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Suction canisters are never emptied at my hospital either. Once installed, they're only replaced when full or when needed. Nothing in the canister will backflow, especially as long as the filter is...

As a med-surg nurse at a busy hospital, I understand and sympathize. I cried what seemed like every day after work most of my first year. I was exhausted. I never felt I was doing as good a job as...

I've done team nursing some. I prefer not to though. As said above, it depends on who you're working with....I've had nurses use "team nursing" as an opportunity to sit on their backside and order...

If I feel that the number pain rating I'm getting (say from an elderly patient) doesn't mesh with what I'm seeing, I'll FLACC them, while also making a note of the number they rated it. I also do...

I'm fortunate enough to work in a Catholic hospital. I'm not Catholic, but the nuns that visit each patient daily are a great comfort to many of my patients, regardless of their faith. Have I talked...

Obama here. My reasons are mine, but I do pray for the future president either way. It's not a job I'd want!

There are so many factors to consider, and you recognize most of them. After 5 years in a hospital setting with 12 hr shifts, I need to point out that 3 12s is a lot of time away from your child. ...

As said before, more info would be helpful, but humiliation is an emotion you may just have to tame. I was crushed and embarrassed and on the verge of tears the first time I was called into my mgr...

I had a great one last week. The family pushed the call light and said the patient needed help with her IV. I went in and they informed me that they had unplugged the IV and assisted the pt to the...

Oh, I forgot one of my other faves. The call light goes off and we answer it from the desk. "May I help you?" Instead of a response we hear this: Did you hit the call light? No, why? They...

I'm loving this thread! My favorite call light story was a man who was aox3, generally very polite and no trouble. Suddenly his call light started going off constantly. He'd deny pressing the...

One I've learned that I don't think I've seen here.... Don't take your girlfriend's psychotic meds thinking they will help you sleep, then wait three days for the resulting erection to "get...

You guys make my stomach hurt from giggling. Things I do include knocking on the pyxis room door, forgetting or mixing up words, answering the call light with the full "Thank you for calling ___...

I do both med-surg and peds. I hear it more on the peds side, but often on the med-surg side too. Frankly, I typically consider it a complement, whether they think they're giving me one or not. ...

I have to weigh in here with something worth thinking about. While I was in nursing school, I said the same things. I did NOT want med-surg. I was willing to do nearly anything but, and the...

I have to laugh at this one. Normally I have no problem here....it's pretty clear which is which. But last week, my grandmother was in a critical heart surgery, I was worried about her, major short...

Do you work with me? I took care of Kermit yesterday!! :D

I wonder if our unit secretary reads this thread. The other day we had a conversation where she said that she knew a child named Le-a pronounced Ledasha. She also personally knows kids named...

:yeahthat: I thought of you guys the other day, when our 24 yo unit clerk claimed to have personally met Abcde, Shithead, Nosmo King, Lemonjello AND Female. I had to LOL!:roll

Took care of a 60-ish female this weekend named Baby Ruth. She was named for a relative named Baby Ruth and was called Baby Ruth her whole life. It was really unfair when I hadn't eaten anything by...

I got some great news this morning. I've passed the NCLEX! Therefore, for the sake of truth and clarity, I am no longer ARNurse2B, but am now, accurately: AR_RN :up::D:yeah::chuckle Yay, me!

Congratulations! First thing I thought of were twins.... Candida Marie and Typhoid Mary! (Sorry! :chuckle)

I don't doubt it. I heard similar questions from some of my classmates on occasion. One nearly got kicked out about a month before graduation for doing a clinical write up for the previous week,...

Wow. The level of bickering in what could have been a fairly adult conversation amazes me. I'm guessing some folks may be a little stressed out these days. Opinions were asked for, so here's...

Actually, check out http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861700460/regionalism.html or http://www.thefreedictionary.com/regionalism or http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/regionalism ...