RNAnnjeh MSN, CNS

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    When being nice comes back to you

    RNAnnjeh replied to sharona97's topic in General Nursing

    One day I stopped at the corner store to pick up some milk. There was a girl in line in front of me with 2 cups of coffee. Her debit card kept rejecting saying "insufficient funds" and she didn't...
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    super powers...

    RNAnnjeh replied to registerednut1221's topic in General Nursing

    Telepathy. I'd love to be able to read the minds of physicians and the rest of the healthcare team. Maybe that way, I'd know what was going
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    Pimples, blackheads and acne

    RNAnnjeh replied to weirdRN's topic in General Nursing

    Now, isn't admitting you have the problem the first of 12 steps? Seriously though.....I have really had to restrain myself at times from picking. As someone else said, it just seems to cross that...
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    Some parents amaze me

    RNAnnjeh replied to teeituptom's topic in General Nursing

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    Pimples, blackheads and acne

    RNAnnjeh replied to weirdRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hello....my name is Angie....and I'm a zit popper. Whew...feels better just to say it. OK, I've been tempted, but never have picked at work. Only at home. My DH think's I'm a freak....now I can...
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    In this place....

    RNAnnjeh replied to la bellota's topic in General Nursing

    Beautiful. Keep this story in the back of your mind and in a safe place. On those days (and you will have them) when you wonder why you ever got into nursing read that story. THAT is the reason you...
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    Waxing hysterical

    RNAnnjeh replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'd love to take credit for that. Alas, it was yet another forwarded email joke....laughed so hard I cried. Glad :rollyou enjoyed
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    Out of the mouths of Babes...

    RNAnnjeh posted a topic in General Nursing

    this is a cute story one of my colleagues shared with me yesterday. our children's hospital is undergoing renovations and stepping into the 21st century. one of the units had a "room opening"...
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    Out of the mouths of Babes...

    RNAnnjeh replied to RNAnnjeh's topic in General Nursing

    I'm just thrilled that she was disgusted. One of the biggest complaints from families to the social workers is that they can't afford the cable/phone service while in hospital. I know that the SW's...
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    Does anyone think nursing diagnoses are just plain silly?

    RNAnnjeh replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    I too, used to think that nursing diagnoses and elaborate care plans were silly. Until I started teaching nursing students. Then the lightbulb turned on..... They teach you how to think like a...
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    Out of the mouths of Babes...

    RNAnnjeh replied to RNAnnjeh's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yes. Families still have to pay for phone and cable. How archiac is
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    difference between physician MD and DO license/practice??

    RNAnnjeh replied to ASSEDO's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. DO's are very holistic. When I lived in FL, my family doc was a DO. She was amazing. She always wanted to talk in big-picture terms, trying to sort out all of the potential things that...
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    I work at Disney World now!!

    RNAnnjeh replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    One of my friends used to work at the Disney Store in Ontario. One day he was taken into the back room and questioned by his manager as to why he was not smiling all of the time. (no, really, that's...
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    Dry, cracked winter hands

    RNAnnjeh replied to RN ColbyJack's topic in General Nursing

    The Eucerin rep dropped by last week...new cream w/oatmeal in it. Eucerin Calming Creme...cured my hubby's dry, cracked, sandpaper-like hands. And I find it doesn't leave you greasy after applying...
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    The most expensive, silly or cheap gifts you received from your hospital

    RNAnnjeh replied to Shantas's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in the US I received: --a 20 lb turkey at Christmas (I was single....ate leftovers FOREVER!!) --a $20 gift cert for a restaurant I can't remember --a fanny pack for nurses week --one...
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    State mandated elder abuse

    RNAnnjeh replied to happydays352's topic in General Nursing

    That's disgusting. Help your boss find a
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    pre-employment exam from h*ll

    RNAnnjeh replied to pedinurse05's topic in General Nursing

    Where the h*ll do you work? I've NEVER heard of anything like that.....even when I worked in the US....drug test and was my work visa current.
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    Don't wanna always give baths, clean up feces, etc., where to work?

    RNAnnjeh replied to WannaBCRNA's topic in General Nursing

    Need to remember that we choose to be nurses and we choose where we want to work. Patients do not get to choose when they get sick, how sick they are, and what bits their body would like to lose...
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    Pediatric Nursing

    RNAnnjeh replied to KRiley2007's topic in General Nursing

    Once you have some experience as a peds nurse, you can take the pediatric nursing certification exam if you
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    Has anyone seen...

    RNAnnjeh replied to lilac47's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yes, we have quite the infestation of drain flies. They look like fruit flies but live in the drains. Apparently they live on the glucose from TPN, formula and IV fluids that the staff flush down...
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    Different roles for CNS's??? Come on guys share what you do!

    RNAnnjeh replied to traumaRUs's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    I have a feeling that this is the way that things are moving in Canada,
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    Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa

    RNAnnjeh replied to MMARN's topic in General Nursing

    It is a terrible condition. My only experience was with a babe in the NICU. We were making a plan to transfer him to our peds medical unit, and the first med on his list was for pain management....
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    What Diagnosis Did your First Patient in Clinicals Have?

    RNAnnjeh replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in General Nursing

    My very first patient was an elderly man w/dementia. I had to feed him breakfast. He had no teeth, and no dentures. I spent an hour trying to get him to eat breakfast....I'd feed him a mouthful of...
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    Different roles for CNS's??? Come on guys share what you do!

    RNAnnjeh replied to traumaRUs's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    Things are so much different here in Canada.CNS and NP are the only 2 recognized APN roles, and only NPs have prescriptive abilities.My role as a CNS centers around patients and families of children...
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    Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    RNAnnjeh replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    Just finished reading the "Ladies of the Night" posts....can't...stop....laughing..... Oh god...you could write a