individual I really am. I apologize in advance if this offends anyone...but it absolutely cracks my a** up today thinking about it. I sent one of my most trusted STNA's to collect a urine spec...

6. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

   Trixxy replied to Trixxy's topic in Humor

   When I worked in an ENT office a mother came in with her son and told us that her son had "taters" in his ear. Snickering it off and just thinking she just meant he needed his ears cleaned, we got him up in the chair and pulled down the microscope to...

7. Patients and medical terminology....What the heck?!?!

   Trixxy replied to Big Bab's's topic in General Nursing

   "They dee-cee-did the heparin she was taking" meaning "They d/c'd her heparin." "Corn-fused" instead of "confused". "Olt-timers" instead of "Alzheimers".

8. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

   Trixxy replied to Trixxy's topic in Humor

   When a mother tells you, "There's taters growin outta his ears!!" believe her!! Don't just automatically think that she means he hasn't washed his ears in awhile.

9. any nurses out there who LOVE their jobs?

   Trixxy replied to pie123's topic in General Nursing

   I've worked ED...learned alot. I've worked ICU...learned alot. I've worked telemetry..learned alot of stuff. I've worked ENT, OB/GYN, gastroenterology, podiatry, internal medicine, and facial plastics...learned a WHOLE lotta stuff. I've worked in a p...

10. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    Trixxy replied to Trixxy's topic in Humor

    Gwenith said, :rotfl: :roll :rotfl: :roll That's probably all I'd bring in with me too!! I just thought of another one... Never...NEVER...lean against the bed rail of a patient who has a history of making poop sculptures and sits them on the rai...

11. Dilemma

    Trixxy replied to CVnurse08's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely apply. We've had many high school students work at a hospital I used to work at. As long as it doesn't interfere with your schooling...not up too late, etc...by all means go for it!

12. Anyone else experience this ... ?

    Trixxy replied to nurstudnt546's topic in General Nursing

    Although I am not a doctor and cannot diagnose, I'm thinking along the same lines as Sharann...sounds like a sick building. Please get him to a good Internal medicine doctor ASAP and have a thorough workup done. Wishng both of you good results...let ...

13. Physician/Nurse relationship

    Trixxy replied to Moho's topic in General Nursing

    He asked you...I would've been honest with him too. What as his reaction after your honesty?

14. Stealing drugs!! what's your opinion?????

    Trixxy replied to mystc42's topic in General Nursing

    Great thread..very educational. I worked with a dynamite nurse that was accused of stealing narcs...authorities said she was signing out the meds but not giving them. To add injury to insult, the administration of the company I worked for, used her ...

15. What field of nursing would you NEVER consider working?

    Trixxy replied to PMHNP10's topic in General Nursing

    It's gotta be ICU. I worked it and was way too stressed out all the time.