Xbox Live Addict

Xbox Live Addict

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  1. I got reprimanded at work for not using a bra !

    Xbox Live Addict replied to Kath80's topic in General Nursing

    One of my friends during nursing school, now a peds RN, supported her kids as a topless dancer for many years. When I knew her, she was a CNA though. She said it was incredible money, I do imagine,...

  2. I got reprimanded at work for not using a bra !

    Xbox Live Addict replied to Kath80's topic in General Nursing

    THAT'S odd. Are they going to go after guys for not painting themselves up too? In fact, I thought hospitals, NHs, and other medical facilities tended to encourage minimal cosmetic use, and preferred...

  3. I got reprimanded at work for not using a bra !

    Xbox Live Addict replied to Kath80's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you, Witchy, for going to bat for us cave-dudes. I think my remark (referenced by HM2Viking a few posts up) might have been one of those seen as rather off-color. You're probably thinking...

  4. I got reprimanded at work for not using a bra !

    Xbox Live Addict replied to Kath80's topic in General Nursing

    It might help if they kept their pants UP and their tops DOWN. Ditto with the dudes sagging their

  5. tales from the "charts" side

    Xbox Live Addict replied to achot chavi's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Our reception and donor floor techs come up with some doozies in spelling (reception makes out the ID card which lists the donor's allergies). My favorites? "Lower Tabs" (Lortab), "Asaparin"...

  6. I got reprimanded at work for not using a bra !

    Xbox Live Addict replied to Kath80's topic in General Nursing

    Don't even get me started on that

  7. I got reprimanded at work for not using a bra !

    Xbox Live Addict replied to Kath80's topic in General Nursing

    That, and the "yuck" factor. I've seen plenty of girls "go commando" too. And the fact that I know so many people of both sexes who do is an unfortunate testament to their inability to get pants that...

  8. How to get stool smell off of your hands?

    Xbox Live Addict replied to mickjordmoll's topic in General Nursing

    Not sure if it's a "dignity issue" (and if that were the case, I don't see why getting someone nice and clean from stool and urine would be a "dignity issue", quite the opposite) or a health issue,...

  9. How to get stool smell off of your hands?

    Xbox Live Addict replied to mickjordmoll's topic in General Nursing

    Shaving cream does work wonders, but unfortunately, it's never to be done in front of a state surveyor. It's a major write-up if a surveyor catches staff using shaving cream for peri-care in my

  10. Are you happy with your job?

    Xbox Live Addict replied to RedhairedNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Probably the same way you'd be impressed by someone that still had their sanity after spending a year in a P.O.W.

  11. I got reprimanded at work for not using a bra !

    Xbox Live Addict replied to Kath80's topic in General Nursing

    We're talking about bras, boobs, and thongs. What's there to understand?

  12. MRSA and Cdiff

    Xbox Live Addict replied to tml26's topic in General Nursing

    Both infections are opportunistic - they exist naturally in people's bodies, but if something happens which upsets the balance of your body's natural flora - either through a compromised immune system...

  13. I got reprimanded at work for not using a bra !

    Xbox Live Addict replied to Kath80's topic in General Nursing

    :rotfl: Thanks, man. I spilled my Coke. I work in a plasma center, and as part of the initial health assessment I do on all applicant donors, we have to document all their tattoos and piercings. I've...

  14. I got reprimanded at work for not using a bra !

    Xbox Live Addict replied to Kath80's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, I wasn't quite THAT bad! Personally, I've seen plenty of stuff even more tasteless among health-care workers nowadays. Girls with their "whale tails" shining brightly for everyone to see, along...

  15. I got reprimanded at work for not using a bra !

    Xbox Live Addict replied to Kath80's topic in General Nursing

    Dang. Guess I'd better start wearing my bra again. :rotfl: (I'm a dude, BTW, and no, my name is NOT George

  16. New grads having trouble finding jobs

    Xbox Live Addict replied to lee1's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in Oklahoma. We still have ads all over the place with huge sign-on bonuses and "new grads welcome". Of course, we had one of the worst nursing shortages to begin with. But no, nursing is NOT...

  17. Is it legal for a teacher to invite a student over to study?

    Xbox Live Addict replied to nautica843's topic in General Nursing

    Our clinical instructor held study sessions for our clinical group, as well as a get-together at the end of the semester, and these helped us a lot and got us through that shaky first semester. Notice...

  18. Is anyone a seasonal nurse?

    Xbox Live Addict replied to Foxfour's topic in General Nursing

    I've actually thought of doing this myself: summering in the Northeast, maybe Pennsylvania, then wintering in Arizona or southern California. Unless you were doing this as a travel assignment, it...

  19. nurses writing admission orders

    Xbox Live Addict replied to katydid1161's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    This was a standard practice at any NH I worked at, if a new resident were being admitted from home. The admitting nurse would review the medication list from home, transcribe it to an order sheet,...

  20. How many hours would you work?

    Xbox Live Addict replied to mikethern's topic in General Nursing

    Heck yeah. I could think of a million things I'd rather be doing than working and putting up with all the garbage and game-playing. I'd be travelling. I'd be watching movies and playing video games....

  21. Nursing Habits: Sleeping Pills

    Xbox Live Addict replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    I've found Ambien is rather safe, myself. I've noticed fewer side effects in patients and less grogginess in them when it wears off. And any benzo can have paradoxical effects on patients (causing...

  22. Mini Straight Cath

    Xbox Live Addict replied to generalhospital's topic in General Nursing

    The physicians at one NH I worked at would order routine straight caths. It's a devil trying to get a clean catch specimen out of an incontinent, confused resident, although straight caths were not...

  23. Is the birth rate down? or are we just slow

    Xbox Live Addict replied to mugwump's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Actually, the US Census Bureau reported that the country's birthrate is the highest it's been since the 60's. Of course, with the economy in the toilet like it is, it's possible we may see a "baby...

  24. Nursing is a terrible job!

    Xbox Live Addict replied to gentlegiver's topic in General Nursing

    IMO, just saying a person is not eligible for rehire is damaging enough, as most potential employers will be able to deduce just from this statement that the candidate was not perceived as toeing the...

  25. Night Shift = Second Class?

    Xbox Live Addict replied to NewNightShifter's topic in General Nursing

    Nope. I live down south, too, and night shift is treated like the scum of the earth. They got everything dumped on them and it seemed like night shifters would get reamed by administration if day...