Hollyhock

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1. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   Hollyhock replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   Betty has come back twice. Her room is still being cleaned and painted, the call light has gone on twice right after dinner. That's Betty asking to be put to bed. But day shift does seem to have less insidents, or we ignore them more. :chuckle

2. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   Hollyhock replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   Betty was sitting up talking lively on tuesday morning. Vivian, a very experenced nurses aid asked who she was talking to. Ed and 2 other people were there, she said. Vivian tryed to tell her Ed had died years before. Betty said no he's right the...

3. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   Hollyhock replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   I love it!!! :rotfl:

4. What was IV tubing made of before the invention of plastics?

   Hollyhock replied to sunnyjohn's topic in General Nursing

   My mother in law was a nurse wayyyy back when it was the nurses duty to clean and sweep the room. At night they had to put all the plants on the floor outside the room because they thought the plants would use up all the oxygen in the room. They h...

5. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   Hollyhock replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   I finaly got all these read! I will get to bed before 4 AM tonight. I know the storys are real and I have enjoyed every one. I have felt ghosts, heard them, just not seen them.

6. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   Hollyhock replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   my husband came home after an evering shift as security at the copper mine. I said "you smell like lilacs, and you are as cold as an ice cube." to which he responded: "I do? I am?". Then he told me the story. One building that had been a schoo...

7. nuroligist verses orthopedic surgon

   Hollyhock replied to Hollyhock's topic in General Nursing

   IT is hard to know what to do, and some people seem to think that diferent areas treat the same problem diferently. Thanks

8. nuroligist verses orthopedic surgon

   Hollyhock replied to Hollyhock's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks. How would a nurosurgen treat differently than an orthopedic surgen? It seems that what they would do would be similar.

9. nuroligist verses orthopedic surgon

   Hollyhock posted a topic in General Nursing

   My husband is having a great deal of back problems, To the point we are now thinking about having surgery. His doctor is an orthopedic doctor and has only treated the symptoms with pain med and therapy, and lots of time off work. He does not like t...

10. Help am New DON FOR LTC

    Hollyhock replied to nursemid02's topic in LTC Directors

    you can't do everything at once, or even by yourself. delegate. turn it back to those under you, in a nice way. "I need to have you..." "Would you please..." " Mrs x needs a dressing change could you get Jane to help you to do it now, Please."...

11. old skills that we do not use anymore

    Hollyhock replied to sassykitkatt's topic in General Nursing

    Yea! I remember a lot of that stuff. I rember practicly living in the hospital as a kid and mother was ontly alowed to visit twice a day. I remember getting mustard plasters as a kid for phemonia. They used licra and coke for hydration for babies...

12. Giving meds in a timely manner

    Hollyhock replied to debbiemig's topic in Geriatric

    I too have had that problem. Different clients require different methods. Some floors where a majority go to the dining room you can take your cart to the spot they have to pass before going to the dining room. Pass meds before they go. They will...