ShifraPuah

ShifraPuah

L&D, Family Practice, HHA, IM

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  1. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    ShifraPuah replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I LOVE all these stories! Keep them

  2. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    ShifraPuah replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I'm interested! I would love to hear the details. (and, BTW, I share my flat with a ghost, too. He's very quiet but has made his presence

  3. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    ShifraPuah replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Do NOT tell the Live Answer staff that you're having SOB and difficulty breathing and then backpedal and state "I don't know what they're talking about" when I ask you the same thing (I was triaging...

  4. What are the major issues you have struggled with as a nurse?

    ShifraPuah replied to Nurse Mentor Nancy's topic in General Nursing

    I believe this can apply to any place that employs RNs. For me, it is management and higher-ups that fail to understand that nursing doesn't fit into a tidy 36- or 40-hour

  5. I feel silly wearing Grey's Anatomy Scrubs - but they are SO comfortable!

    ShifraPuah replied to 2126's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats on the new job and don't feel silly in the least about your scrubs--if you feel comfy in them, you can relax and focus on the job at hand--and isn't that the point? Keep us posted on how...

  6. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    ShifraPuah replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    To the triage RN: please do not stand around for 10-15 minutes around my station, multiple times a day, and flirt with the MD or chat with the secretary about "Dancing with the Stars" and "American...

  7. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    ShifraPuah replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    From today, and yes, it was crazy! Do not sit on your lab order sheet and cuss out the lab staffers because the lab wasn't open yet and throw a temper tantrum in front of all the pts in the waiting...

  8. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    ShifraPuah replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    From my days in L&D: Please do not go into your post-eclamptic friend's room q 5 minutes and then complain to the staff that the room is dark and you want to talk to her, when she barely pulled...

  9. GUM! Can you chew it on shift?

    ShifraPuah replied to SummitRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I do chew gum at work, but only when I have to care for a patient being sick, or cleaning a stage 4 decub ulcer, cleaning up stool, or performing digital disimpaction. Why? It takes my mind off the...

  10. Who is GENERALLY more of a "PAIN"?: Co-workers OR Patients?

    ShifraPuah replied to Di Deanna's topic in General Nursing

    Thank God for this thread! My own "pick for the pain" is management. Coworkers are generally good where I work, patients can be PITAs but, like an earlier poster said, are gone within a short period...

  11. Office Concerns,, Am I Worried for Nothing?

    ShifraPuah replied to Lexxie's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I would get out of there as fast as I could if I were you. Don't put your license on the line any longer. This "facility" is a danger to patients and employees both. If I were an inspector, I'd shut...

  12. Any recommendations for a good winter hand cream?

    ShifraPuah replied to Elektra6's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I like Hemp Hand Cream from The Body Shop, Great Shakes and Endless Glove from Soap & Glory, and my favorite, L'Occitane Shea Butter Hand

  13. Cleaning up vomit

    ShifraPuah replied to caliwannabenurse's topic in General Students

    What I have found that works for me is a strongly-flavored mint or chewing gum, usually peppermint. Also, Vicks VapoRub under the nostrils helps. I hate puke w/a passion but have got used to it (over...

  14. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    ShifraPuah replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    :chuckle

  15. Do Real Nurses Work From Home? You Betcha!!

    ShifraPuah replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    Well, gosh, what a horrible morning commute! Really, I'm happy for you but also a tad jealous. How'd you manage to get the position? We are all

  16. Obnoxious co-workers...

    ShifraPuah replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    How about coworkers who send you chain letters in your office email? Or message with a religious theme (usually Christian; I am Jewish)? I really don't care to discuss my beliefs or faith with my...

  17. How do you assess this video of fainting public official?

    ShifraPuah replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Arrhythmia, possibly? Though I think it's most likely TIA. Get

  18. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    ShifraPuah replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    I had a pt who pulled the emergency call light in the BR. Her reason: "I wanted to see what would happen!"

  19. Nurse Externs

    ShifraPuah replied to CandyGyrl's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Being a NE is one of the best ways to prepare for nursing, IMO, without actually being an RN. It will give you insights into nursing that textbooks, clinicals, and labs just can't give

  20. Dr.s throwing their weight around...............

    ShifraPuah replied to LSRNgrad2008's topic in General Nursing

    I find it perplexing that behavior that would elicit a private chat w/your supervisor is tolerated in pts and just smiled at terms of doctors. MDs who are reading this: Treat us w/respect. Period. If...

  21. SHOES: Are Dansko comfortable?

    ShifraPuah replied to ternerzero's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    YES!!!

  22. Nurses and Doctors Dating Each Other

    ShifraPuah replied to lunden's topic in General Nursing

    It has been my observation that what makes a person successful in becoming a doctor does not necessarily translate into good dating/relationship

  23. I cannot do med/surg anymore

    ShifraPuah replied to zoo*moon's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, I'd take a good long vacation to relax and rest up first before looking for a job. Then I'd check out the various PPs/ICUs in your area and talk to the people there and get an idea of the...

  24. How about a thread for baby names you liked?

    ShifraPuah replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have a friend whose daughter is Ainsley Imogen (IM-OH-JEN). I think it's very pretty. Ainsley's older brother is Theo

  25. Ever Gag or Vimit While Doing the Job?

    ShifraPuah replied to 987!'s topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely the truth! Another key point to remember is that you are there for the pt, and if you have to step out to vomit or end up puking right along with them, take a few minutes, rinse out your...