Pattiecake

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1. What's the weirdest baby name?

   Pattiecake replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Melena was the name for the special lucky girl. Even when I explained to the mother what it meant, she still insisted.

2. Crazy stuff can happen

   Pattiecake replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

   Old fella said to me the other night "I don't see very well. I have vernacular disorganization" what's really funny though is that I knew what he meant.

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

   Pattiecake replied to Brownms46's topic in Humor

   Well, I just have to respond to that! Micropore tape saved my son's wedding. The tuxedos didn't arrive until midnight. For some reason the rental company confused the arm measurements with the leg measurements. (Did they think the groom and his best ...

4. Seeking advice from other nurses

   Pattiecake replied to danielleRN76's topic in Emergency

   Move on and broaden your horizons. Your tele unit sounds like a comfortable old shoe. Think of how it feels to have something new in your wardrobe. Think of this new ER job as that.

5. Flip, Turn, Crush & Smear

   Pattiecake replied to sam027000's topic in General Nursing

   I've been a working nurse for 40 years and am still doing new stuff every day

6. What's the funniest thing your patient has been scared of before?

   Pattiecake replied to UnidentifiedNurse's topic in Humor

   When I worked in the prison it always amused me that the big mean brutes with the multiple tattoos were the ones that fainted when a blood test was done

7. How about your favorite Old Wives Tales related to health?

   Pattiecake replied to NurseyTonyaLPN's topic in Humor

   Here's one from my mother. An old man should never sleep with his grandchild because he will sap the energy right out of him.

8. Fear Factor, Nurse Style, Five Stunts... lol

   Pattiecake replied to NurCrystal22's topic in Humor

   In September I will have been working as a nurse for 40 years. We certainly never had gloves for patient care back then. As a student in CSR I had to wash the intact used surgeon's gloves, dry 'em, powder 'em and rewrap and sterilize them for reuse. ...

9. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

   Pattiecake replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Humor

   I'd like to know who the great mastermind was that made the call bell, the TV remote and the bed controller all one unit!!! If I had a nickle for the number of times I've answered an attempt at a TV channel change...or a bed adjustment, I'd be a ric...

10. Funniest Write Up You have Every Recieved?!

    Pattiecake replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    One time I was working in a prison where the written word is often outside the inmate's grasp. I had done an assessment for complaints of hematuria and asked the inmate for a urine sample. He wrote a formal complaint (grievance) stating that to do a ...

11. Need ideas for community senior citizen teaching project...Please!

    Pattiecake replied to cmullerRN's topic in General Students

    How about the signs and symptoms of angina. Easy to teach, lots to say, and many seniors have no clue about the symptoms

12. Moving to montreal from tx-taking the professional exam soon

    Pattiecake replied to rubriam's topic in International

    I live in Quebec, and 13 miles from my house is Newport Vermont, where I work. There is an acute care hospital with a 6 bed ICU, several nursing homes in a 20 mile radius, a large prison with a 25 member nursing staff, a large home health agency that...

13. Is there nursing after 50?

    Pattiecake replied to Malt123's topic in General Nursing

    59, working full time, and lovin' it. Never gonna quit. Each day is so unique.

14. patient privacy, arghh!!!!

    Pattiecake replied to renee2004's topic in General Nursing

    "There were tears in the eyes of those nurses for a woman who was not their family, not their friend....but who might have been. There were prayers going up for you and your sister, her friend, boyfriend and family that you might not have heard--but ...

15. Concerned about this and other sites

    Pattiecake replied to Kikumaru's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, I just tried, and I'm not there either. Came up with a "no matches found":saint: Must mean I'm too good for them????:chuckle :chuckle