once-a-nurse

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1. Have you been in a public situation where you had to use your nursing skills?

   once-a-nurse replied to succinate's topic in General Nursing

   When I was in nursing school and was standing in a line waiting for a table in a restaurant, the guy in front of me collapsed. I'd worked for several years in a state psychiatric hospital w/ many patients who had all kinds of seizures so I put my coa...

2. Racial Refusals In Nursing

   once-a-nurse replied to TheCommuter's topic in Relations

   I went last year for a colonoscopy work up with the NP who scheduled the doc's appts. She asked which doctor I preferred. I told her the name of the doc a friend highly recommended as we've only lived in Arkansas for a few years. She said, "Okay... u...

3. Hello Mr. VIP! I'm your servant nurse for the night!

   once-a-nurse replied to SICU Queen's topic in General Nursing

   My neighbor's husband... Mr. Big Business Man... was in the hospital to have stents put in. He was told he would be discharged in the morning and ordered his wife to pick him up at such-and-such a time. When she arrived, he was still hooked up to mon...

4. opinions about epidurals

   once-a-nurse replied to Jayla's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I had my 3 girls in the late 70s and early 80s... no drugs for me. It hurt like hell... but I wouldn't have had it any other way. Like others have said... the power of the body is awesome!