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  1. Pot Smoking and Nursing

    hapeewendy replied to MrsNurseCA's topic in General Nursing

    mcl4 , well apparently the ones mentioned in the posters original post do find it okay since they arent taking action and all

  2. Bubble gum myth or truth?

    hapeewendy replied to proud2bme's topic in General Nursing

    haha my family would always bug me about my love of hotdogs saying they were "hooves and lips" I got told that the gum I swallowed would stay in my stomach for years and that the dr would have to...

  3. Pot Smoking and Nursing

    hapeewendy replied to MrsNurseCA's topic in General Nursing

    actually mcl4 we were not way off topic in our responses, though I do agree the thread has gone off on a tangent, but the original post wasnt about the legality of smoking pot like you stated it was,...

  4. Pot Smoking and Nursing

    hapeewendy replied to MrsNurseCA's topic in General Nursing

    I know which one I am.... and that is why I'm able to sleep at night, somewhat comfortably instead of having my hypocracy eat away at me every day :)

  5. Nurses and their sense of humour

    hapeewendy replied to Patience911's topic in General Nursing

    2 words - coping mechanism I could not do this job if I couldnt make light of some of the things I have to deal with on a daily basis.... you have to make things funny sometimes, and eventhough we...

  6. What was most embarrassing moment as a nurse?

    hapeewendy replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

    this thread was created for me!! yay! wow kinda pathetic that I have so many embarassing nursing moments in my relatively short nursing career, then again a few of em came while I was a student I like...

  7. Pot Smoking and Nursing

    hapeewendy replied to MrsNurseCA's topic in General Nursing

    this nurse, nothing wrong with it, but I think more fun would be had in a more spacious location such as the bedroom suzy k - ur response reminded me of a nurse i worked with who took tylenol #3's...

  8. Divorce And Affairs????

    hapeewendy replied to rachaelm4's topic in General Nursing

    oh and actually on this topic.....relationships and stuff.... I'm not married, and nursing school/working in the field has put a strain on my relationships dating wise... the logistical stuff like...

  9. Divorce And Affairs????

    hapeewendy replied to rachaelm4's topic in General Nursing

    leave m and m alone already if you dont like what they have to say or the way they say it , dont bother responding dont get petty and start slamming them because their posts dont "interest you" or...

  10. Pot Smoking and Nursing

    hapeewendy replied to MrsNurseCA's topic in General Nursing

    good arguements made both ways but for all you hypocrites who sit there drinking more than a few beers on your days off or taking prescription drugs *not as directed* apply your same cast iron views...

  11. the nurse/porn connection...........

    hapeewendy posted a topic in General Nursing

    you'll all be happy to know (since I'm sure none of us take part in Mediaographic material at all) that nurses are pretty much the most common "professionals" found in Media movies..... at least thats...

  12. Pot Smoking and Nursing

    hapeewendy replied to MrsNurseCA's topic in General Nursing

    I think we have beaten this topic to death like a drunken, or high horse. I agree with many of you on your views and find myself directly in the middle opinion wise. pot is illegal, ppl shouldnt smoke...

  13. the nurse/porn connection...........

    hapeewendy replied to hapeewendy's topic in General Nursing

    I better watch out , I am young and umarried *phew* okay the purity part of ER nurses comment saved me ! yeah I was thinking about it , and I guess all the "spongebaths" (personally I haven never used...

  14. Lethal injection nurse???

    hapeewendy replied to Zhakrin's topic in General Nursing

    I think it would be interesting, I used to wanna get into forensics and criminology stuff back in school, but I dont think I could be responsible for administering those type of drugs to anyone even...

  15. Just Go Pee!

    hapeewendy replied to Huganurse's topic in General Nursing

    I dont think its really about time management I consider myself very organized etc I think its the fact that for those of us that dont seem to get the chance to pee its because we take on a task at...

  16. Just Go Pee!

    hapeewendy replied to Huganurse's topic in General Nursing

    you have NO idea how many times I've wanted to shove my patient off the commode and take his/her place! just kidding but seriously , people need to urinate, why are nurses supposed to be able to...

  17. What is your favorite part of being a nurse?

    hapeewendy replied to proud2bme's topic in General Nursing

    for me I would have to say its the fine combination of having to use your brain and your heart daily in what you do not many jobs offer that I have always ohhhed and ahhhhhhed over things scientific...

  18. Check out those veins!

    hapeewendy replied to susanmary's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm not a vascular nurse but hell I check out ppls veins all the time! I also try to figure out what secret illnesses they may have and alla that morbid stuff you can take me away from my work but...

  19. what does TID mean?

    hapeewendy replied to thisnurse's topic in General Nursing

    TID means three times a day every 8 hours but can be turned into q shift *in terms of 8 hr shifts* usually we tend to do drsgs on the medsurg floor I work on BID,or OD but when TID comes up we usually...

  20. Ativan, insulin, alcohol drips on floors?

    hapeewendy replied to susanmary's topic in General Nursing

    the floor I work on has many insulin and heparin drips, no alcohol drips and no ativan to be given IV - we just ran into a case where the MD kept ordering ativan via IV, despite being informed that...

  21. so many questions

    hapeewendy replied to mommy2's topic in General Nursing

    being that I am from Canada it might help your search of info if you look under RPN as that is what our "version" of the LPN is titled (registered practical nurse) as for work in the hospital, it can...

  22. A question of code status

    hapeewendy replied to gpip's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with many of you that the education for families re dnr status etc is what is lacking these families are unable to make educated decisions, I've seen it personally where the dr waltzes in ,...

  23. Charting by exception...

    hapeewendy replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

    personally I will never forget a story that was told to me by the head of the CBE at our hospital just to show you how mindless some people are. an original mistake was made, and for TWO DAYS people...

  24. Charting by exception...

    hapeewendy replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

    in our facility charts are audited once a month by the floor auditors and notes are given to people who dont seem to be doing assessments of their own and just blindly follow what others have...

  25. Charting by exception...

    hapeewendy replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

    I may be able to shed some light on this issue I work in a med/surg unit that uses CBE charting *charting by exception* and the check marks are based on set parameters for specific assessments IE -...