SharkLPN

SharkLPN

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  1. Night Shift Nurse...I Can't Sleep at Night anymore..

    SharkLPN replied to zambezi's topic in General Nursing

    I make it a matter of sleeping when I'm tired until I'm rested. I'll get home from night shift at 8am, read the paper and shower, then hit the hay around 9a. Wake up around 3 or 4 pm, and start my...

  2. The most pee ever.....

    SharkLPN replied to KC CHICK's topic in General Nursing

    >>Shark is now the PEE PEE Queen. "We're not worthy, We're not worthy!!!" Ahhhh, thankyou,thankyouverymuch!! I'm still stunned an amazed by that incident. He was a big guy, not obese, but there...

  3. The most pee ever.....

    SharkLPN replied to KC CHICK's topic in General Nursing

    Pleasantly confused male pt, direct admit from an ECF. Diagnosis - ARF and possible UTI. First thing I noticed as the EMT's brought him up on the cart was his big ol' firm Budda belly. Order for foley...

  4. 4-hour shifts--Anyone done them or doing them now?

    SharkLPN replied to dianacs's topic in General Nursing

    I've picked up a few 7-11p for the extra cash here and there (usually work 12h nights). All of the times I've done this has been due to picking up the ringing phone in the late afternoon to have the...

  5. how to reduce the smell?

    SharkLPN replied to Tookie's topic in General Nursing

    The NA's at my hospital swear by using shaving cream in the bathwater of incontinent patients. And so far, I've not seen any skin irritation because of it. Other than that, we bag up the soiled paper...

  6. Do you/ did you have a Nurses Cap? Pin?

    SharkLPN replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Just graduated from LPN school last month, and have both a cap and pin. The pin is the school insignia - a medical cross encircled with a ribbon bearing the school's name. The cap was a touchy...