acrazycanucker

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1. What nursing task do you loathe???

   acrazycanucker replied to richardgecko's topic in General Nursing

   Emptying urinals....something about peeing in a bottle just grosses me out big time. And any sort of respiratory thing that involves gurgling and phlegm....uuugh I am shuddering just writing this. When I ask about sputum color and my pt says "here ...

2. Com'on, you got one...What is your heart wrenching moment?

   acrazycanucker replied to CrunchBerries's topic in General Nursing

   Hoo boy, I have a lot after 23 years. One that stands out to me is working on a maternity unit in a pretty isolated area (tertiary care center a 4 -6 hour med flight away) where we had a delivery of a 22 weeker with chorio infection in mom. Team wo...

3. New here, first post, and totally burned out!

   acrazycanucker posted a topic in General Nursing

   I just joined Allnurses today after a number of years as a lurker. For background, I am a diploma grad (3 year hospital based program in Canada, so not sure what that would be equivalent to in places like the US). 23 years experience this year in ...