kimberle

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1. Patients who refuse to cooperate with medical/nursing treatment....

   kimberle replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

   Well, I've been on both ends. I'm an RN who has to deal daily with pts. who c/o "I'm going to sue if they don't get my dinner right this time." "Why does Susie have sores on her butt?" (Well, it's...

2. Prevacid and G.Tubes

   kimberle replied to ohbet's topic in General Nursing

   We're spoiled - pharmacy prepares it for us so that it's liquid when it gets to us (I think he did mention something about sodium bicarb. or something

3. Help! Ventilators

   kimberle replied to VickyRN's topic in General Nursing

   I've worked on a ventilator unit for 10 years. Get kind of spoiled 'cause you've already got an airway for a code if needed :) As we tell all new employees, "When in doubt, bag and shout!" Good luck!...

4. Funny Names for Nurses

   kimberle replied to randomnamees's topic in Nursing Humor

   Hi! We have a Dr. Smiley in town (a dentist). And a husband of one of our pt's. was Harry Richard. (He always introduced himself as Harry Dick).

5. a few more abbreviations?

   kimberle replied to frappachino's topic in General Nursing

   Hi! I know just recently at the hospital I work at, they're discouraging abbreviations. Especially with procedures, they want the entire words written out, esophageal-gastro-duodenoscopy, not EGD....