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  1. LTC Dignity

    squeakykitty replied to Redzie's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    The incident I was posting about involved a CNA that was trying to talk someone into taking a shower. I heard her tell a resident, "If you don't get a shower, you'll get 'stinky' "(stinky was said in...

  2. What do I do...I witnessed pt. physical abuse

    squeakykitty replied to abnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I think that even though some threads are old, they will always be relevant, and people can learn from

  3. Weird, Odd Nurses Behavior.....

    squeakykitty replied to cre8tivRN's topic in General Nursing

    How about watching a horror movie and instead of being grossed out, you "critique"

  4. kicked out of school- failed professionalism!

    squeakykitty replied to m_lanham's topic in General Nursing

    I would have grabbed it and politely offered to get a new one. People can die from a UTI from septicemia. And talked to my

  5. Weird, Odd Nurses Behavior.....

    squeakykitty replied to cre8tivRN's topic in General Nursing

    This is funny. I used to clean a local rest area, and I had a "Miss Helicopter Hiney" that used to hover back too far and deposit poop on the back of the toilet that I had to scrape up. That really...

  6. You know it's a bad night when......

    squeakykitty replied to Cmariehart's topic in General Nursing

    You open up the newspaper, turn to your horoscope and it asks: "How fast can you run?" Below that is an advertisement for Blue

  7. CNA training: Some questionable behavior

    squeakykitty replied to FinderKeeper's topic in General Nursing

    this place has more serious issues than cnas charting by esp. there are some serious neglect issues going on. what about what you didn't see. a resident can choke to death on the food that is pocketed...

  8. alternate ways of treating borderline personality disorder

    squeakykitty replied to hsieh's topic in Psychiatric

    Borderline personality disorder is in every culture, but it may manifest differenty in different cultures. Being shipped to Africa won't help maladaptive ways of coping, it won't give borderline pts....

  9. alternate ways of treating borderline personality disorder

    squeakykitty replied to hsieh's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm not a psych nurse or any nurse, but I have read/studied a lot about various personality disorders. From what I've read, I don't think antisocial personality disorder can be sucessfully treated....

  10. Rules for the ER (long)

    squeakykitty replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    ICK!!!!:smackingf :uhoh21:

  11. Is this normal?

    squeakykitty replied to tigress_8207's topic in General Nursing

    I think the OP is in a Caribean country, and she is reporting

  12. Who Should NOT do nursing as a Career?

    squeakykitty replied to gwenith's topic in Nursing Career

    i have a feeling that if i would have spent this much time on my looks, i would end up being on the wrong end of some projectile vomiting, and the makeup would have to be washed off anyway. as for who...

  13. Who Should NOT do nursing as a Career?

    squeakykitty replied to gwenith's topic in Nursing Career

    This thread may be almost 4 years old, but it's a GREAT thread! This thread does need to be resurrected. Hopefully, the person like this did not get anywhere near nursing. The nursing shortage is...

  14. Is this normal?

    squeakykitty replied to tigress_8207's topic in General Nursing

    is there any outside agency in your area overseeing nursing homes that you can report abuse

  15. Is this normal?

    squeakykitty replied to tigress_8207's topic in General Nursing

    After pt. #47, pt. #48 would be cleaner if he didn't get a bath from that dirty water. This is carrying water conservation too

  16. Is this normal?

    squeakykitty replied to tigress_8207's topic in General Nursing

    ICK! I would sure hate to be the last one getting a bath. That practice needs to be

  17. Terms we will not admit to using

    squeakykitty replied to gwenith's topic in Nursing Humor

    I came up with this one a long time ago, and now I can see how it can cross nursings path. "King Boyfriend" syndrome---applies to a woman who puts her boyfriend and his needs first, far above what her...

  18. Why would a student be banned from a hospital?

    squeakykitty replied to leonidasrex2's topic in Men in Nursing

    The only thing I can think of is ongoing serious safety issues that she was counseled on more than once and she didn't clean up her act. There is more she isn't telling you, and it's evident from the...

  19. Help: My Deaf Stethoscope

    squeakykitty replied to choken666's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    My stethescope problem was when I was using it to get a BP, the joints in my left hand creaked so much it was interfering with the sound. I could hear better if I used my right hand to hold the

  20. Rant: Loopy narcissistic patients

    squeakykitty replied to 1Tulip's topic in General Nursing

    I noticed this thread is a year old. Oh well. It's a good thing she didn't get your name and phone number. She sounds like one of those people that would call you in the middle of the night. That's...

  21. National Slap Your Co-worker Day, a joke

    squeakykitty replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    Even better if you're going on a three month vacation and it's done on the day before you

  22. National Slap Your Co-worker Day, a joke

    squeakykitty replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    Most places have zero tolerance policies for workplace violence. Soo----here is a non violent way to deal with irritating coworkers. Bribe the person who does the schedule to schedule every single...

  23. Which End is Which

    squeakykitty replied to WFleming's topic in Nursing Humor

    Another way to tell the difference--- Sniff them. The one that smells like poo is the rectal

  24. Nursing School Bloopers

    squeakykitty replied to Jabber964's topic in Nursing Humor

    I had a classmate set up to take a pts. BP. She got the dynamap out, put it around the pts. arm, then put her stethescope on the brachial artery. It took her a few seconds to figure out why the...

  25. Which End is Which

    squeakykitty replied to WFleming's topic in Nursing Humor

    How do you tell the diffence between an oral and a rectal thermometer? The