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  1. Funny things you have said but wish you didn't

    These are great! Here's mine: I'd placed an elderly male patient on the bedpan with instructions to put on the call light when he'd completed his business. I was at the station when I saw his light go off. Bypassing the usual "How may I help you?"...
  2. not funny, just nasty

    I've got a nursing sense of humor as "black" as the next person, but I also agree that this cartoon is offensive to our profession.
  3. Dress or scrubs? Females ONLY!!!!

    I agree with what Gwenith said, and I wouldn't wear a dress myself at the bedside; however, if my colleagues (male or female) want to wear one, it's fine with me!
  4. An affront to the nursing profession

    I was in academia, and I'd totally agree. Unfortunately, I didn't find one of those academic jobs where we work 6-hour days and have all sorts of free and holiday time. Between preparing and updating lectures, grading papers, rotating my clinical gr...
  5. Male vs. Female

    Had the experience of a very professional, intelligent male nurse where I worked being propositioned by a patient. I was charge, and he came out to the station, reported it, documented it, and asked courteously to be removed from the case, which I d...
  6. What does your post name reflect about you?

    When I was teaching a senior citizen's aerobics class years ago, for some reason I still don't know they nicknamed me "mouse". Then people started giving me stuffed toy mice and mouse figurines for gifts. I now have an office "populated" with mice,...
  7. Chain of Command

    I'm researching the Chain of Command within the hospital structure for a specialty-based CNS (I'm Critical Care). Please share who you answer to, whether they are supportive of your efforts, and how effective overall your Chain of Command is. I'd r...
  8. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    Actually, by the end of that night, I was tempted...
  9. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    Your nurse and her colleagues are NOT Satanic priests and priestesses who are going to sacrifice you at dawn and then eat your heart. Taking six aspirins and showing up in ER with an overdose because you broke up with your girlfriend does not garne...
  10. I'd be a film critic! (Before I fell sideways into nursing, I was a journalism major, drama minor. Boy, did I get sidetracked!). Nursehouse.
  11. LVN/LPNs in acute care

    Thanks! We're trying to look for the best way to utilize these excellent practitioners without exploiting them or exceeding their scope of practice. Your feedback is really helpful!:kiss
  12. LVN/LPNs in acute care

    HI! Need help/feedback on the role LVNs take in the acute care setting. I used to be an LVN in acute care myself in the 80s and I know how the role has changed/evolved/come full circle in many ways. Are LVNs used in your facility? What practice mo...
  13. PLEASE say something POSITIVE about Nursing

    Simply and selfishly: I do this because I haven't done anything in nursing yet that I absolutely hated. Even tough jobs have their moments of joy and accomplishment, and I go home most of the time exhausted, but with a warm heart. I'm currently a C...
  14. Central Lines: saline or heparin?

    thank you so much for your assistance and answers. Literature notwithstanding, it looks like it's overwhelmingly Heparin on this board. I'll admit I didn't expect that, but that's why I asked the question! As usual, you guys have been great. Tak...
  15. Getting it on the MAR: How hard is that?

    A quick thanks for all of the assistance you provided. You helped make a difference for me and my colleagues. Your help was SO appreciated! Nursemouse (Jeannie):kiss