Garde-Malade

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1. Pet peeves!

   Garde-Malade replied to ADN 2002's topic in General Nursing

   Pet Peeves: 1. Other nurses who post to a Pet Peeve thread and tell the rest of us that we are whining and sniveling. As one who posted earlier said, this is THE place to vent. By venting here, we can "be nice" to our patients -- so that our attit...

2. More Strange Baby Names

   Garde-Malade replied to RNLaborNurse4U's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Rissi-Roo wrote: My husbands name is Gary and when ever I type his name I almost always type it Gray. Well, I really don't like the name Gary but I have grown to like the name Gray.... Does this sound like a good name to people .?????... I like it a...

3. More Strange Baby Names

   Garde-Malade replied to RNLaborNurse4U's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I went to High School in Florida with a girl named LaTrina. And, actually lived next door to a Justin Case. My little boy's middle name is Scottish Gaelic, it is Tiernan -- pronounced Tee-ir-nan. A little unusual, but my husband and I both fell in...

4. Who is REALLY GOOD with needles?

   Garde-Malade replied to IndyGypsyNurse's topic in General Nursing

   Hmm ... looking at my above post, I see that I need practice in posting with HTML ! Ah, well ...

5. Who is REALLY GOOD with needles?

   Garde-Malade replied to IndyGypsyNurse's topic in General Nursing

   3rd semester RN student here. Mostly to say what's already been said: dart the needle (our instructors tell us that slow=pain ... the body has time to feel the pain if you hesitate or inject the needle slowly). Also ... I learned the truth of the ...

6. rate your med-surg textbook!!

   Garde-Malade replied to acaringnurse's topic in General Students

   Gromit: Those are two books that we used (are using) in my program. I agree with you on the Phipps, et.al., I think it's written way beyond our level. The Townsend volume was a bit better. In my case, it wasn't the book, but our psych instructor t...

7. Funny names

   Garde-Malade replied to LoriUSAFRN's topic in Humor

   Dentist here in town: Dr. Drilling !!

8. Cynic's Guide to Life

   Garde-Malade replied to kmchugh's topic in Humor

   My favorite recently spotted on a bumper sticker: We don't need a Fountain of Youth, how about a Fountain of Smart ?

9. Funny Names for Nurses

   Garde-Malade replied to randomnamees's topic in Humor

   Here in our neck of the woods, we have a dentist. Her name: Dr. Drilling!

10. Out for the summer...

    Garde-Malade replied to momangel29's topic in General Students

    I've been out since the third week of May .. don't return until 14 August. Was just thinking yesterday of how bored I am, not counting activities with hubby and young son. I finished my first semester, and the syllabus for the second semester shoul...