HEARTNRSE05

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1. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

   HEARTNRSE05 replied to yazisizit's topic in Humor

   I am laughing so hard I am crying. I did not actually witness this one, but my husband is also an LVN and a paramedic. He told me about a call they got on a homeless guy that had passed out in a parking lot. When they rolled up and assessed the gu...

2. Helppppp!!!!!

   HEARTNRSE05 replied to hoping to be an rn's topic in General Nursing

   read the text aloud to yourself. take your notes and go for a walk and read it aloud. do this for about 45 minutes, then take a 15 minute break and then start over. if i don't take a break after about 45 min. i will begin to wander instead of reta...

3. Underwear question

   HEARTNRSE05 replied to aegirl's topic in General Nursing

   At work I always weart V.S. colored panties, but can't do the thong my butt has gotten a little bit to big for an intentional wedgie. At clinicals I wear white, since our uniforms are white. Oh, the light pink does not always go unnoticed under w...

4. I was punched

   HEARTNRSE05 replied to Still Riding's topic in General Nursing

   CALL THE POLICE!!!! Take pictures of your injuries and have extra copies made. Give a copy to the police, administration and keep a couple of copies for yourself, just in case you need to give them to your lawyer. Your nursing instructors should ha...

5. Telemetry staff ratios

   HEARTNRSE05 replied to lee1's topic in Cardiac

   I work in the cardiac PCU and the med/Surg PCU. We have post caths, MIs, and CABG patients that are 24-48 hours post-op. Our staffing is 1 nurse (RN or LVN) to 4 patients and we have 1 CNA. We have 4 different floors and we are in the process of b...