newgirl

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1. What color was your student uniform?

   newgirl replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

   For nursing school we wore WHITE uniform with a white lab coat over it... we had to have the patch on the left shoulder..and they were strict...we were sent home for any color on the uniform and for ANY scuffs on our shoes... for work now we wear pu...

2. death

   newgirl replied to bneukam's topic in General Nursing

   I have been a nurse for over 5 years now. I still remember my first patient death..I worked on a cardiac floor and this man was a DNR...he had been with us for two weeks dying the whole time...his family was with him..for some reason (one of my pet...

3. Anthrax in the ED

   newgirl replied to kaycee's topic in Emergency

   Oh man the life of an ER nurse..when you aren't dealing with people calling in or coming in you gotta deal with attendings...we already had two attendings come down to be checked...no particular reason, they just wanted an anthrax test..(they are att...

4. Nursing Superstitions!

   newgirl replied to codebluechic's topic in Humor

   Ok this isnt really a superstition..its the truth..IN the ER the patients that come in screaming the loudest and trying to get a head of everyone else turn out to have the LEAST life-threatening illnesses....for instance the man who almost kicked do...

5. Nursing Superstitions!

   newgirl replied to codebluechic's topic in Humor

   If you work in the Emergency Room you know that the surest way to help a very ill patient on to the next life is to send them to the CT scanner... also the number of staff members available and working on a certain night relates indirectly to how bus...