AIS52

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1. No good deed goes unpunished

   AIS52 replied to tmiller027's topic in General Nursing

   I had a similar experience except that my false positive was for HIV!!! If I remember correctly they do two screenings, one for the actual virus (very specific) and one for antibodies (non-specific),...

2. Charting Bloopers

   AIS52 replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

   Two good ones- On the floor census, "S/P CABBAGE" or on the preop checklist in the belongings section "family took toilet trees

3. STR8 vs Gay Male RN

   AIS52 replied to Ah life!'s topic in General Nursing

   I've never had anyone ask me if I'm gay, in fact many of the women when they find out I'm not married want to introduce me to their granddaughter, daughter, niece, etc. so I'm not worried if the...

4. transgender nurse (transvestite)

   AIS52 replied to nursecathy's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   At the last hospital I worked we had a Cardiothoracic Surgeon who underwent a sex change. She had to send out a letter to all her patients informing them and while a few left, most stayed. In fact...

5. Songs that you can relate to nursing.

   AIS52 replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

   Jimmy Buffett's "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes" for my personal favorite line that sums up just about everyone in healthcare- "If we weren't all crazy, we would go insane." I can never...

6. I wrote up a doctor

   AIS52 replied to RN always's topic in General Nursing

   Well, often times they will split the money recovered with you 50/50! I know insurance companies do this because my aunt is an attorney who specializes in medicare fraud. When she had surgery a few...

7. Call bells in my sleep

   AIS52 replied to flowerchild's topic in General Nursing

   When I started 3-11 and many patients were sleeping when I left, I started waking up thinking I WAS IN A PATIENT'S BED!!! Thank god those dreams stopped but I swear my computer's fan sometimes makes...

8. Bossy Unit Clerks

   AIS52 replied to NancyRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I usually wore scrubs but once in a while I would wear regular clothes (maybe kahkis and a sweater, etc). Once for Halloween I dressed up really scary- that's right, I wore a tie to work. My...

9. Practical jokes at work

   AIS52 replied to fedupnurse's topic in General Nursing

   Here's a good one I witnessed: Biomed has this cool little tool (or toy) that tests the tele monitors. It can produce a perfect arrythmia so while testing the monitors, the tech put in a name and...

10. Charting Bloopers

    AIS52 replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    We recently had one of the newer residents diagnose a patient with "Left Middle Lobe Pneumonia!" I guess anatomy wasn't her strong