GardenDove

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  1. The Circumcision Discussion

    GardenDove replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I can't believe this thread is still

  2. Company email:does your facility have it?

    GardenDove replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, internal spam is an apt term. We get many silly emails where I work that don't amount to anything other than proving that HR and other Admins have too much time on their

  3. Company email:does your facility have it?

    GardenDove posted a topic in General Nursing

    A year or two ago our hospital started an email system. We all have our own emails. I hate to say it, but alot of it seems like spam. About the same time they started an annoying morale building,...

  4. What is the silliest complaint someone has ever made aboutyou?

    GardenDove replied to SharonH, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Maybe on 'The Love

  5. feel guilty not contributing

    GardenDove replied to jo272wv's topic in General Nursing

    If you are feeling guilty, give money to starving children. I don't see why you should feel obligated to anyone at work, other than being a helpful and willing coworker. Why should you give money to...

  6. In Icu Are Is There A Preference For Whites

    GardenDove replied to tammyg652's topic in MICU, SICU

    Ha ha, I thought the same. I think there is a particular shortage of nurses in ICUs, and you would have good opportunities no matter what color you are, as long as you agree to work holidays like...

  7. Kussmaul's respiration

    GardenDove replied to CIRQL8's topic in General Nursing

    My husband went into Kussmauls when he went into metabolic acidocisis from acute renal failure, secondary to Lymphoma. Nightmarish situation, he ended up in ICU on dopamine and receiving dialysis. He...

  8. Why dont we get respect as LTC nurses?

    GardenDove replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I second this post, well

  9. What is the silliest complaint someone has ever made aboutyou?

    GardenDove replied to SharonH, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The socializing can actually get entirely out of hand at nurses stations. I enjoy a little chit chat, but sometimes there is a gang mentality that supports goofing off. I have never had a pt...

  10. I should have said something...

    GardenDove replied to Jesskanurse's topic in General Nursing

    Why, you're very welcome! :beer: :cheers:

  11. Demanding pt provides nasal sample on labeled card

    GardenDove posted a topic in General Nursing

    I floated to med/surg last night. I volunteered to take a 10 days post total knee woman who had proven manipulative and was driving everyone batty with her demanding behaviour. I turned on my best...

  12. I should have said something...

    GardenDove replied to Jesskanurse's topic in General Nursing

    Good Lord, calm down.

  13. Telemetry monitoring

    GardenDove replied to Bwick's topic in Cardiac

    Where I work, we have a 6 bed icu/stepdown unit and we monitor our own pts, sometimes on days they have a tech/unit secretary/CNA to help, but at night we do everything. We also monitor the tele pts...

  14. Hello - French speaking nurses?

    GardenDove replied to RN BSN 2009's topic in International Nursing

    I have a close friend who is from France, who is a nurse. She doesn't post here

  15. Major Working Complaints?

    GardenDove replied to Brenticus's topic in Nursing Career

    My friend who works OR in another hospital says that it's a soap opera there, with a lot of nutty people. I've heard similar at my hospital, with the docs having affairs with nurses, etc. This is all...

  16. Circ on a 2yr old?

    GardenDove replied to Danianne's topic in Pediatric

    My four grown sons weren't circumsised and they are fine. Little boys' memberes look very different than grown mens' memberes, it's really not a big deal. So, generally I'm not in favor of the...

  17. What is the silliest complaint someone has ever made aboutyou?

    GardenDove replied to SharonH, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I was wondering the

  18. What is the silliest complaint someone has ever made aboutyou?

    GardenDove replied to SharonH, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh, that's classic! Was she also a 10/10 on the pain

  19. Male Nurses

    GardenDove replied to USF RN BSN's topic in General Nursing

    I love male nurses and work with several. I'm really glad that men are getting into nursing, it balances out all that female energy. Men in my facility gravitate toward ICU or ER, and they like to...

  20. I'm Being Disciplined for Looking Up My Own Labs

    GardenDove replied to daisybaby's topic in General Nursing

    another legalistic bunch of hooey from our paternalist medical and legal system if you ask me. how many (profanity deleted) rules and regulations are the bureacrats going to keep piling on us? i'm so...

  21. I'm Being Disciplined for Looking Up My Own Labs

    GardenDove replied to daisybaby's topic in General Nursing

    i had atypical pneumonia summer before last. i was very sick and had gone to the hospital run clinic. i ended up being disastisfied with the doctor's attititude, she really brushed off my panic about...

  22. Demanding pt provides nasal sample on labeled card

    GardenDove replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree, I would say that shows real dedication to this endeavor beyond the paltry effort of my pt. Some people have strange collections,

  23. Demanding pt provides nasal sample on labeled card

    GardenDove replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Well, brilliant minds think alike. The next shift got a big laugh and an nice plastic bag containing this important sample. LOL, I even put a pt label on

  24. Why not question pts about their eating habits?

    GardenDove posted a topic in General Nursing

    Why is it that, on our assessment intake, we always question pts about cigarettes and drinking, but there's not section about their eating habits? I ask this because I just watched the movie Supersize...

  25. Why dont we get respect as LTC nurses?

    GardenDove replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Untrue, there are continuing education requirements to work in ICU that are above and beyond a nursing lisence. It definately requires a more in depth medical knowledge. You are correct about Med-Surg...