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dbscandy

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  1. No one thinks I can do it!

    dbscandy replied to MKO90's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hey, you just let all that negativity just keep adding fuel to your personal fire. Every time people say something stupid, just smile and say, "I am determined to make something of my life for...

  2. Trying to avoid undesirable CNA duties

    dbscandy replied to girtenbt's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    This post is a joke, right? Nursing is caring and caring is nursing. Maybe if you really don't want to touch people, you really don't want to be a nurse. Or you can climb that ladder to the...

  3. Enough is Enough

    dbscandy replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What is your job title exactly? Unless you're the NP for this unit, why do you have to review all xrays/labs, etc? Why do you have to sign off all orders for all patients? And aren't the nurses...

  4. Enough is Enough

    dbscandy replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "But no, I will not give back rubs....unless you're a total care and I'm doing a bed bath anyway." Whoa, whoa, whoa!!! Since when did giving a back rub get relegated to customer service?? Maybe I'm...

  5. Racist Patients

    dbscandy replied to Williss2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Had an AA friend who did outpt physical therapy. Anytime someone asked for a white therapist, his supervisor (a very bright lady) would tell the pt she had only him for the first day but would try to...

  6. Racist Patients

    dbscandy replied to Williss2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ha ha...I love it...it would be great if stupidity were painful!!! It's only painful now when someone smacks ya' for that dumb***

  7. Any males out there tired of the drama?

    dbscandy replied to HumptyDumpty's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I'm not a male, BUT I have been a nurse since 1974...I'm sorry to inform you...the drama does not end! Working with a majority of women breeds drama and uninteresting topics of conversation. I have...

  8. Funny Nursing Related Stories

    dbscandy replied to nursejanefw's topic in Nursing Humor

    Must say that after 34 years of nursing, I have not had the pleasure of observing a prolapsed uterus, but this reminds me of my cousin's story. She was in labor and the intern came in to rupture her...

  9. 10 pregnant RN's...

    dbscandy posted a topic in General Nursing

    ...walk into a bar. Sounds like the start of a good joke, but I'm not kidding!! In our 51-bed NICU, there are ten pregnant ladies, all due between June 1 and January 1. We have a bunch of fertile...

  10. 10 pregnant RN's...

    dbscandy replied to dbscandy's topic in General Nursing

    Hey TigergalLE, I'd recognize that PAW anywhere: also huge Clemson fan and originally from SC (Greenville). Miss it very much. All my family is still there in the Clemson/Seneca/Greenville area. So...

  11. UAC fluid/antiseptic

    dbscandy posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    As an informal survey, what is the standard UAC fluid used, and rate, for your unit? Does it depend on the gestational age/weight of the infant? Also, which antiseptic is used prior to insertion?...

  12. Funny/happy NICU moments needed

    dbscandy replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    As to Pregestimil smelling like fries, I totally think it smells like potatoes! And when I open the bag from pharmacy with the HAF/lipids in it, it smells like the garden dept @ Wal-mart. Just...

  13. UAC fluid/antiseptic

    dbscandy replied to dbscandy's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thanks for everyone's input; the different mixes for the arterial lines is interesting, and the information is appreciated. We're looking to reduce our heparin usage as most other units are, also....

  14. Having the "Right to Fall"

    dbscandy replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am just browsing through and am DUMBFOUNDED at what I am reading!!! Just how long has this stupidity been going on? My mom was in a nursing home and died in 2000. I distinctly remember the bed...

  15. What medical term do you dislike the most ?

    dbscandy replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

    Someone using the 'creamy' to describe ETT

  16. Hospital Workers Suspended for Peeking at George Clooney's Medical Info

    dbscandy replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    There is no gray area here. This is a HIPAA violation of the worst kind. It was simply for gossip, not need-to-know. And, by the way, an employee in my hospital was fired for looking up her...

  17. Funny/happy NICU moments needed

    dbscandy replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I remembered a happy moment to share yesterday when this little cutie was extubated and we were able to catch a picture before the CPAP was placed. This is always such a good moment for parents who...

  18. Funny/happy NICU moments needed

    dbscandy replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We had a very laid-back RT once who was NEVER in a hurry and hardly got ruffled in ANY emergency. Well, one of my co-workers had a baby on the scale and when she raised his butt to slip under the...

  19. Diabetic Pet Peeves

    dbscandy replied to bjs54321's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    It's surprising that no one picked up on the range for fasting glucose in the first post. 70-120 is no longer seen as the accepted range. The range is now 65-110. The nearer one gets even to 100...

  20. Funny patient names by nurses

    dbscandy replied to Kidrn911's topic in Emergency

    How about the imagination needed to name your identical twins 'Diamonesha' & 'Diamonasia"? It wouldn't be so bad for some of the kids if the parents would just spell the name correctly...try to be...

  21. funniest thing you saw a nurse do.......

    dbscandy replied to cre8tivRN's topic in General Nursing

    This is on one of our OB's. He had such bad eyesight with coke bottle glasses so had to get reaaaalllly close to see what he was doing...SO he sewed his cap to a woman's perineum one day. I kid you...

  22. What squicks you out?

    dbscandy replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    Thank god I'm going into an NNP program! Give me poop, blood, vomit, ANYTHING before a festering wound. I wouldn't be too quick to count out those premies; saw a small red bump on a 28-weeker's old IV...

  23. What do patients say that irks you?

    dbscandy replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I just loved these postings!!! An RT and I went to a thick mec delivery one night about midnight; there were 23 people in the room (when the baby came, he made 24)...the Sunday School class of...

  24. HAF & Lipid mixing

    dbscandy posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Does your unit mix HAF and lipids for infusion rather than run separately? What is the rational for infusing separately if this is your procedure? Thanks for any

  25. Venting...Hosp pts coming from skilled nursing facilities

    dbscandy replied to stidget99's topic in General Nursing

    Why didn't the MD report this as soon as the pt was admitted? Didn't he have that legal obligation? I know if this had been a child, it would have been done. Why not for the poor elderly lady?...