Mary Dover replied to nurse wisdom's topic in Nursing Humor
From: Santa Claus I regret to inform you that, effective immediately, I will no longer serve the States of Georgia, Florida, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Texas, and...
Mary Dover replied to PGH70's topic in Psychiatric
In NC ANYONE who has direct knowledge that a person presents a danger to themselves or others, can petition the magistrate to have them picked up by law enforcement. If the magistrate finds that there...
Mary Dover replied to KaraLea's topic in Psychiatric
KaraLea, Glad you clarified that. Here's the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for dysthymia: 1.Occurs over a 2 year period (1 year for children and adolescents), presence of depressed mood. 2.Sx cause...
My husband's in the Air Force, but he's not a nurse - not in the medical field at all. But if there are any general Air Force questions you may have, I can try to find out some answers maybe....
This stuff is soooo funny, I was still laughing for several minutes after I walked away from the computer to go get more coffee. You guys are great! Here's an idea - let's open our own 'Allnurses'...
OK - here is a list of the tokens I received for nurse week during the 7 years I was at my last agency: 1) nothing 2) notta 3) zilch 4) nil 5) goose egg 6) blankers 7) and last but not least, not a...
Brownms - my dad told us something similar, only it was fish and ice cream. He swore it was true. I'm still living, so I doubt it - if I get a hankerin for ice cream, doesn't matter what I ate...
My husband got IV Phenergan recently for N/V during a GI virus. REALLY messed his vein up. IV fluids were finished, so I guess it was given as an afterthought. By late that evening, he started to...
Find a "worry tree". An actual tree, somewhere between home and work/school, on which to visualize yourself hanging worries from home - when on your way to work, then respectively hanging work worries...