Titiana

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1. Charting Bloopers

   Titiana replied to AHarri66's topic in Humor

   We had someone had charted on a prior visit an allergic reaction of "thong swelling" instead of tongue swelling. ?

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

   Titiana replied to Brownms46's topic in Humor

   not only do you bet on your drunken ER pt's blood alcohol, but they bet too. "I think I'm 400" LOL

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

   Titiana replied to Brownms46's topic in Humor

   When you start to dial 9 to get an outside line when you're at home. When you're home phone rings and you answer _________ER, this is __________, How may I help you, lol. You've ever signed your checks ___________________________, RN Lol, not that I ...

4. Funniest real orders you have seen in a chart?

   Titiana replied to nilepoc's topic in Humor

   I worked at a teaching hospital on the Surgical Floor and one of my good friends is an intern there. One night a patient saw a mouse run under her bed, so joking around we call Rachel (the intern) and she wrote a note saying: " Contacted by nursing ...

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

   Titiana replied to Brownms46's topic in Humor

   I can calculate urine output by just listening. LOL, I do this all the time, I have gotton great at glancing at the urine in a commode or a plain foley bag and can tell exactly how much is in there. MD's look at you funny when you glance and say 125 ...

6. Give Pt's your phone number?????

   Titiana posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have a question. I was at work yesterday and I heard a nurse from the IV team (we have a team that does IV's and hangs blood... from 7am to 11pm) give a pt her phone number. Has anyone ever done this? I've had a couple pt that I've been close with...

7. 1950s nursing

   Titiana replied to colrainrn's topic in General Nursing

   My first clinical instructor was amazing (if she wasn't I may of quit) and she said that the first day of clinical that when we became nurses to remember what it was like to be students because as she put it "we're eating our young" and that that att...

8. Nurses and Blood Draws?

   Titiana replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

   I wouldn't neccessarily say that, I live in Upstate New York and out BOCES runs a program, where for about $100 bucks and 30 days you can be a phlebotomist and I have known some nurses that are amazing at drawing blood and some phlebotomists (nurses ...

9. 1950s nursing

   Titiana replied to colrainrn's topic in General Nursing

   Oh yes, we were taught that none of the sheet could have the seams touching the pt, nor could it have WRINKLES, we had to make sure that the sheets and blankets were completely flat because that will irritate the skin, we also had to make special "fo...

10. in need of some good reads: nursing fiction

    Titiana replied to jolie chatte's topic in General Nursing

    LOL, I'm 21 and that's my favorite thing to do, or lay in the tub with a book. It's not fiction but it's a really good read. "Intensive Care" by Echo Heron, she got her RN in the late 70's and I read it everytime nursing school is getting me down, gi...

11. 1950s nursing

    Titiana replied to colrainrn's topic in General Nursing

    As I'm reading these posts I'm laughing, I learned some of this stuff in my LPN year. We learned to make a bed with 2 flat sheets (hospital corners and all), lol, haven't even had to use that knowledge. To take part in the graduation ceromonies we no...

12. Terrified about Post-Graduation

    Titiana posted a topic in General Students

    I feel very unconfidate about graduation, like I really don't know what I'm doing. I know what I'm being taught and I have gotten an excellent referral from my instructor (he works in the ICU), but I have all these doubts, like what should I do if a...

13. Funniest real orders you have seen in a chart?

    Titiana replied to nilepoc's topic in Humor

    Reminds me of my great-gramma who didn't die until 96, used to eat Limberger (spelled wrong) cheese and a bowl of ice cream every day. She used to sit at the table at night and eat a spoonful of ice cream then give a spoonful to the dog to lick off, ...

14. Funniest real orders you have seen in a chart?

    Titiana replied to nilepoc's topic in Humor

    Can I ask why you would want to douche with Betadine???

15. Funniest real orders you have seen in a chart?

    Titiana replied to nilepoc's topic in Humor

    we had a pt trasfered up from ER and the MD wrote, please bathe pt on admission (that's how nasty she was) and she was only 14!