jstinerich

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1. You Know You're a Nurse When...

   jstinerich replied to Brownms46's topic in Humor

   leave the water running and turn it off with a paper towel. open the restroom door with a paper towel and then throw the towel away.

2. You Know You're a Nurse When...

   jstinerich replied to Brownms46's topic in Humor

   When you don't turn off the water after washing your hands until you have another dry towel in your hand and then you use it to open the restroom door.

3. Freaky female anatomy

   jstinerich replied to Nurse Ratched's topic in General Nursing

   I was called in by another Rn to help find the urethra. We couldn't find it! Inside of her labia looked like a round ball with "potato eyes on it." We placed the woman on a bed pan and watched her void. She had urine coming from all the different eye...

4. Thank God I didn't have a gun...

   jstinerich replied to fedupnurse's topic in General Nursing

   Hey, this is not a new problem. Except our assistant left during a code! I had a gunshot to abdomin and total hip in the same room! Couldn't get to the hip pt. Went to the nurse manager to ask for help, she was setting in her office doing her homewor...

5. Caring for the rich and famous

   jstinerich replied to Kikumaru's topic in General Nursing

   The patient rep. used to come and check the gold coast rooms before a VIP arrived. She'd get new mattresses, walls painted, mantainance to fix things, etc. The first time I saw her she told me that I had a VIP coming and to take good care of the vice...

6. Please help -- question about vioxx

   jstinerich replied to susanmary's topic in General Nursing

   I know that Vioxx and Celebrex are both chemically similar to sulfa drugs. Aren't the old type two diabetic drugs similar chemically?

7. odor of cigarette

   jstinerich replied to nursy_ann's topic in General Nursing

   My brother was a heavy smoker. After he rode in my cloth seats - car it smelled of old smoke until the day I sold it!

8. Should I say something and how should I say it?

   jstinerich replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

   Are you a nurse or a mouse? (Sorry just got finished watching American Tale with my daughter - again). Just tell whomever that you care and you want to remind them that they need to be checked. If they look at you funny, say something like, "look I'd...

9. Moral Dilemma

   jstinerich replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

   If it were me, I would go and tell the supervisor in private (maybe the office) that I did not see the two people lift the table,before I left the code area. Then leave it up to her/him to investigate and draw his/her own conclusions.

10. Pot Smoking and Nursing

    jstinerich replied to MrsNurseCA's topic in General Nursing

    This is what the word of God says about how to care for others. Matthew 7:1 "Judge not, that you be not judged. " John13:34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. Galatains 5:...

11. I thought there was a shortage!!!!>NOT<

    jstinerich replied to Cindy/Canada's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, go for the first aid course. Get an AHA BLS health care provideer certificate. If the school accepts courses from a local junior college, go and get rid of all the possible electives: A&P, nutrition, growth & development, etc. Wouldn't ...

12. What was most embarrassing moment as a nurse?

    jstinerich replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

    I was reapplying a colostomy bag to a quad and he got an erection. I retained my cool even though other helpers in the room excused themselves and left us alone. The patient looked quite proud of himself. A minister, who had had a stroke was admitted...

13. Pot Smoking and Nursing

    jstinerich replied to MrsNurseCA's topic in General Nursing

    PRIVACY IN AMERICA: Workplace Drug Testing Legislative Briefing Kit on Drug Testing (Access this report for detailed discussion of the issue.) Today, in some industries, taking a drug test is as routine as filling out a job application. In fact, ...

14. Nurses over 50 &/or with health issues affecting work

    jstinerich replied to Karen4HIM1951's topic in General Nursing

    No, Mattsmom 81, you are correct. You can request another counselor. After I get this paperwork for SS done again, I'll probably go look up the guy who first interviewed me. He told me to let me know if things didn't work out. But sometimes you just ...

15. You might be a redneck if.....

    jstinerich replied to misti_z's topic in Humor

    If you daughter learns to count and tell colors with shot-gun shells.