2ndgenerationnurse

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1. Funniest injury you have ever seen.....

   2ndgenerationnurse replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Emergency

   floating the ER one night when a young man came in with his eyelid glued shut ;O( seems his wife would put his eye drops in for him at night and had her bottle of nail adhesive next to his eye drops!!! he wasn't very forgiving:angryfire , though his...

2. How much gets deducted from your pay for health benefits?

   2ndgenerationnurse replied to hoolahan's topic in General Nursing

   i beat all of you!!! i pay $804 a month! for a UPMC HMO plan, the ins. is for me, dh and kids. it has good coverage but it is sooooo high. it went up about $250 this year and now it is payed after taxes instead of before taxes like last year. :angr...

3. Euro 2004 final

   2ndgenerationnurse replied to nursebedlam's topic in Humor

   rotfl:roll have you heard the one about the guy at the golf course.... he was golfing all day when a funeral prosession came by and he stops and takes his hat off and remains still and silent as they proceed... his friends watch and afterward comment...

4. work makes me sick, literally :OP

   2ndgenerationnurse replied to 2ndgenerationnurse's topic in General Nursing

   i like the idea of having a pair of gloves in my pocet, for quick use and leave them there for that, using the box for the usual needs, i think i will adopt that idea... it would've helped in my earlier situation i posted. has any one on this board c...

5. work makes me sick, literally :OP

   2ndgenerationnurse replied to 2ndgenerationnurse's topic in General Nursing

   i think you are right, but hind sight is 20/20... also you may think about your hospital's rules a different way...you can't sue them for workman's comp etc if you get exposure when you don't follow their ideally written guide lines. we work in the r...

6. work makes me sick, literally :OP

   2ndgenerationnurse replied to 2ndgenerationnurse's topic in General Nursing

   Krissy NY vbmenu_register("postmenu_801069", true); Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Age: 32 Posts: 52 Entire unit quarentined I have shared that I am a new CNA and began work at a new facility. I was on the second floor and then placed in an a...

7. bedpan anyone?

   2ndgenerationnurse replied to 2ndgenerationnurse's topic in Humor

   cold bedpan complaints!!! great point!!! lol:rotfl: :rotfl:

8. When in uniform?!?!?!?!?

   2ndgenerationnurse replied to Still Riding's topic in General Nursing

   if it takes a badge and uniform for humankind to use common courtesy then lets hand them out at birth! (or is that what we get when we get our birthday suit? lol :chuckle ) why does the 'bad guy' set us off into such a generalization about our whole ...

9. When in uniform?!?!?!?!?

   2ndgenerationnurse replied to Still Riding's topic in General Nursing

   Hospital ban for abusive patients search for this thread... in fact i'll go bump it so it will be new for today... it will give you all hope that a wave of standing against nurse abuse is coming. :)

10. bedpan anyone?

    2ndgenerationnurse posted a topic in Humor

    ------------------------------------------------- hospital bulletin: ------------------------------------------------- in an effort to hold the line on escalating medical costs, the hopital is reducing the number of bedpans now in use to o...

11. When in uniform?!?!?!?!?

    2ndgenerationnurse replied to Still Riding's topic in General Nursing

    never attribute malice to that which can easily be explained by stupidity..... or a bad day, or a distracted mind, or a brain burp, or...... we all have our stupid days when we just don't feel like the pleasantries of civilized life... so if you meet...

12. Funny quotes from patients

    2ndgenerationnurse replied to RNtoJD's topic in Humor

    hey adidas99- to your signature "you can pick your friends, you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose. " i have to tell you that after i had sinus surgery my ENT Dr. was cleaning my nose with his little suction tool and he was co...

13. work makes me sick, literally :OP

    2ndgenerationnurse replied to 2ndgenerationnurse's topic in General Nursing

    i'm just not sure that any product is as good as the hospitals antibacterial stuff (am i wrong?)... and i am afraid most lotions will just hold on to bacteria in my work place... i have used my hospitals lotion product that is antibacterial but their...

14. work makes me sick, literally :OP

    2ndgenerationnurse replied to 2ndgenerationnurse's topic in General Nursing

    how about what our job does to our hands! the cracking and stinging with each wash and the need for that instant soap when we are in a hurry or in a bad way... never enough lotion to mend them on the run either... i am always glad when i get my coup...

15. I lost my twins....can anyone help me?

    2ndgenerationnurse replied to OHmom2boys's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i lost my first baby, very bad Dr., went on the pill as a newly wed, and ended up diagnosed pregnant too late. it was the middle of the night and i had been told to go to bed and hope the labor pain passes, i held the tiny limp body of my child, face...