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  1. pillow therapy

    thisnurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    i so wanted to engage in pillow therapy with one of my patients today. oh my god. she is filled with cancer. terminal of course. our big concern in her care is pain control. if you touch this pts IV...

  2. the nurse/porn connection...........

    thisnurse replied to hapeewendy's topic in General Nursing

    iris impaction....lmao had a pt who liked to be straight cathed. of course it was ordered prn (for his pleasure) had to have my instructor come in with me. she was the horrible instructor from hell...

  3. the nurse/porn connection...........

    thisnurse replied to hapeewendy's topic in General Nursing

    if the patient was getting turned on by his baths then you guys were doing them wrong. nobody gets turned on by my baths. i used to be gentle when i bathed "down there" but now im more like "gimme...

  4. Pot Smoking and Nursing

    thisnurse replied to MrsNurseCA's topic in General Nursing

    To all the comments about practice acts... I wonder how many recreational users even knew what their states NP act said when they go their...

  5. Pot Smoking and Nursing

    thisnurse replied to MrsNurseCA's topic in General Nursing

    "Gee we can't attack any of 'em until we can solve all of them," i never meant to insinuate that molly. all i was saying is that there are a lot of things that affect our performance. i just dont...

  6. Pot Smoking and Nursing

    thisnurse replied to MrsNurseCA's topic in General Nursing

    i find it interesting that so many of you think that its terrible for a nurse to smoke pot as tho we are so "above" this behavior because we are nurses and yet....we are not "above" the general...

  7. Pot Smoking and Nursing

    thisnurse replied to MrsNurseCA's topic in General Nursing

    im not in denial...im sure there are many cases where one drug leads to another but im not so sure thats the norm. if anything i think alcohol, because its so readily available and acceptable, is the...

  8. Pot Smoking and Nursing

    thisnurse replied to MrsNurseCA's topic in General Nursing

    well ok you guys are right...lets not break any laws ok? lets not speed...lets claim everything on our taxes (dont forget that 2 bucks you won on the scratch lottery) and as i recall some sex acts are...

  9. Pot Smoking and Nursing

    thisnurse replied to MrsNurseCA's topic in General Nursing

    and i think what PEOPLE do outside of the work place is none of YOUR business. so long as they are not impaired on the job or smoking (or drinking) at work, i have to agree with the doc...just...

  10. Ativan, insulin, alcohol drips on floors?

    thisnurse replied to susanmary's topic in General Nursing

    on our med surg floor we frequently have insulin drips with 1 hour accuchecks. never heard of caffeine, etoh, or ativan drips. what will they think of

  11. tips on being an effective charge nurse?

    thisnurse replied to minnib's topic in Nurse Management

    i was charge yesterday...with 7 patients and a PIA assistant. talk about headaches. and my patient load wasnt that great. its all i could do to get the assignment done WITH help. i really hate it...

  12. The Patient you will NEVER forget...

    thisnurse replied to LasVegasRN's topic in General Nursing

    oh dont even get me started....lol my most memorable patient, dead now, i met in nursing school. he had cancer with mets to the bones. a huge tumor grew larger every day on his spine. it was my first...

  13. pillow therapy

    thisnurse replied to thisnurse's topic in General Nursing

    one of our er nurses has a wonderful idea...make ativan in aerosol form. when you get a PIA family continuously "freshen" the

  14. pillow therapy

    thisnurse replied to thisnurse's topic in General Nursing

    PS i ENCOURAGE families to keep a notebook. it keeps them busy and gives the something to do other than hit the call light every two minutes. if you are doing your job at all, what can they say?...

  15. pillow therapy

    thisnurse replied to thisnurse's topic in General Nursing

    tonite i came home from another awful day and immediately went to my comp to unwind. im reading the nice things you said to and about me and honestly got tears in my eyes. thanks for your kindness....

  16. pillow therapy

    thisnurse replied to thisnurse's topic in General Nursing

    pillow therapy, is when you take the patients pillow and hold it over their face...for id say...at least 10 mns...lol thanks you guys. i was cracking up over the game show. i am lucky that i have...

  17. pillow therapy

    thisnurse replied to thisnurse's topic in General Nursing

    been toying with the idea of putting my stories in book form. i have to write about this ridiculous job i have or i will lose it completely...lol i dont have a short temper and im pretty good at...

  18. Out of curiousity

    thisnurse replied to Marianne518's topic in General Nursing

    I WANT A GROUPIE! mario will you be my

  19. Responsibility for other nurses?

    thisnurse replied to lever5's topic in General Nursing

    then wouldnt the nursing supervisor would be responsible for all of the nurses in the

  20. Monster CNA Charged With Murder By Windshield

    thisnurse replied to Cascadians's topic in General Nursing

    the cna part is just a little twist to make the story more interesting as tho it werent bizarre

  21. Let the next shift deal with it...

    thisnurse replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

    we dont see that too much where i work. i dont dump on the next shift either unless its something that cant easily be handled on nights, say for example, starting an iv (no iv team at night) if the...

  22. Please join me in a toast....

    thisnurse replied to hoolahan's topic in General Nursing

    best of everything to you! may all you have done for your patients come back to you

  23. Incident report happy nurse

    thisnurse replied to ohbet's topic in General Nursing

    new nurse somehow got in the habit of carrying around a tablet in her pocket so she could write ppl up. (she was being groomed for the tattle-tale position) one of the cna's suggest she might want to...

  24. Permanently disabled RN & workmen's comp

    thisnurse replied to ginseng-hunter's topic in General Nursing

    if your wife has dementia, and to the point where you have to post for her, how are our comments going to boost her

  25. verbal 'scripts'

    thisnurse replied to NCRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    thank you cards to the patients FOR WHAT? letting us take care of them? oh my god you have to be