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  1. Strange things found on (or in) a pt.

    squeakykitty posted a topic in Emergency

    I've always wondered, especially after hearing about this guy who brought a snake into the ER----what is the strangest thing you've ever found on (or in) a

  2. teamwork vent

    squeakykitty posted a topic in General Nursing

    I’ve read posts about lazy CNA’s/nurses, lack of teamwork, people saying “That’s not my patient/resident”, and felt that I just had to post a thread about the lack of teamwork I ran into at...

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

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

    I've seen some of this that is related to a specific disease, but there's things I can't even understand. I've seen demanding, and I've seen incredibly nice people in the nursing

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

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

    HEY!!! I heard

  5. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    squeakykitty replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    kathy, i totally agree with you. they don't belong anywhere else but behind prison walls, in my

  6. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    squeakykitty replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    I TRULY hope this person is not a nurse now. Did he ever get reported? Speaking of wasting time---this one totally wasted his nursing school instructors time, as well as his employers time. How...

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

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

    After finding out for the umpteenth time that this pt. is not really in pain, and doesn't want a pain pill, I think I'd step back where they both could see me and would be giving both pt. and PITA...

  8. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    squeakykitty replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    I do know if anyone tried that kind of manipulation with me-------(the results are not going to be

  9. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    squeakykitty replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    ICK! Now that's too much

  10. It's FRUSTRATING that....

    squeakykitty replied to ernoc333's topic in Nursing Humor

    The only reform I'm with is smacking "selfish entitled" people upside the head. I personally think it would be cheaper in the long run than what the government is trying to come up with. (I have...

  11. It's FRUSTRATING that....

    squeakykitty replied to ernoc333's topic in Nursing Humor

    This should be in the letters to the editor section in every newspaper in the

  12. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    squeakykitty replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    What surprises me is why would anyone allow

  13. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    squeakykitty replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Actually a person can catch one there. I think I've heard about genital warts in one somewhere here at

  14. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    squeakykitty replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Ick!!! Makes a person wonder about some

  15. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    squeakykitty replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    I don't think I even WANT to

  16. Strange things found on (or in) a pt.

    squeakykitty replied to squeakykitty's topic in Emergency

    Amazing how clumsy people can be when they're in the

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

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

    To me, there is abuse there. Maybe you can talk to the SW's supervisor. That is just messed up on so many levels.If it was a 12 year old girl having to wipe her fathers butt, I'm sure there would be a...

  18. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    squeakykitty replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    As for the companion who didn't report the chest pain-- I would report that one soooo fast......... And I wouldn't react too well to the one who shushed

  19. Strange things found on (or in) a pt.

    squeakykitty replied to squeakykitty's topic in Emergency

    I'm probably not going to want to know this, but just how did the guy use the maggots to get his

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

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

    i love this list, especially no. 5. funny how they're always "innocent". i also noticed around in my area, every time someone complains the cops are corrupt, they almost always can answer yes if i...

  21. How do you deal with staff members that don't seem to care?

    squeakykitty replied to jmejo's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think it's time to document the issues and go up the chain of command. And I think your boss and coworkers need to spend some quality time reading this article....

  22. The CNA/RN woes... reversed!

    squeakykitty replied to JomoNurse's topic in General Nursing

    You are so right about the teamwork, everyone should work together. Unfortunately sometimes people don't. I worked at a LTC facility where the CNA's

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

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

    YES!!!!! I couldn't have said this better myself, and I truly hope that every whiner in the country gets to hear

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

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

    I've wanted to do this-----when I watch "COPS" on T.V. Some people can sure whine when they get

  25. Strange things found on (or in) a pt.

    squeakykitty replied to squeakykitty's topic in Emergency

    Okay-----------!?! I don't think I really want to know how this