CCU NRS

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  1. We tell the student nurses to run for their lives."

    CCU NRS replied to hbscott's topic in General Nursing

    Actually the article is called Listening to Nurses: Dissatisfaction and Burnout on the Job "We tell the student nurses to run for their lives." So in Hb's defense he wasn't telling you to run. He also...

  2. The World According to Garp

    CCU NRS posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had never really watched this movie then the other day it was on Encore and I thought well I've never seen it so why not. I was floored when his mother told the story about how she became pregnant....

  3. Co-Workers teasing your spouse!!

    CCU NRS replied to kwagner_51's topic in General Nursing

    If you love your Husband and you let him know it then he should not have any insecurity about it. Ask him if he knows that you love him and tell him how much you do. Ask him if he thinks that the...

  4. The World According to Garp

    CCU NRS replied to CCU NRS's topic in General Nursing

    PRIAPISM Painful, persistent, and abnormal erection, unaccompanied by sexual desire or excitation. The mechanisms of priapism are poorly understood but probably involve complex vascular and...

  5. I hate it when people say this...

    CCU NRS replied to Shotzie's topic in General Nursing

    I have had this happen on occasion and when you start talking to them you find out that they are not a nurse at all but they thought that if you thought there was a nurse in the family the Pt would...

  6. Pay to park?

    CCU NRS replied to uamsrn's topic in General Nursing

    is like a slap in the face!!!! I swear it was almost a deal breaker for me, I was astounded that they want me to work there and pay them to park. They made the top level of the garage (uncovered)...

  7. I hate it when people say this...

    CCU NRS replied to Shotzie's topic in General Nursing

    I always talk right to the child and say Nurses don't just give shots to people because their parents want them too we only give shots when the person needs one, then I look at the parent and say and...

  8. Please Read

    CCU NRS replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Beautiful Poem and sentiment, Thank You Frances Happy New

  9. Lawyer Joke Thread

    CCU NRS replied to kmchugh's topic in Nursing Humor

    A man is at his laywer's funeral and and is suprised by the turnout for this one man. He turns to the people around him. "Why are you all at this man's funeral?" A man turns towards him and says,...

  10. What's your craziest story of the ER

    CCU NRS replied to debo_lpnER's topic in Emergency

    My most popular answer this question is a MIllion Bucks, hahah I just laugh and say yeah I could use that

  11. patient lingo...

    CCU NRS replied to athomas91's topic in Emergency

    had a familly member ask me today if they were going to do that analysis again today? I asked analysis of what ? He says you know when they take the fluid off! OH

  12. Please help me with a decision

    CCU NRS replied to guest27716's topic in Nursing Career

    Would thisa be dental health? Do you know how nurses can work in dental

  13. Please help me with a decision

    CCU NRS replied to guest27716's topic in Nursing Career

    Very Interesting I know here in Oklahoma I have seen RNs working as dental hygenist perhaps there is achallenge to entwer the field by testing out or something but I have acuallyt worked with RNs that...

  14. In One Sentence; if you weren't a nurse, you'd be a ________

    CCU NRS replied to OCCHCanada's topic in General Nursing

    I was wondering if you were a nurse at the time of the above incident because if you were wouldn't that preclude your bus driver status towards reporting this or even reporting it as a private citizen...

  15. pain in the ed

    CCU NRS replied to MAGIK GIRL's topic in Pain Management

    Education: Explaining the 0/10 pain scale (esp. with those you feel may be less than honest about their pain) assess pain as usual and ask if you could demonstrate something slightly painful for them...

  16. pain in the ed

    CCU NRS replied to MAGIK GIRL's topic in Pain Management

    Well my two previous posts were just spur of the mooment barvos as it were. When this subject gets rollong there are really some very masterful ways to make a point. There are ways that are sort of...

  17. pain in the ed

    CCU NRS replied to MAGIK GIRL's topic in Pain Management

    Basics assess the Pt not the chart but I can see how in an ER as you described that exact situation must occur (the seeking not the Appy) thousands of times a day across the United

  18. pain in the ed

    CCU NRS replied to MAGIK GIRL's topic in Pain Management

    Claps hands vigorously and then jumps to feet in

  19. Cooling Blanket For Neuro Patient

    CCU NRS replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    you are definately right on that I guess I was getting my Ps and Qs backwards...it late here and I was spit balling sorry shivering definately increases temp, but the rest is basic coolong blanket...

  20. How Nurses make a difference in the life of one person:Tell us your story.

    CCU NRS replied to Marti Ann's topic in General Nursing

    Long story but My Brother was a quadriplegic from a MVA single vehicle accident thrown from the car and landed on guardrail and fractured his spine and severed his spinal cord C 4-5. Ok I moved to...

  21. Cooling Blanket For Neuro Patient

    CCU NRS replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    We sometimes leave them on 24/7 for a day or two but I would say 95 is too cool I would either adjust control temp or turn it off for a while and premedicate with tylenol supp if ordered before...

  22. pain in the ed

    CCU NRS replied to MAGIK GIRL's topic in Pain Management

    I heard a surgeon walk in and ask a guy that had a hernia repair one time what his pain was on 1-10 scale he explained that 10 is the worst pain you can imagine and 1 is little to know pain. The guy...

  23. Looking for professional counsel to assist in nursing questions.

    CCU NRS replied to phwl's topic in International Nursing

    I did a yahoo search typing in New York Attorney assoc got many hits this one jumped off for me regarding your question

  24. What's your craziest story of the ER

    CCU NRS replied to debo_lpnER's topic in Emergency

    I really enjoyed reading all of these. I have seen my share of biggies and have found some unlikely things in the folds, I have also seen some maggots in wounds and bugs in ears. I thought one of the...

  25. Maryland Lottery Commercial

    CCU NRS replied to hbscott's topic in General Nursing

    I frequent a nursing Bulletin board forum where a member reported seeing your television spot in which a male nurse does not win and the narrator then states something to the effect that I guess your...