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I live in earthquake country.... 30 min away from the city where my hospital is at and in a safer earthquake zone than the city. If the "big one" hit and I knew my family was safe, I would do...

My routine: I check the MAR, then pull the meds. Then, I chart the meds one by one against the MAR, checking the name and correct dosage again, then opening the package, announcing the medication and...

1) I saved a patient's life by NOT listening to the charge nurse's advice. I got an order for the EKG which concluded a STEMI (Charge wanted to ignore it, because the pt was homeless and yelling out...

I'm a good test taker. I downloaded NCLEX study questions onto my Itouch. There were 1000, and you could bookmark the ones you got wrong. I studied them until I had 0 wrong. I passed with just a...

I like that most of my patients get better and go home. You see your nursing interventions actually work and patients progress. But don't take it lightly.... when these patient's are fresh post ops...

I use the skin prep swabs... gives a sticky surface to grab onto the condom cath so it won't slip off as easily, protects the delicate skin, using a downward motion sweeps any stray hairs out of the...

I'd like to know the answer to this question.... how much can/should you void from a bladder? Will it affect bp if you empty out too much?

The irony of your entire post, OP, is that by singling out a group of people (of whom you have gathered no evidence to support your claims) you are making cruel and degrading generalizations which...

As long as the nurse isn't hosting her porn website DRESSED UP AS A NURSE!!! Wish the BON could go after porn sites that have a "nurse theme." Sorry to get off track here :)

I was at a free clinic once and going through the questions.... thought I'd heard it all at that point and was unimpressed, until I was asked if I regularly came into contact with BLOOD during sexual...

THIS GUY IS SOOO FUNNY! He's a doc, but a seriously funny one. http://www.youtube.com/user/ZDoggMD

Oh my.... I REALLY wish I could find a good youtube clip of the hospital scene from the movie Idiocracy. (Hilarious movie.... rent it anyway, but ESPECIALLY for the Wal-martinized hospital...

I love making my patients and their families laugh.

"so I said IT'S GONE, IT'S MY FAULT, MOVE ON, WHAT CAN I GET YOU RIGHT NOW..." Beautiful. A metaphor for all relationships :)

From the Mayo Clinic website: " Tell your doctor about any medications you're taking. A number of other drugs can also interact with Viagra, Levitra or Cialis. They include: Alpha...

I know that Viagra cant be given with Nitro, but what is the interaction with fibrinolytics, and does it apply to blood thinners as well?

Ha ha ha... I love this: "A STAT Banana!"

This is what I am planning on doing ASAP : http://www.nols.edu/wmi/courses/wildupgrademedpros.shtml Had a harrowing experiencing in Yosemite this summer. Don't ever want to be caught off guard...

You will have to use your judgment to determine if this is appropriate.... but see if you can actually jump in and help the unit. Can you take vitals? Do bed baths? Answer call lights? Although it...

Apparently this is from real court testimony: http://www.rinkworks.com/said/courtroom.shtml Lawyer: "Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?" Witness: "No." ...

Start with your ABCs (Airway, Breathing, Circulation) One of those nursing dx can be prioritized based on that. Good work so far!

If you can find a job in SF (especially difficult as a new grad), most hospitals won't care diddly squat about your tattoos. I wouldn't proclaim them in your interview, though.

I never worked as a CNA before becoming an RN, and I would just like to shout out to you guys in the profession, and thank the wonderful techs and CNAs at my hospital. I have learned so much from you...

I spent a summer shadowing physicians in Quito. I had a stint at the Military hospital, La Maternidad and at a family clinic. The most striking difference was the availability of supplies, which...

"Has the cheese slid of my cracker..." HILARIOUS!! I'm going to use this one :)