3aremyjoy

3aremyjoy

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  1. Cirrhosis

    KatieMI, you just made my geeky heart squeal!
  2. Do you clean bedpans or throw them out?

    We use hygie-bags that contain an absorbant strip of material in them to line the bed pan. The pan and bag are then taken to the dirty utility. The bag is disposed of and the pan is put in the automatic washer where when it is full you just hit a bu...
  3. Oh rad10....that's just wrong! So wrong..... on so many levels! Good on you for keeping nurse face!
  4. New nurse no training?

    Your Spidey Senses are tingling for a reason. You are correct! This is NOT safe! This is NOT normal! You DO need orientation. RUN from this company!
  5. CPNRE September 2014

    Passed! And just signed papers for full time palliative care position! Life I good :)
  6. Mantra?... Whats yours??...

    Not a motivational/uplifting one, but it's got me through some (ahhhem....)moments ... "I am 100% washable" :)
  7. Things Little Old Ladies Say

    Not a LOL, but my patient referred to peri-care as "washing the laundry". I can't sort my laundry now without giggling!
  8. CPNRE September 2014

    Can. Not. Wait. May. Die. Waiting.....
  9. CPNRE May 2014

    That was one tough test! I achieved academic honors with distinction all the way through school, did the predictor tests with 95-100% chance of passing and it didn't prepare me for that!
  10. From construction to nursing, has it been done?

    Just turned 40, finished nursing school and getting ready to write board exam. Worked in swine barns. Ya, it can be done. Go for it!
  11. The most valuable thing(s) you've been told

    Save your back, it's your pay cheque! Raise the bed to working height EVERY time! When boosting someone in bed, raise to your working height, lay bed flat, place into trandelenberg, have pt grab side rails, bend their knees and help you boost them. M...
  12. Community Health Diagnosis

    So you have identified the issues of substance abuse and poverty. What can these issues CAUSE? Those will be your "risk for" statements. I'll get you started, poverty puts people at risk for malnourishment. Also, look back at Maslow's hierarchy of ne...
  13. Burned Bridges

    Well said TheCommuter! I think you could put together a great article with what you've written here!
  14. Burned Bridges

    It's not the age of the car, it's the mileage!
  15. Burned Bridges

    TheCommuter, Will you please be my mentor? I am working on this.... and its so hard!