AIS52

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1. No good deed goes unpunished

   AIS52 replied to tmiller027's topic in General Nursing

   I had a similar experience except that my false positive was for HIV!!! If I remember correctly they do two screenings, one for the actual virus (very specific) and one for antibodies (non-specific), and my antibody screening came back slightly posi...

2. Charting Bloopers

   AIS52 replied to AHarri66's topic in Humor

   Two good ones- On the floor census, "S/P CABBAGE" or on the preop checklist in the belongings section "family took toilet trees home"

3. STR8 vs Gay Male RN

   AIS52 replied to Ah life!'s topic in General Nursing

   I've never had anyone ask me if I'm gay, in fact many of the women when they find out I'm not married want to introduce me to their granddaughter, daughter, niece, etc. so I'm not worried if the patients think I'm gay or not. Besides would you thin...

4. transgender nurse (transvestite)

   AIS52 replied to nursecathy's topic in Safety

   At the last hospital I worked we had a Cardiothoracic Surgeon who underwent a sex change. She had to send out a letter to all her patients informing them and while a few left, most stayed. In fact many said they felt more comfortable seeing her no...

5. Songs that you can relate to nursing.

   AIS52 replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

   Jimmy Buffett's "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes" for my personal favorite line that sums up just about everyone in healthcare- "If we weren't all crazy, we would go insane." I can never resist singing (in my head at least) "Fins" when rol...

6. I wrote up a doctor

   AIS52 replied to RN always's topic in General Nursing

   Well, often times they will split the money recovered with you 50/50! I know insurance companies do this because my aunt is an attorney who specializes in medicare fraud. When she had surgery a few years ago she requested an itemized bill for her st...

7. lost instruments in patient

   AIS52 replied to portland_guy's topic in General Nursing

   About 30+ years ago my uncle was living in the far reaches of Northern Canada when his appy ruptured late one night. The only doctor for hundreds of miles was drunk and left several instruments and sponges inside him. To this day you can still see qu...

8. stethoscopes

   AIS52 replied to pcacj's topic in General Nursing

   I bought a Littmann Master Classic II and my dad gave me so much crap about how I wasted my money. "I've been a nurse over 25 years now and I have never had a problem with cheap stethoscopes- it's the listener, NOT the stethoscope" he'd say. I had th...

9. What is the dumbest order you ever read?

   AIS52 replied to SherRN's topic in General Nursing

   A few I've collected; -Metoprolol 1000 mg PO BID So we call the doc and ask what he meant. He says "I didn't write that order. Call the House Staff." We remind him that HE put this patient is on private service so no residents covering. He says "well...

10. Guys in Nursing...What's your Input?

    AIS52 replied to MarcusKspn's topic in General Nursing

    When patients ask me if Nursing is a stop on the road to med school (and no, the gay question has NEVER come up), my favorite answer is "No thanks, I'd like to be around to watch my children grow up." Works like a charm everytime.

11. How to Keep your Scope???

    AIS52 replied to Sleepyeyes's topic in General Nursing

    I paid the extra money for one of Littman's black series stethoscopes. It's 100% black- even exposed metal. I've only seen two like it before and working on a cardiothoracic floor, it seems like everyone right down to dietary has a Littman around th...

12. how do we change nurses opinions on male nurses?

    AIS52 replied to mark_LD_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I have never run into a problem with any coworkers. In fact when I started on my floor all the nurses were glad to finally "have a guy around again." Now there are four of us and sometimes we outnumber the women.

13. Clumsiest moment?

    AIS52 replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

    The other night I hear a pt's o2 humidifier bottle back up, usually because water is in the o2 tubing or it has kinked and the oxygen needs to escape somewhere so it makes a whistling sound as goes. Unfortunately I forgot this also increases airpress...

14. Call bells in my sleep

    AIS52 replied to flowerchild's topic in General Nursing

    When I started 3-11 and many patients were sleeping when I left, I started waking up thinking I WAS IN A PATIENT'S BED!!! Thank god those dreams stopped but I swear my computer's fan sometimes makes a sound like the call bell.

15. How the states are spending their Tobacco settlement $?

    AIS52 replied to Cristina's topic in General Nursing

    Unless things have changed, Massachusetts is the ONLY state to use 100% of the settlement money for anti-tobacco campaigns.