RNblond

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1. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

   RNblond replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

   I was an LPN 1st who worked nights with a 3 yr RN & 1 aide 29 medical pts. Worst night was, 1 pt on peritoneal dialysis along with admissions & like most nights ,a death. My RN told me she dreamt, all day that she was running up & down ...

2. Outpatient surgery (hospital based) staffing

   RNblond replied to nrstdwalden's topic in Ambulatory

   I worked in a Spu We admitted pts for surgery who walked in but would be kept at least over nightThis meant they didn't return to us post op.Most were minor surgery done under anesthesia,moved to PACU & to us when able to sit up & take snack...

3. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

   RNblond replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

   1 RN 1 LPN 1 NA 29 pts I remember doing peritoneal dialysis on a med floor.& night shifts checked all orders on charts & reordered meds for each pt drawer. I loved nights but don't know why now. We sure didn't need busy work. This was late ...

4. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

   RNblond replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

   The smell of warming milk & molasses enemas Also in LPN school we were told not to wear gloves during pt care because the pt may take it to mean we thought they were dirty. By RN AIDS had come along. Finding sheets to make bed with large cigare...

5. What does your username mean?

   RNblond replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Humor

   My gifted daughter is a natural blond(now 45)still blond.Speaking to college recruiter,"Oh dear you can't go to main campus unless you have AP classes" Not "Did you have AP?' Been fighting MEAN dumb blond jokes since by showing that smart blonds beco...

6. What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

   RNblond replied to nirvana1's topic in Humor

   Poopsiebublnose: remember the people given the names you never liked weren't asked before they got them.my husband ended up Wilber,Jr, who's Dad told him later her never liked his name but gave it to his son any way.Luckily he was6'3" & spent his...

7. What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

   RNblond replied to nirvana1's topic in Humor

   Raven was the real name of Bill Cosby youngest daughter on his old TV show

8. What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

   RNblond replied to nirvana1's topic in Humor

   I went to school with Tangerine Found out later it was a song. Apple isn't odd when you think Olive was a popular name.My oddest newborns were Shadow Star(female) & Angel Jack Daniels (female) Never occurred to us in school,our classmate was Ri...