bridezillatobe

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1. Organ Donation and Thanks

   bridezillatobe replied to canesdukegirl's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for your lovely post, it brought tears to my eyes. My cousin was blessed with a kidney donation 12 years ago. It is such a selfless and one of the kindest things one family can do for another. I had to go to the er yesterday (I fractured ...

2. How long does it take you to calm down?

   bridezillatobe posted a topic in General Nursing

   I was out to dinner today and a man started choking, no one around got up to do the Heimlich, and I had been trained to do it YEARS ago, but I figured that trying was better than doing nothing, and thankfully it worked. It's hours later and I'm stil...

3. Are You a Member of the allnurses.com Grammar Police?

   bridezillatobe replied to PacoUSA's topic in Humor

   http://www.amazon.com/Eats-Shoots-Leaves-Tolerance-Punctuation/dp/1592400876 This is a very good book, too

4. Are You a Member of the allnurses.com Grammar Police?

   bridezillatobe replied to PacoUSA's topic in Humor

   Ironically, I started a job today as an editor! So where do I sign up for my AN Grammar Police badge? My main pet peeves are the wrong form of its/it's, were/where, your/you're, they're/their/there, and there's tons more. I've been known to text my m...

5. need a name for ICU's softball team

   bridezillatobe replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

   I vote for the I-V Leaguers!!! :)

6. The Type of Nurse I Don't Want to Become

   bridezillatobe replied to Bloop23's topic in General Nursing

   HAHA, I was in a hurry and couldn't think of a better example. Okay, "my cat eats its food too fast and throws up"

7. What kills me..... (VENT)!!!

   bridezillatobe replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

   From someone who isn't even a student yet, a big THANK YOU for working so hard and taking care of everyone, I really admire nurses and the long hours they work *hug*

8. "Nurse" wins powerball

   bridezillatobe replied to november17's topic in General Nursing

   When I won the lottery (not a lot, but a nice chunk of change for a very broke person!), I made sure not to tell many people at all, had my boyfriend at the time put it in his name, and didn't tell people until about 6 months later (when most of it w...

9. "Nurse" wins powerball

   bridezillatobe replied to november17's topic in General Nursing

   How do you look up someone's license? I would suggest looking it up using her dad's last name

10. just yapping

    bridezillatobe replied to marielina85's topic in General Nursing

    Happy bday! Mine was on the 7th!

11. insurance

    bridezillatobe replied to cebuana_nurse's topic in Geriatric

    Medicare is something those at a certain age or disability receive, there are different parts to it, and certain parts are required. Part A (req'd at age 65) is in-patient hospital stay, it becomes primary if you are not working and secondary if you ...

12. What are the worst call in excuses you've heard?

    bridezillatobe replied to sasha2lady's topic in General Nursing

    Got a speeding ticket and was too upset... the thing was, she was late getting to work, and she was on her way to work and driving too fast! (not nursing)

13. Question about pts leaving AMA...

    bridezillatobe replied to NBMom1225's topic in General Nursing

    As someone who has worked in health insurance for a very long time, I have never seen this to be true, but it could have been that one insurance company didn't (although they tried every other thing to get out of paying bills, so I don't know why the...

14. Traumatized by pt's attempted suicide

    bridezillatobe replied to SlightlyMental_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have any words on the subject, as I'm not a nurse yet, but I've read most of your posts, and you come across as someone who truly cares for their patients and takes pride in their work. I know it's a sucky situation to be in, and I don't have...

15. Only tobacco free employeess??

    bridezillatobe replied to NeoNurseTX's topic in General Nursing

    The good ole days lol http://img.xcitefun.net/users/2009/08/107805,xcitefun-a171-c10.jpg In Old Ads, Doctors and Babies Say 'Smoke' - The New York Times Slide 1 of 10 In Old Ads, Doctors and Babies Say 'Smoke' - The New York Times Slide 5 of 10 In ...