camost

camost has 6 years experience and specializes in Rehab, skilled, long term acute,.

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1. Best & Worst April Fool's Pranks

   camost replied to Fran_Nurse's topic in Humor

   Another nurse called the charge nurse and said get over here quick, they are fighting in the nurses station. We did this last year... it was my house sup's birthday. She was downstairs on a smoke break. We set up the break room for her birthday, cak...

2. Best & Worst April Fool's Pranks

   camost replied to Fran_Nurse's topic in Humor

   Not a Fool's Day prank, but fun nonetheless... I used to work at a Job Corps Center. On Wednesdays, the new enrollees would come thru medical for their physical. One aspect was a urine drug screen. Gotta love apple juice and specimen cups. Its funny ...

3. Where do you look for correctional nursing openings?

   camost replied to obtech2nurse's topic in Correctional

   The one I work for pays the same as the state facilites. The insurance is comparable. For me, the cleanliness and the safety is more important. If I had to, I would give up a dollar or two an hour if that meant I worked in a safer facility. The facil...

4. Terms we will not admit to using

   camost replied to gwenith's topic in Humor

   Positive suitcase sign - those FFs in the psych unit who come to the ER with a packed suitcase. I've actually seen this one in a medical chart. And I sometimes suffer from Optic Rectumitis - a crappy outlook on life. camost

5. You Know You're a Nurse When...

   camost replied to Brownms46's topic in Humor

6. You Know You're a Nurse When...

   camost replied to Brownms46's topic in Humor

   -You've sworn that you are going to have "No Code" tattoed to your chest. Uhhhh, I seriously have a "NO CPR" tattoo on my chest. Got it this past February. Then in June I was in the ICU with pneumonia. Apparently, while every nurse talks about getti...

7. Where do you look for correctional nursing openings?

   camost replied to obtech2nurse's topic in Correctional

   From what I've seen, private correctional facilites are nice, cleaner, safer, and over all better. But, that's just what I've seen. I work for a large private correctional company, but 3 days into the job I'm not sure how biased I'm in. I'm comparing...

8. Safety in the facility

   camost replied to Kaiserstudent's topic in Correctional

   Hi. I'm an LPN in Oklahoma. I work at a private mens medium security facility in northwest Oklahoma. Today was only my 3rd day, so I'm still in class. From what I've seen and friends I have who work in corrections, I'm more likely to get injured on t...