shannonRN

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  1. Check out those veins!

    shannonRN replied to susanmary's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    i always compliment my fiancee on his veins. of course, he just says "ok honey" with a puzzled look on his face. well, a couple of weeks ago, we went to dinner with a two of my nursing friends and...

  2. The Patient you will NEVER forget...

    shannonRN replied to LasVegasRN's topic in General Nursing

    great thread. i think it is as nurses we have the honor to, as micro put it, "interact so deeply and so signicantly as you do as a nurse that you have someone's lives in your hands, let alone their...

  3. Ativan, insulin, alcohol drips on floors?

    shannonRN replied to susanmary's topic in General Nursing

    i work on a med-surg floor and we have patient on insulin, heparin, and sometimes dobutamine drips. staffing on days is 1:4 or 1:5, evenings 1:5 or 1:6, and midnights they start at 6 and can have up...

  4. Board Certification for Med/Surg

    shannonRN replied to nightingale's topic in Medical-Surgical

    i have seen rnc after a couple of names while in the hospital and i was never sure what it stood for....is it just for med-surg certification or for all types of certification? and what exactly does...

  5. Funny Names for Nurses

    shannonRN replied to randomnamees's topic in Nursing Humor

    i can't think of any good doctor's names at the moment. one name that does stick out, however, was a nurse's aide named merry christmas.

  6. spooky spooky spooky

    shannonRN replied to babynurselsa's topic in General Nursing

    i love ghost stories. this is an awesome thread. keep em coming! this story isn't work related, but is still very good...happened to a friend of the family. one night the mom was washing dishes and...

  7. Charting Bloopers

    shannonRN replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    just last night I was reading a doctor's h&p...well, the last three words were pleasant octogenarian female?!?!?!?! yes the patient was 88 years old, but a generation every ten years? maybe he...

  8. Charting Bloopers

    shannonRN replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    hilarious thread. keep em coming! I used to work on a rehab unit and we had an 18 year old with head injuries from a mva. well, he had decorticate posturing. one of the psychiatrists wrote that...

  9. Promethazine IV Question

    shannonRN replied to PMercier's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    our policy has no policy that i am aware of. i dilute it in 5cc and give over at least 1 minute. if you do come across any info...please send it my way. i would be interested in getting a policy...

  10. what does AAT stand for??

    shannonRN replied to frappachino's topic in General Nursing

    another abbreviation is Animal Assisted Therapy....can you tell i used to work on a rehab

  11. How is code blue announced at your facility?

    shannonRN replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    our hospital has a color coded system. red = fire, grey = tornado, pink = infant abduction.... and we all know what blue is!! the majority of codes that i hear called are code blue followed by the...