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rph3664

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  1. Has anyone worked at these hospitals in IL?

    rph3664 replied to gospel Rn, BSN's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I used to live in the Quad Cities and still reside in Illinois, and while I don't know what the nursing situation is at Galesburg Cottage, I never heard anything good about the pharmacy department or...

  2. You know your pt is a jerk if........

    rph3664 replied to traumamomtx's topic in General Nursing

    Bet the whole surgery department was glad he wasn't

  3. makes you think

    rph3664 replied to Imafloat's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm "normal", whatever that is, and still, my mother never passed up an opportunity to remind me that I was not the child she really wanted to have; I won't go into the reasons why right now. I know a...

  4. Child Abuse

    rph3664 replied to RainDreamer's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It's one thing to do terrible things to yourself. It's quite another to do terrible things to an innocent

  5. makes you think

    rph3664 replied to Imafloat's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Julia, your story sounds like stories I have heard about, for example, an autistic 7-year-old who wears diapers and has no language, and she is labeled "high functioning." High functioning as compared...

  6. makes you think

    rph3664 replied to Imafloat's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Ever heard of this website? http://www.narof.org It's certainly thought provoking. Do people with special needs children REALLY get that "Welcome to Holland" essay? Good heavens, everyone's life is...

  7. whats up with the crop top scrub shirts?

    rph3664 replied to LyndseyER's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Not to mention how hard it is to find appropriate business attire under these

  8. makes you think

    rph3664 replied to Imafloat's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I can see what you mean. I didn't have kids and certainly hope I never have to make a decision like that for anybody. One of my friends gave birth at 26 weeks (not because of HELLP) and her daughter...

  9. makes you think

    rph3664 replied to Imafloat's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    And if the parents can pay the bill. We know of a family who had a 24-weeker who was so underdeveloped, he didn't even urinate without adult-sized doses of Lasix! He was kept "alive" for three...

  10. Funny essay by an ER doc.

    rph3664 replied to bekindtokittens's topic in Emergency

    Check out THIS blog! http://www.theangrypharmacist.com His pharmacy must be dope city because I didn't seem to have 1% of the problems that he

  11. Child Abuse

    rph3664 replied to RainDreamer's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our hospital tests the meconium when they suspect prenatal drug exposure because it's a very reliable indicator of exposure that won't show up in a urine

  12. Why are male nurses looked down on?

    rph3664 replied to USCUAmber's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Because everybody knows that the only reason someone goes to nursing school is because they couldn't get into medical or pharmacy school. :chair: How about maybe BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO BE NURSES?...

  13. Family Doesn't Want Patient To Know?

    rph3664 replied to missjennmb's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe she was in denial? Nobody wants to lose a child at any age, especially not this way. That brought back memories of a girl I knew (albeit only slightly) in elementary school who I learned had...

  14. How to cope with a drug error - destroyed confidence

    rph3664 replied to cloverfield's topic in Emergency

    I once worked with a pharmacist who had probably never made a med error, because he didn't do anything. Other people who had worked with him told me the same thing.

  15. How to cope with a drug error - destroyed confidence

    rph3664 replied to cloverfield's topic in Emergency

    The worst drug error I have ever personally witnessed involved a pharmacist and a technician who were probably the best in our facility. Long story made short: A patient got 2 1/2 times the morphine...

  16. Family Doesn't Want Patient To Know?

    rph3664 replied to missjennmb's topic in General Nursing

    In 1948, when she was 15, my mom lost her best friend to cancer. She was told only that she had a growth on her kidney, as was standard practice then even with adults, but she knew. This horrible...

  17. Bizarre Admitting Diagnosises

    rph3664 replied to MedicalLPN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    interesting thing is, we use thorazine for intractable hiccups! i've seen "super glue in eye" more than once, usually in

  18. When good vent threads go bad.....

    rph3664 replied to squeakykitty's topic in General Nursing

    PITA = pain in the

  19. a patient who things she's in a hotel

    rph3664 replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    I once had a customer who doused herself with lighter fluid and lit it to get drugs. She didn't live long after doing

  20. Did anyone read the People story about Christina Aguilera?

    rph3664 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    The story said that she underwent a scheduled c-section at 37 weeks, because she didn't want to experience labor ("and have an emergency c-section anyway") or have her lady parts get stretched out....

  21. a patient who things she's in a hotel

    rph3664 replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, yes, the "disability" ruse. Being a drug addict or alcoholic, or morbidly obese, makes adults a shoo-in for SSI, and it doesn't hurt to coach your kids to act up in school so they can get it for...

  22. a patient who things she's in a hotel

    rph3664 replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    I have a relative who, when she was married to her first husband, would find a way to get admitted to a hospital for surgery at least once a year. After they divorced, I asked our mutual relative if...

  23. Spin Off: Nurse abuse?

    rph3664 replied to MIcrunchyRN's topic in General Nursing

    About 10 years ago, I worked at a hospital outpatient pharmacy, and one day my boss walked up to me while I was on the phone, standing at the counter, and started rubbing herself against me. I kept...

  24. Why would someone be on a Cardizem drip for 4+ days?

    rph3664 replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    That's the most likely

  25. Eeeeevil nurse stories

    rph3664 replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    I gather the woman was you? Sorry if I offended you, and I gather that if this is the case, you did not know he was this way before he did this. Those women did. How? Those men beat up their best...