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lisalau

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  1. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    lisalau replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    I thunk thats hilarious I cared for my grandmother til she passed away at 94 years. Each time she soiled herself, it was the first time that had ever happened to her but she vividly remembered my...

  2. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    lisalau replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    when i hear stories like this...and we all know stranger things happen, I am always left with the feeling of wonder that so much goes 'right' patients are surprised and mortified when things go wrong,...

  3. Alternative meds? You'll never believe this one!!

    lisalau replied to darla80's topic in Nursing Humor

    thanks ChayaN

  4. Alternative meds? You'll never believe this one!!

    lisalau replied to darla80's topic in Nursing Humor

    chopstix, you have touched on my pet peeve....the prescribing of antibiotics because the patient demands it whether the condition responds to them or not. Here in Australia, the culture of meeting...

  5. As a patient, do you disclose your qualifications?

    lisalau posted a topic in General Nursing

    when you are a patient, do you tell the attending doctors/nurses that you are a nurse? i dont for a variety of reasons *my proffession is rarely brought up, i would never lie about it. *my training...

  6. Once a nurse, it is in you!

    lisalau replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    I, too, commend you for the kindness and skill you so lovingly gave Orian. I am sorry for your feelings of loss now. I didnt know that (the carrying of souls from darkness to light) but it is so...

  7. Alternative meds? You'll never believe this one!!

    lisalau replied to darla80's topic in Nursing Humor

    For baby's sticky eye (conjunctivitis) squirt breast milk into it. Sounds funny but when you think about it, a sterile proteinaceous fluid is about as good as it gets for cleaning it! ofcourse babys...

  8. As a patient, do you disclose your qualifications?

    lisalau replied to lisalau's topic in General Nursing

    During this same time, my urethral spasms were driving me CRAZY with a catheter in place. I remember begging for it to be removed. I dont know how, but fully inflated, i pulled it out. This caused...

  9. As a patient, do you disclose your qualifications?

    lisalau replied to lisalau's topic in General Nursing

    I have a story... (you will get used to these..sorry) when i was first admitted in to High Dependancy with Isolation, i had the warmest, compitant nurse i have ever had the pleasure to be cared for...

  10. As a patient, do you disclose your qualifications?

    lisalau replied to lisalau's topic in General Nursing

    or maybe it was just my poor spelling...aghhh!!! (apologies....i sit in here in the middle of the night, too tired to correct typos, too lazy to notice spelling mistakes.....but if poor spelling is an...

  11. As a patient, do you disclose your qualifications?

    lisalau replied to lisalau's topic in General Nursing

    God's child....did the ??? mean you dont understand my post or you are questioning me? I'll assume the prior... what i meant is, I do not volenteer the information however, if i am asked, i would...

  12. As a patient, do you disclose your qualifications?

    lisalau replied to lisalau's topic in General Nursing

    Fergus said "They all knew when I went in a few weeks ago because it's on my file from the doc. I always just said "But, I only work with babies!" i am the same...running a baby clinic for 15 years...

  13. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    lisalau replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    thats exactly what i meant...he was thanking her physically. I dont remember the culture but it was a shock...never seen this before and never saw it again...perhaps it was a personal rather than a...

  14. Drug seeking or real pain? How do you tell?

    lisalau replied to JudyPRN's topic in Pain Management

    thankyou for your post...its great to know someone enjoyed it...the story remains too funny and tragic at the same time for me...but i do enjoy telling it...opiphobia reigns in some people, i hope...

  15. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    lisalau replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    It was protocol in our hospital to leave the new parents alone for a while to enjoy their new baby and eachother before the "cleaning up" Imagine our surprise when less than 20 min after a lady partsl...

  16. Alternative meds? You'll never believe this one!!

    lisalau replied to darla80's topic in Nursing Humor

    oh i forgot nauseated? a Tablespoon of sugar with.....grappa (you'd never have guessed, would

  17. Alternative meds? You'll never believe this one!!

    lisalau replied to darla80's topic in Nursing Humor

    coming from Itaian descent, my grandfather (Nonno) used grappa as a cure for everything got aching legs...rub some grappa on them a stye in your eye....look into the grappa bottle a cold...a shot of...

  18. Drug seeking or real pain? How do you tell?

    lisalau replied to JudyPRN's topic in Pain Management

    I have read through this thread and like others, have felt humbled by the enlightened attitude of some of our finest...and recognised others. It is a thin line, and a difficult one to walk. Like...

  19. Once a nurse, it is in you!

    lisalau replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    This is so true! My X is an anaethesist and he used to drive along an expressway to work each day...at least once a week, he would come home with an injured animal for us to care for...often birds but...