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  1. Not a "people person" - problem?

    Furball replied to vettech's topic in General Nursing

    on a tangent here but 4 pts in ICU?

  2. RN Clinical Teacher- no teaching experience?

    Furball replied to Genista's topic in General Nursing

    Great point

  3. RN Clinical Teacher- no teaching experience?

    Furball replied to Genista's topic in General Nursing

    The best clinical instructors I had in school were still working bedside. The worst ones were the ones who had been away for many years and appeared painfully clueless during clinicals. This is purely...

  4. RN Clinical Teacher- no teaching experience?

    Furball replied to Genista's topic in General Nursing

    I'd rather be taught by someone with actual bedside experience (recent) rather than by someone with just a teaching degree....yes

  5. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    Furball replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    My jaw dropped to China when I read that line....my heavens! I don't know WHAT to say but it made me feel sick.....:stone

  6. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    Furball replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Eats the earwax? My gawd...I almost puked up my jalepeno

  7. Are nurses held to a higher standard?

    Furball replied to nell's topic in General Nursing

    Oh....I thought you COULDN'T practice law until you HAD a record? just a joke

  8. Are nurses held to a higher standard?

    Furball replied to nell's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah....I was just hired at a hospital...they did the usual background check and also credit check. Weird. I also have to have an FBI background check for my RN license. My heavens...feel like a...

  9. 200 lb MONSTER!

    Furball replied to Furball's topic in General Nursing

    Here's a report Canoe Doctors remove 200-pound tumor CHICAGO (AP) _ Lori Hoodewind weighed less than 120 pounds. In less than a year, a tumor grew from nothing to almost 200 pounds, enveloping the...

  10. 200 lb MONSTER!

    Furball replied to Furball's topic in General Nursing

    Is this the same as a bezoar? Ewww gross...just looked up bezoar...it's a

  11. 200 lb MONSTER!

    Furball replied to Furball's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe... except the surgery was filmed...you couldn't help but notice all the empty bags of PRBC's and what looked like plasma. Everything about this surgery was out of the norm..including...

  12. 200 lb MONSTER!

    Furball replied to Furball's topic in General Nursing

    "Neurofibroma" I believe. She wasn't very

  13. 200 lb MONSTER!

    Furball replied to Furball's topic in General Nursing

    The surgeon "joked" that they had to use a wheelbarrel to take the tumor to pathology. The weight loss was purely weight of the tumor. It required massive amounts of circulation causing heart failure....

  14. How many of you married doctors?

    Furball replied to JHUnurse's topic in General Nursing

    My best friend entered nursing school after a VERY nasty divorce...thank heavens no kids. I used to tease her about marrying a doctor and she would get furious!! Guess what? 3 years after graduation...

  15. What is the chemo smell?

    Furball replied to mario_ragucci's topic in General Nursing

    Yup, cancer itself has it's own odor...kinda musty, sweet..sour

  16. Substance Abuse/Detox Nursing Forum ???

    Furball replied to Mama Val's topic in General Nursing

    You have something there......it seems that the depression rates increase as activity levels of the avg American decrease. When I was a kid in the 60's and 70's there wasn't cable tv, video games in...

  17. Nurse fantasies

    Furball replied to zumalong's topic in General Nursing

    Awesome idea!!! A machine to disimpact pts...wow! WHAT a concept!! love

  18. Nursing, No Longer A White Woman's Job?

    Furball replied to Gomer's topic in General Nursing

    Jesus Christ! THIS again???? I'm with

  19. Re: Movies with Nurses

    Furball replied to skwirm's topic in General Nursing

    fedup yes, it's available to rent. Wit is about a very ascerbic English Lit professor going through experimental cancer rx. It's VERY good. It does a great job contrasting the goals of the MD's and...

  20. Re: Movies with Nurses

    Furball replied to skwirm's topic in General Nursing

    Watch the movie "Wit" it portrays nurses as the defenders of pts....very

  21. What Freaks You Out?

    Furball replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    NH pt admitted the other night. His left nostril made a whistling noise. I asked him to blow his nose because there was obviously a build up of "matter" up there. He blew a couple times and out popped...

  22. Pity Floating CNA's :-(

    Furball replied to mario_ragucci's topic in General Nursing

    Just a gentle word of warning..... Be very careful about getting too involved in good book. I had a recent incident on my floor that will scare the hell out of you. Another nurses' pt required a sit...

  23. Do any fem. nurses here have Stay at Home husbands/SOs ?

    Furball replied to Anagray's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting thread. When my hubby and I first got married he made twice as much as I did. I dropped down to part-time and returned to college with his encouragement. After school, hubby severely...

  24. Employee Satisfaction Surveys

    Furball replied to LaurieCRNP2002's topic in General Nursing

    Geesh! Doc to ER pt: Besides that crushing chest pain, SOB and nausea can you tell me about your last BM? ALMOST as

  25. Practical jokes at work

    Furball replied to fedupnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I had patients receive dopamine thru a periheral lines a few times as a new nurse. Made me quite nervous, I tell you. Anyway, this one pt had a great sense of humor so she played along willingly. I...