nicola

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1. What Freaks You Out?

   nicola replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

   The dressing change that was worst for me was the guy with neck CA and pseusomonas and a trach. He did his own trach care but couldn't do the dsg change. Between the green runny stuff (how clinical...

2. What Freaks You Out?

   nicola replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

   I'm glad I ate lunch BEFORE stumbling on this thread!!! I also have a pretty good stomach, but some of the stuff posted (intestinal worms.... eeewwww!) just gave me the heebies! I also so HH and...

3. What do you do when you are assigned patient is a someone you know?

   nicola replied to shavsha's topic in General Nursing

   I've been on the other side of that one... When I was 19 I had my tonsils out. My night nurse was a girl I'd gone to high school with! I had taken a really ugly stuffed animal that my boyfriend had...

4. Hospital Food

   nicola replied to RNKitty's topic in General Nursing

   I have DMII and had an exploritory lap done. When I was in recovery, talking and doing well, they offered me food - jello, soda and graham crackers. I asked for diet soda. They brought me also...

5. I need somebody's opinion....

   nicola replied to CashewLPN's topic in General Nursing

   I have always worn a cross. The one I wear now was a gift from my boyfriend several years ago. It is a celtic design that also reflects my cultural heritage, so is doubly important to me. I think...

6. spooky spooky spooky

   nicola replied to babynurselsa's topic in General Nursing

   Love this thread... When I was 10, my maternal grandfather died suddenly after a heart attack. I didn't get to say good bye to him. When I was an infant, he'd give me ceramic mice, which I collect...

7. ? about SN frequency orders on 485

   nicola replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

   I don't know if any one is still reading this thread... but wanted to comment on the thread. First, both agencies I worked for were that picky - much to my frustration! I always had to have a...

8. Med Errors!!!

   nicola replied to VickyRN's topic in General Nursing

   I used to do home care with AIDS patients. My biggest job was to prefill weekly pill boxes. This is no joke since the HIV meds are complicated in and of themselves. Couple this with HTN, psych and...

9. Right handed? Left handed? Spell? Can't spell?

   nicola replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a righty and an adequate speller. Strangely, my spelling got better when I started learning Spanish. I think I just started listening better. My boyfriend is lefty (cool 'cause we can hold...

10. NANDA: Energy Field Disturbance Diagnosis

    nicola replied to CarolineRn's topic in General Nursing

    I'm Catholic, too, and don't see any conflict between HT or reiki or any other modality and my beliefs. I also don't believe that I'm chosen by God to heal or anything, but that we all have the...

11. NANDA: Energy Field Disturbance Diagnosis

    nicola replied to CarolineRn's topic in General Nursing

    The only way you can be hurt is if you don't prepare yourself correctly (center and ground yourself) and end up giving away your own energy instead of giving away the energy from the environment....

12. NANDA: Energy Field Disturbance Diagnosis

    nicola replied to CarolineRn's topic in General Nursing

    I practiced healing and therapeutic touch and totally subscribe to this diagnosis. As a matter of fact, when I first saw this as a NANDA dx, I was thrilled! When I first heard of therapeutic touch,...

13. see-through white pants? Hate it!!!

    nicola replied to scootermcnutt's topic in General Nursing

    nilepoc, you kill me!! Your post about the loud boxers was a vivid visual and I loved it! About thongs... some of us bigger girls (somewhere between 190 and 300 lbs) like them! I agree that you...

14. Stethoscopes

    nicola replied to Lisa32's topic in General Nursing

    I love my sprague. The best thing about it is that you can hand it to a kid to teach him/her about listening (after proper cleaning) and not worry about something breaking and being expensive to...

15. Priapism!!!

    nicola replied to ERNurse752's topic in General Nursing

    Cindy, you are a very bad person. Do you give