CountrifiedRN

CountrifiedRN

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  1. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    CountrifiedRN replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Never let your cousin try to shoot anything off the top of your head with his new BB gun. If by chance you do, don't tell your mom that the resulting red lump and hole between your eyes is a zit that...

  2. Come backs...

    CountrifiedRN replied to ER Tigger Girl's topic in Emergency

    I like Althomas answer for the pts who don't get off the phone when you walk in. As far as having too many visitors, our policy is also 1 visitor per pt, and is usually strictly enforced with some...

  3. Awful, awful week!!!

    CountrifiedRN replied to flashpoint's topic in Emergency

    I second

  4. TV in the ED

    CountrifiedRN replied to RNCENCCRNNREMTP's topic in Emergency

    We have TV's in all rooms except the trauma rooms, and I agree with those who say it decreases complaints about wait times. Ours are on moveable arms attached to the wall, so they can be pushed up out...

  5. Washable Bruises

    CountrifiedRN replied to RNCENCCRNNREMTP's topic in Emergency

    How clever, a purple eyeshadow bruise. Ya gotta love it!

  6. Crowd Control

    CountrifiedRN replied to NurseJacqui's topic in Emergency

    I work in a relatively small ED but we serve a large area. We get occasional threats from patients and family members, and it is absolutely not tolerated. The last pt to threaten a nurse was...

  7. patient lingo...

    CountrifiedRN replied to athomas91's topic in Emergency

    "I got small veins, it's generic." (genetic) "I had my technical shot last year." (tetorifice shot) "I think I'm having one of them mycardia infarts" (No explanation necessary,

  8. Anyone sick of the "Drama Queen" patient?

    CountrifiedRN replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

    Oh how I love that point of reference! :chuckle My favorite was a pt that had been in the hospital for several days with back pain, abd pain, and migraine. Lots of tests, nothing showed up, but her...

  9. Crowd Control

    CountrifiedRN replied to NurseJacqui's topic in Emergency

    Whoa, I don't see any similarity between a celebrity leading the police on a chase after his ex-wife, who he was known to abuse, was found murdered, and an overwhlemed triage nurse who has a...

  10. Flirting at work

    CountrifiedRN replied to GAstudent's topic in General Nursing

    RN2007, I PM'ed you about the video you were describing. (Check your private messages in the user control panel, the button at the top of the page that says User CP) I haven't seen it yet, but I will...

  11. Family members at the bedside during a code blue?

    CountrifiedRN replied to momoftriplets's topic in General Nursing

    I posted a similar question in the emergency nursing forum and got a lot of great responses. Here's a link to the thread:

  12. pediatrician in trouble"Mr Enema"

    CountrifiedRN replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    It's times like this that I really miss using curse words here. I have a few choice ones in my mind right

  13. DESCRIBE Your IDEAL Nursing Instructor

    CountrifiedRN replied to VickyRN's topic in General Students

    I love that you are asking these questions, it says a lot about your eagerness to teach and be a great instructor! Ok, for lecture I like the powerpoint presentations and hand outs because it makes it...

  14. DESCRIBE Your IDEAL Nursing Instructor

    CountrifiedRN replied to VickyRN's topic in General Students

    I love that you are asking these questions, it says a lot about your eagerness to teach and be a great instructor! Ok, for lecture I like the powerpoint presentations and hand outs because it makes it...

  15. "Duties of the Floor Nurse-1887"

    CountrifiedRN replied to Love-A-Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Whew! It was truly a calling back then, wasn't it? Thanks

  16. Aspirating with IV pushes.

    CountrifiedRN replied to kimmicoobug's topic in General Students

    I have seen some nurses aspirate before a flush. Our school doesn't require us to do

  17. Sistole / Diastole

    CountrifiedRN replied to colleen10's topic in General Students

    S is for squeeze (contraction) D is for downtime

  18. Snow days

    CountrifiedRN replied to essarge's topic in General Students

    I know what you mean, so far this semester we've missed one clinical day and two days of lecture. The clinical day is ok because we had extra time scheduled in, but the lectures are being made up by...

  19. Lazy Student Nurse Preceptors!

    CountrifiedRN replied to jfpruitt's topic in General Nursing

    MattsMom, I'm sorry that you feel this way. I am a nursing student, and I haven't seen that attitude in myself or any of my classmates. I can understand that it is a burden to an already overworked...

  20. Last Semester Stress Anyone???

    CountrifiedRN replied to rosemadder's topic in General Students

    Yep, I've been feeling the same way. I'm not afraid of failing, but the huge responsibility of doing everything on my own, having the RN behind my name. I guess everyone feels that way as they get...

  21. Nursing caps/stripes..tradition

    CountrifiedRN replied to essarge's topic in General Students

    I posted a reply under pinning ceremonies also, but just wanted to say here thanks for that info. Very interesting

  22. Pinning ceremony

    CountrifiedRN replied to Marlo2bRN's topic in General Students

    Thanks, RainbowSkye, for the explanation of what a band is, and essarge for the history behind them. When I saw the posts about the black bands, I wasn't even associating them with the nursing caps....

  23. Pinning ceremony

    CountrifiedRN replied to Marlo2bRN's topic in General Students

    I've never heard of getting a black band. What is it symbolic of? Angelica - Circus Circus is a cool

  24. Pinning ceremony

    CountrifiedRN replied to Marlo2bRN's topic in General Students

    Our school has a pinning ceremony, and from what I hear it is supposed to be quite beautiful and emotional. It is held at a really nice historic church. (for sitting space reasons, not religious) I...

  25. Nursing Students: good/bad moments

    CountrifiedRN replied to nursbee04's topic in General Students

    SusanRN2004, that is an awesome entry! Kind of sums it up for many of us. Thank you for