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  1. Pick Up Lines!!

    donmurray replied to trishaLVN's topic in Nursing Humor

    I overheard both of these the same night! Would you like some awesome lovemaking?... ( If not ) Would you mind lying down while I have some? DO you have any (insert nationality) in you?.... Would you...

  2. Employee Satisfaction Surveys

    donmurray replied to LaurieCRNP2002's topic in General Nursing

    I once attended one of those "Excellence" seminars. A Canadian (as I recall) imported to the UK specially for the event, got up and told us that he had come to tell us the "blindingly obvious" Then...

  3. Charting Bloopers

    donmurray replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    "coded on the floor" What, no bed? (just kidding!) steph, I'd go with one "s" in pus, you only need two if you put a "y" on the end, and that can be

  4. Maggots?

    donmurray replied to nurs2bhopefully's topic in General Nursing

    The UK euphemism is "Larval Therapy" less distressing term

  5. Safety precautions in HIV blood drawing?

    donmurray replied to steena's topic in General Nursing

    Universal Precautions and the various safety devices available should keep you safer. check with procedure manuals, and/or your occupational health dept. Enjoy your new

  6. Photocopy of incident report

    donmurray replied to shavsha's topic in General Nursing

    Go! Nancy! The perfect

  7. Back care for bed- ridden patient

    donmurray replied to salmi's topic in General Nursing

    I never use talc powder, as it absorbs natural oils from the skin. Keep the skin clean by washing with water and hypoallergenic soap, rubbing gently to avoid shear stresses in the skin structure,...

  8. Lunch breaks

    donmurray replied to moonshadeau's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Cue:" My wife says I'm no good at sex, but I don't see how she can judge that in 30 seconds!" Plenty cleaning

  9. stress of being "inferior"

    donmurray replied to mrosie2681's topic in General Students

    Perhaps they feel threatened by you! Students may be seen as young, motivated, aware of new research, etc. etc. especially

  10. What Freaks You Out?

    donmurray replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Vomit does it for me. Have you noticed that whatever they ate, there's always diced carrot in

  11. should psych patients be held accountable?

    donmurray replied to psychnurse01's topic in Psychiatric

    Hi, I thought the nursing unions were active in

  12. intestinal virus...

    donmurray replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

    kids-r-fun, I bow to your superior net skills, more than a little embarrassed that your source is on my media news

  13. intestinal virus...

    donmurray replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

    We share your pain! A hospital in Glasgow (Scotland) is on emergencies-only admissions due to a "Viral" vomiting

  14. body removal...

    donmurray replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

    Lol! But, thinking on,... Why do we in the Western culture deny the reality of death's existence? Why do the other patients not want even to see the trolley on which they know that one of...

  15. Night Shift Differential

    donmurray replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

    UK NHS rate is time +1/3rd (national rate) Newer contracts often specify rotating shifts, so it tends to be a package, and harder to tell the "night" component (invariably less!) Private sector, I...

  16. ANA officially states strikes are unethical and approves use of replacement nurses

    donmurray replied to wildtime88's topic in General Nursing

    I hesitate to intervene but I have a question.......100% minus 8%

  17. ANA officially states strikes are unethical and approves use of replacement nurses

    donmurray replied to wildtime88's topic in General Nursing

    The argument on the 8% making the rules... who else within the profession can? As for the small percentage, at least they aren't counting dimpled

  18. Patients on suicide precautions-what is your facility's policy?

    donmurray replied to deespoohbear's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Folowing on from the need for training in s/s etc. Rn's, preferably psych. are the people who should be doing the 1/1 obs. As someone posted on another thread, regarding triage, experienced, skilled...

  19. Resident with hip fracture

    donmurray replied to Vicki30CNA's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    In my experience, bed rails just give the patient further to

  20. Correct I&O?

    donmurray replied to ClariceS's topic in Nursing Humor

    This just about fits in this thread; Another distinguished elderly lady let one go as her bed was being made. It was TOXIC! When asked if she just "broke wind," her reply was, "Of course I did! do you...

  21. Funny Names for Nurses

    donmurray replied to randomnamees's topic in Nursing Humor

    A medical colleague is trying to find a journal article sent to him, which he gleefully insists was written by a urologist called Dr Burns-Cox

  22. should psych patients be held accountable?

    donmurray replied to psychnurse01's topic in Psychiatric

    Clive, it doesn't matter, nobody, but nobody, should have to work in an environment where being assaulted "comes with the

  23. first code blue

    donmurray replied to tonia's topic in General Nursing

    That's right, hang on in, I still recall my first, in 1977! I came on duty at 7am. and the night nurse passed me on the way in with "Great! take over from Jenny!" I entered the ward to find the crash...

  24. Men vs. Women

    donmurray replied to BlueBear's topic in General Nursing

    A yo-yo? oh no,

  25. Opinions on this article????

    donmurray replied to CEN35's topic in General Nursing

    nurs4kids, I thought that mijourney was agreeing with your acknowledging there was a problem. Perhaps there is something in the passive/docile personality types being attracted to nursing. That...