3aremyjoy

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1. Cirrhosis

   3aremyjoy replied to MikeHale143's topic in General Nursing

   KatieMI, you just made my geeky heart

2. Do you clean bedpans or throw them out?

   3aremyjoy replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

   We use hygie-bags that contain an absorbant strip of material in them to line the bed pan. The pan and bag are then taken to the dirty utility. The bag is disposed of and the pan is put in the...

3. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

   3aremyjoy replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

   Oh rad10....that's just wrong! So wrong..... on so many levels! Good on you for keeping nurse

4. New nurse no training?

   3aremyjoy replied to EricaFrost's topic in Home Health

   Your Spidey Senses are tingling for a reason. You are correct! This is NOT safe! This is NOT normal! You DO need orientation. RUN from this

5. CPNRE September 2014

   3aremyjoy replied to sweets21's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

   Passed! And just signed papers for full time palliative care position! Life I good

6. Mantra?... Whats yours??...

   3aremyjoy replied to PrayingToPass's topic in Spirituality, Religion

   Not a motivational/uplifting one, but it's got me through some (ahhhem....)moments ... "I am 100% washable"

7. Things Little Old Ladies Say

   3aremyjoy replied to raiisfun's topic in Nursing Humor

   Not a LOL, but my patient referred to peri-care as "washing the laundry". I can't sort my laundry now without

8. CPNRE September 2014

   3aremyjoy replied to sweets21's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

   Can. Not. Wait. May. Die.

9. CPNRE May 2014

   3aremyjoy replied to sweets21's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

   That was one tough test! I achieved academic honors with distinction all the way through school, did the predictor tests with 95-100% chance of passing and it didn't prepare me for

10. From construction to nursing, has it been done?

    3aremyjoy replied to jerc47's topic in Men in Nursing

    Just turned 40, finished nursing school and getting ready to write board exam. Worked in swine barns. Ya, it can be done. Go for

11. The most valuable thing(s) you've been told

    3aremyjoy replied to paramedic-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Save your back, it's your pay cheque! Raise the bed to working height EVERY time! When boosting someone in bed, raise to your working height, lay bed flat, place into trandelenberg, have pt grab side...

12. Community Health Diagnosis

    3aremyjoy replied to JenHaz99's topic in General Nursing

    So you have identified the issues of substance abuse and poverty. What can these issues CAUSE? Those will be your "risk for" statements. I'll get you started, poverty puts people at risk for...

13. Burned Bridges

    3aremyjoy replied to brown eyed girl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well said TheCommuter! I think you could put together a great article with what you've written

14. Burned Bridges

    3aremyjoy replied to brown eyed girl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It's not the age of the car, it's the

15. Burned Bridges

    3aremyjoy replied to brown eyed girl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    TheCommuter, Will you please be my mentor? I am working on this.... and its so