bmck97004 RN

bmck97004 has 56 years experience as a RN and specializes in Retired from Ambulatory Surgery.

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1. What orders from providers have made you laugh the most?

   bmck97004 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

   Pardon the misspelling - tried to edit but that function didn't seem to work.

2. What orders from providers have made you laugh the most?

   bmck97004 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

   I was a nurse in the era of hand-written orders - they could be challenging! One of my favorites (and most difficult to decipher) was the order to discharge when alimenting! I also loved the order "May stand to whiz". Fund times!

3. Critical Thinking Meets the Aspiration Debate

   bmck97004 replied to Jon E Soskis's topic in Safety

   I was taught aspiration (50+ years ago) and practiced it faithfully throughout my 40 year career. I probably aspirated blood maybe twice but why tempt fate? I was very good at giving IM's and aspiration was simply a part of the routine moves. If i...

4. This MD culture

   bmck97004 replied to darren_callcareer18's topic in General Nursing

   I had a dear friend who worked in Critical Care for many years. When a young doctor started getting irritated and angry about middle of the night phone calls, she took him aside and told him that if he continued to act that way, the nurses would qui...

5. Nursing Uniforms: From Skirts to Scrubs and Beyond

   bmck97004 replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

   I started my career as a nurses'aide and graduated from nursing school in 1968. In 40 years as an RN i went through many of the uniforms described. Some additional comments - I was very proud of wearing my cap but found it to be in the way, especia...

6. New Grad Fired After 2 Weeks

   bmck97004 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   When my daughter was in nursing school, she was told by one of her instructors that she should give up on being an RN - she'd never make it. Now she's a house supervisor in a large urban hospital. Don't give up and don't listen to all of the negati...

7. What Did You Get For Nurses Week?

   bmck97004 replied to iPink's topic in General Nursing

   I've been retired for several years, but we used to get a beautiful geranium plant - was a lovely gift that I looked forward to ever year!

8. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

   bmck97004 replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

   How about glass blood transfusion bottles?!? I dropped one once - glass and blood EVERYWHERE!!!

9. Good Excuses for Missing Work

   bmck97004 replied to Joe V's topic in Humor

   I tripped on the sidewalk going into work one day and fell, breaking a rib. Instead of going to work, I went to the ER! Didn't have to call in - everyone saw what condition I was in....