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rph3664

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  1. Alternative to spanking

    rph3664 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    On a note much lighter than this thread, Dave Barry once did a column where he reported that some researchers had discovered that two types of people like the Three Stooges: men, and brain damaged...

  2. Alternative to spanking

    rph3664 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    I've had to say that to technicians more than once, usually the ones who get hired right out of high school who don't yet understand that their job is what we say it is and not what they feel like...

  3. Common wives tales

    rph3664 replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My mother had terrible heartburn with all three pregnancies, and we were all bald as eggs until we were over a year

  4. Alternative to spanking

    rph3664 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    Most of our psych patients come in through the ER, and I would imagine they have had some doozy experiences with those kids (and adults too). Some of us believe that there are parents who use the...

  5. Strange things found on (or in) a pt.

    rph3664 replied to squeakykitty's topic in Emergency

    Did it crawl into her eye socket and lodge behind the eyeball? How did it get in there if that's the

  6. Why are ampules stil used?

    rph3664 replied to Sarah Bellum's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't read the entire thread, but I will say that some drugs must be packaged in glass because the drug or the package will deteriorate faster in each other's presence. Lanoxin and chlorpromazine...

  7. easy street - where is it?

    rph3664 replied to allibear's topic in General Nursing

    On a lighter note, you can indeed find Easy Street, and here it is....

  8. Alternative to spanking

    rph3664 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    I must lead a really sheltered life, because I rarely see kids acting horribly in public. When they do, usually the parents act worse than the

  9. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    rph3664 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Don't eat, drink, or rub your eyes after applying capsaicin cream without washing your hands either. BTDT. I use it on my feet, and always apply it with a

  10. Gross Things You Wish You Didn't See (G-rated)

    rph3664 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    well, what were you expecting with a thread title like

  11. Have U ever left a job after a short Period? Why?

    rph3664 replied to DaretoDreamRN's topic in General Nursing

    :hrnsmlys:

  12. Have U ever left a job after a short Period? Why?

    rph3664 replied to DaretoDreamRN's topic in General Nursing

    I can top all of you. 45 minutes. Very long story made short: I signed up with Manpower during a summer vacation, and the job they sent me on was not what they told me it was. As a pharmacist? 5...

  13. Gross Things You Wish You Didn't See (G-rated)

    rph3664 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    And that's where I was coming from regarding the PTSD those unfortunate men (and maybe some women) no doubt experienced after the head fell

  14. Gross Things You Wish You Didn't See (G-rated)

    rph3664 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    No kidding! EMTs would expect to see things like that - NOT oil workers! There is just nothing even remotely amusing about that story. I wonder how many of them are still alive, if you get my

  15. Nurses: Mandatory Vaccinations?

    rph3664 replied to hkwal's topic in General Nursing

    I thought you only needed the series once in a lifetime to be

  16. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    rph3664 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Oh, man. Hadn't thought about that. How would they insert it - twist or

  17. Gross Things You Wish You Didn't See (G-rated)

    rph3664 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have personally handled those, too, as a student. My roommate, a film major, didn't believe

  18. Gross Things You Wish You Didn't See (G-rated)

    rph3664 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Did you know you can BUY maggots? Our wound care department has ordered medicinal maggots for exactly this purpose! It worked, too. So, how does all this food get into their skin folds? Do they cook...

  19. *Weird* Patient Allergies

    rph3664 replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    Critical LPN, as a pharmacist I have been told many times by patients that certain generics did or didn't work better than others. One of the most consistent is the Mylan generic fentanyl patches -...

  20. Funny Names

    rph3664 replied to nurserynurse55's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    My observation is that people with the kinds of names that end up on this board will probably never have gainful employment; they will be lifelong welfare recipients and/or enter the criminal justice...

  21. Help! Being stalked by a resident!!!

    rph3664 replied to Sonjailana's topic in General Nursing

    so, if you are telling the truth about this, why are you posting on a message board with what appears to be your real name, and why did you post your e-mail address (before it was deleted, of

  22. Nurses who became famous

    rph3664 replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    He got mainstream fame in recent years by being on "The Surreal Life" with, among others, Tammy Faye Bakker Messner. A woman I work with saw some footage of her funeral, and there was Ron Jeremy and...

  23. Nurses who became famous

    rph3664 replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    Genene Jones, a pediatric nurse who made babies and older non-verbal children code so she could resuscitate them and is believed to have killed dozens of children, was an LPN. "The Death Shift" is by...

  24. Nurses who became famous

    rph3664 replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    I remembered that his first name was Derek but couldn't remember the last name and was too lazy to use Mr. Google. I liked their music but never embraced the Rollermania frenzy that my friends did....

  25. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    rph3664 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Compost impersonators? I'll have to mention this on a gardening board that I also post on! :chuckle On a serious note, my grandmother was refusing to do post-op exercises and was told that if she...