GardenDove

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  1. Do you use filtered needles for Im injections

    Ours are pretty darned big and scary looking, I can't imagine using it for an IM, the pt would
  2. What does this 0.8 FTE, and 0.6 FTE mean?

    I was under the impression that FTE stands for 'full time equivalent'. So, it is a percentage of full time, with a 1.0 being full
  3. Circ on a 2yr old?

    St Paul directly addressed the issue of circumcision and it is in no way a requirement for a follower of Jesus Christ to be circumsized. It was a big controversy of the early Church. It's part of the...
  4. Bed Baths, I dread giving them.

    I was refering to the post that offered nothing but a critisism that I am not familiar with bedbaths. All the other posts were nothing but helpful. Since I started the thread asking for advise, not...
  5. Bed Baths, I dread giving them.

    Hey thanks for these great tips. For anyone else, though, who has an urge to post a non-contributory comment, please refrain, thanks very
  6. Are all nurses that wear white dorks?

    Wearing white, btw, is also a way of expressing oneself. It's just not my personal cup of tea, but on certain people it looks just
  7. Are all nurses that wear white dorks?

    They are signs of a culture that values personal expression. I'm glad I live in such a culture. I think the pts understand because they share this cultural value. I have one scrub top with horses...
  8. Are all nurses that wear white dorks?

    Let's all keep in mind that colored clothes get the same dirt that whites get, it just doesn't show. So, your colored clothes only LOOK clean, they really
  9. Bed Baths, I dread giving them.

    Hey, thanks for the tips. I'll be studying this
  10. I don't want to gag

    Wow, I'm glad I never had this problem more than once or twice. This thread is really funny and helpful at the same time. Certainly the less glamorous side of nursing exposed, I'll
  11. Wiping Butt...

    :groupwelcome:
  12. Are all nurses that wear white dorks?

    If you look at very early photos of nurses, white was not the original prefered color. Florence Nightinggale didn't wear all white. Nurses from my old nursing books prior to the 20's didn't wear all...
  13. Hostile Post's

    I hadn't noticed it. Yes, people are imperfect and less than tactful at times. So what's
  14. Hysterectomy: Necessity or Convenience

    Wow, that's a long
  15. Hysterectomy: Necessity or Convenience

    So, for those of you who had this done, how long was the
  16. How are you judgemental?

    I was reporting off this morning on a rule out chest pain pt. He was a 49 yr old guy who had an extensive family cardiac risk hx, he had had a CABG in his 30's, had been an alcoholic until 8 yrs ago,...
  17. Are all nurses that wear white dorks?

    I thought a dork was an uncool nerd too. That's what it meant when I was
  18. Are all nurses that wear white dorks?

    I personally don't make judgements of nurses based on their dress. No one at my facility wears all white, but if they did I wouldn't
  19. Mandatory Hep B testing

    Why would someone's Hep B status be relevent? Pt's aren't starting IVs on nurses, it's the opposite. Rather, they should start testing pts then! We are not a threat to0 them with bloodborne disease,...
  20. Mandatory Hep B testing

    I think you should take it to the ACLU. I don't believe in forced vaccinations, period, and I believe healthcare workers should have a total right to make their own choices about their own healthcare,...
  21. Proper way to write title?

    Ha ha, I think that Joe Q Public thinks MSN is an internet
  22. ER the television show

    Very funny, you should write for the
  23. Where would you go for two family suicide attempts?

    You are correct, the internet is a poor place to get advise on complex family situations. There's no way that we can get enough info on everything here to give you good counsel. Good luck, I have 4...
  24. gggggg- Two comments on your amusing story... 1) Boy oh Boy, doesn't church always bring out the Christ in us? 2) You should have told her that you wouldn't want her as a pt! (She'd probably be the...
  25. double post