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  1. Students in Delivery Room

    kittagirl replied to cali_rusk's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Think of it this way, if you in your role as a Nurse had a patient who said I know that this is a teaching hospital and everyone has to learn but I am not comfortable with having students in the room...

  2. Confess! Whats the craziest force of habit you've done in the "Real World"

    kittagirl replied to vhern246's topic in Nursing Humor

    Hate to be the one to tell you but these habits will stay for life. . . . I have been off the wards/floor for many years and away from cardiology for more than that but still wake up occasionally...

  3. Maintain Nursing Licence

    kittagirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I was wondering if someone could answer a question for me about nursing licences in the US and how you maintain yours. Actually the above question is a bit ahead of myself. My question is once...

  4. Most embarrassing thing that happened to you at work

    kittagirl replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, how about the time I somehow managed to spill tomato soup all down my bum? Oh and the laundry room was locked and me being a big girl no-one else’s uniform or scrubs would fit, and being the...

  5. Literally cried in front of the person interviewing me

    kittagirl replied to AB normalRN's topic in General Nursing

    That interviewer was a total puppy's mother. . . . . . It is so horrible (and hard) to try to sell yourself without sounding big-headed and then to realise that it was all for nothing. As said...

  6. Share Your Saying

    kittagirl replied to angelique777's topic in Nursing Humor

    Sorry I haven't had a chance to look at all the pages, but here are some of my current favourites Current house rule! Do NOT get between the woman with PMS and the Chocolate!!! Personal favourite: Who...

  7. Smelly co-worker

    kittagirl replied to MA Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I grew up in a large family, I won't say we were poor, well we were, but as kids we didn't know, everyone was in the same boat. BUT no one smelled, my God my parents would have died of embarrassment,...

  8. What was your most embarrassing moment?

    kittagirl replied to paperdreams's topic in General Nursing

    I asked a patient post left leg above knee amputation to ' hop out of bed’ so I could change the sheets !!!!!! Luckily she had a sense of

  9. Anybody regret leaving the bedside?

    kittagirl replied to Roseyposey's topic in General Nursing

    No no no no no no no no no no no no no no Get the idea? no no never thought I'd hate not having the patient contact, but working in a clean happy area with GOOD pay and people who treat me like an...

  10. Call yourself a nurse?

    kittagirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    Call yourself a Nurse? Long post warning I know this issue has come up before but I have a problem with an individual who is apparently doing the above, calling herself a Nurse when as far as I can...

  11. Life of the average nurse

    kittagirl replied to 2bmalenurse007's topic in General Nursing

    I was a ward nurse for 18 years and over half of that on nights. I left for 50% health reasons. My Hospital brought in internal rotation, that is I couldn't just work nights, which wasn't too bad when...

  12. EVERYBODY IN! need info on average vacation time use

    kittagirl replied to smk1's topic in General Nursing

    wow I had always heard that you didn't get much paid holiday time in the US but never really realised it. Anyway it is about the one thing the NHS get right in regards to nurses. over here it's On...

  13. University Of Dundee

    kittagirl replied to KulRN's topic in General Nursing

    Can't say that it is valid or not but have never heard of it before. The University of Dundee is real and quite well known, what would worry me is the "celtic-scholar link", if that makes sense. This...

  14. Too many attempts at a spinal tap?

    kittagirl replied to Moe75_Rn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    LONGGGGGGGGGG reply (you've been warned) Several years ago I required a spinal tap. At the time I was a nurse I was working at the hospital in to which I had been admitted, and it was a teaching...

  15. Verbal orders vs Telephone orders

    kittagirl replied to DEB52's topic in General Nursing

    'Do you have a stat box in which you keep a few doses of things you might need quickly? Like potassium, benadryl, antibiotics, narcan, things like this?' In nursing homes, No they don't. In a case...

  16. Verbal orders vs Telephone orders

    kittagirl replied to DEB52's topic in General Nursing

    fultzymom: As I said above in an acute site we have a doc on site 24/7 in the community ie: nursing homes etc, the GP are required by law to provide a 24hr call out service, they can either do so...

  17. Verbal orders vs Telephone orders

    kittagirl replied to DEB52's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe this is a situation where the difference between the UK and the US can be seen. (I'll admit that I'm assuming that you're US based) 'What if the doc is not present but you need an urgent order,...

  18. Evolution of Advanced directives: Allowing a Natural Death

    kittagirl replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I can't access the clips but this is an issue that I feel very strongly about. Death is a natural process and will come to us all, sadly in some ways like childbirth it has been taken over and made a...

  19. Verbal orders vs Telephone orders

    kittagirl replied to DEB52's topic in General Nursing

    I'm assuming that by 'order' do you medication prescription? Here in the UK, if it ain't written down it ain't legal. While, yes there are certain situations that I will accept an 'order' over the...

  20. Watch your meds CLOSELY! (long)

    kittagirl replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Nursing

    That is a brilliant idea, so easy and simple, hopefully it will spread. The pharmacy I use has started including a description of the pill on the outside of the bottle. "This an oval orange tablet...

  21. Being called "Nurse".

    kittagirl replied to PsychRN-Kris's topic in General Nursing

    Actually my 'official' title the one on my contract is Nursing Sister. It's still quite common over here in the UK and in Ireland. It harks back to the time (medieval) when all health care was...

  22. First Med Error

    kittagirl replied to Montessori Mommy's topic in General Students

    It happens, you're human, we all are and mistakes happen. When I 'had' students I never judges them for making a mistake but did for the way they reacted to it. The ones that were breezy and 'oh well...

  23. I cannot UNDERSTAND lazy people!

    kittagirl replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Don't you just want to yell sometimes JUST DO YOUR BL**** JOB OK ! Drives me up the wall, and how often is it something small that in the time they've argued it they could have done it! Some people...

  24. Omeprazole used longer than 8 weeks?

    kittagirl replied to nursechick182's topic in General Nursing

    I've been on it for well over a year with no side effects but as Heloisea3 said we're all different.......... Personally one thing that really helped me was drinking more water, thought it was an 'old...

  25. question about hepatitis B vaccine

    kittagirl replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

    Me too Me too I cannot 'hold' immunity to rubella. I've actually had it as a child twice, and had the vac three times, as a baby, as a teen and when I started my training, recently had it checked due...