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rph3664

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  1. Career ending mistakes?

    rph3664 replied to emsillystudent's topic in General Nursing

    I thought that little boy was on a vent because he had meningitis and it destroyed his respiratory center. Anyway, one of the most common causes in my state for professional license revocation - any...

  2. what are these people thinking???

    rph3664 replied to RNmom08's topic in General Nursing

    We were having a comparable conversation just this morning, because a doctor ordered powdered Kayexalate and the other pharmacist had never seen it ordered that way. I had, but in her research, she...

  3. Patients that are hospitalized because of a dare...

    rph3664 replied to NsgChica's topic in General Nursing

    I've heard that cement workers have to be very careful not to get it on them, because it causes a nasty chemical burn, or a thermal burn if they left a chunk of it on too long because it gets hot...

  4. Why do you send a student home?

    rph3664 replied to whiskeygirl's topic in School

    I'm not a nurse, let alone a school nurse, but the school nurse we had when I was in high school did not dismiss students for ANYTHING. There was a pregnant girl who thought she was in labor (she...

  5. Patients that are hospitalized because of a dare...

    rph3664 replied to NsgChica's topic in General Nursing

    There's a story posted several places on this site about a college guy who stuck Mr. Happy into a ribeye bone, and it got stuck, and when the ER doctor asked for the bone saw, this guy jumped off the...

  6. Patients that are hospitalized because of a dare...

    rph3664 replied to NsgChica's topic in General Nursing

    Go to the "What's the dumbest thing someone came to the ER for" threads and see a bunch of these! ERs saw a booming business when "America's Funniest Home Videos" debuted, and also in the wake of...

  7. Your thoughts on denial

    rph3664 replied to Jules A's topic in General Nursing

    There is no disease where denial is more profound or universal than diabetes. Since you're all health care professionals, I do not have to explain further. Just yesterday, I saw a black actress...

  8. 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

    The first patient: WOW!. Just WOW!. How cruel - and how long before word gets out and NOBODY will take him? As for the doctor issue, we too have a doctor, who looks after LOTS of patients, who answers...

  9. Amphetamines+Clinicals = Allowed?

    rph3664 replied to miwachiru123's topic in General Nursing

    I don't see why this would be a problem if it was prescribed for you and you are honest about taking

  10. Oddest things found in a patient!

    rph3664 replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    The story I heard involved a gerbil, and he insists it isn't

  11. Well, I am a doctor

    rph3664 replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    The OBs where I work all order PCAs; it's a standing order for c-sections but they also order them during labor for fetal demises and women who cannot have an epidural for whatever reason. Of course,...

  12. Well, I am a doctor

    rph3664 replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in pharmacy school, I had several classes with dental students. You know those kids in high school that nobody really liked but people hung around with them because it was cool to be seen...

  13. Your thoughts on denial

    rph3664 replied to Jules A's topic in General Nursing

    :icon_hug:

  14. This website is a hoax

    rph3664 posted a topic in Pediatric

    http://www.medicaladoptions.com/ I saw a link to this on another website, and while it would have been obvious to me that the whole thing's fake, it probably wouldn't be to a layperson and it...

  15. This website is a hoax

    rph3664 replied to rph3664's topic in Pediatric

    The posters on the other website (it's a message board for fiber arts crafters) thought it was hilarious once it was revealed to be a hoax. I didn't investigate it as deeply as some of you did. It was...

  16. This website is a hoax

    rph3664 replied to rph3664's topic in Pediatric

    I wonder if the webmasters received any serious inquiries. It wouldn't surprise me if they

  17. 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

    ?

  18. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    rph3664 replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    When I was doing clinicals in retail pharmacy, I had to dispense a lady partsl cream to a rather crusty woman in her 80s. I asked her, "Did the doctor talk to you about how to use this?" and she...

  19. what are these people thinking???

    rph3664 replied to RNmom08's topic in General Nursing

    if this doctor experiences identity theft, or goes through a divorce that leaves her penniless, it will be karma biting her in the rear end. before i went to pharmacy school, i worked in this...

  20. 10 pregnant RN's...

    rph3664 replied to dbscandy's topic in General Nursing

    One of my friends had a baby at 26 weeks, and she is now a completely normal

  21. "A Walk to Beautiful"

    rph3664 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/beautiful/ This aired on my local PBS affiliate last night. If you have the opportunity to see it, do so! It's about the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital, which is devoted...

  22. Scrubs to tight? How do you tell someone?

    rph3664 replied to Absolutely13's topic in General Nursing

    Is this one of those plastic surgery hospitals? Speaking of bras, what about women who wear the wrong size bra - and I'm talking to the point where it's nearly cutting her in two, and her nipples are...

  23. Scrubs to tight? How do you tell someone?

    rph3664 replied to Absolutely13's topic in General Nursing

    There are a couple of young women in my department who roll down their waistbands and make their scrubs into low-riders. One of them in addition pulls hers down so they barely cover her......let's...

  24. Rectal aspirin

    rph3664 replied to RNcDreams's topic in Patient Medications

    I would not recommend it. The tablets could potentially be very irritating, and the suppositories are formulated for better

  25. Hershey's Chocolate moving to Mexico affects all ER nurses

    rph3664 replied to ffearme12's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    move to Mexico? (not