LEVODEVO

LEVODEVO

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  1. Stupid Nurse Trick... Don't try this at home... or work!

    LEVODEVO replied to TXRN02's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'm tall and big,years ago,the siderails in the old ICU beds were metal and even in the down position they would end up level with the "JEWELRY DEPT.".during codes,chest compressions were easier for...

  2. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    LEVODEVO replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    Holly,(what an appropriate name right now)thanks for the thread,really enjoyable.Although compare to now,our equipment and therapies appeared antiquated,I felt the patients and families were different...

  3. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    LEVODEVO replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    hELLO DUTCHGIRLRN...love the women's health history trip,or is it herstory?Lysol,wow..I don't like it diluted and on the floor,nevr mind anywhere else..the old ads are great,I dabble in antiques and...

  4. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    LEVODEVO replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    the beers....years ago the our med fridge didn;t lock...talking 20 plus years ago..and part of the narc count was the 2 buds...at the time there was far more men in medical school than women,(I think...

  5. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    LEVODEVO replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    I never quite understood the bile thing...it had just stopped when I got into nursing,I've had older patients tell me about from time to time...ahhhhh..the keys..they always had backups....and as...

  6. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    LEVODEVO replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    Didn;t think I was this old....mast trousers,hockey helmets for adult siezure patients,pre-op "nipples to knees' shave for everyone,putting out occasional fires from patients on O2 smoking in...

  7. fat and miserable

    LEVODEVO replied to piper_for_hire's topic in General Nursing

    We just won a new contract..and our wages and bennies have been fling all over the hopsital,media,mailings to fellow employees etc...I've been hearing lots of "nursebashing" although not to my...

  8. Add to the story....

    LEVODEVO replied to bassRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    ....drinking from a glass problem......she can never get enuf fluids...and to think they used to call her "IV" in nursing school because she was always scratching underneath

  9. propofol infusion ONLY through central line

    LEVODEVO replied to elizadream's topic in MICU, SICU

    Hi,just had my 3rd OR procedure where propofol was used for a pre-op prep,all peripheral,who the heck's gonna place a central line for one of the most popular pre-op meds used today?....had a bunch of...

  10. Support Needed from Nurses with Back Injuries

    LEVODEVO replied to GigiRN's topic in General Nursing

    hEY KID,i'M ON DAY 6 AFTER L2-3 DISCECTOMY...MICRO SURGERY...R leg felt like the hip was bad,knee,and half of foot numb...hip ached all nite and day...neurosurgeon do the work...excellant reputation...

  11. to aspirate or not while giving insulin and flu vaccines

    LEVODEVO replied to ginger43's topic in General Nursing

    I believe one of the major reason to aspirate is to ensure you are not into a major/minor vessle,thus making the injection an IV push injection...IVP insulin can be serious...the belly,back or the...

  12. Nurse Salary Poll

    LEVODEVO replied to EqualPay's topic in General Nursing

    Hi,I'm an RN with ADHD,even have the initials ADHD,next to my name after RN, on a custum name badge I have...anyway..already forgot most of you questions,so I'll just give youa bunch of info and u can...

  13. insulin gtt in heart failure/mi patients

    LEVODEVO replied to voldog's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    HI,there are new federal guidleines out on glycemic control...they are designed for the general patient population and not diagnosis specific...we know the potassium is important with cardiac patients...

  14. How do you run K+??

    LEVODEVO replied to mariedoreen's topic in General Nursing

    I work in Mass.,the feds have been getting pretty strict on giving K+,and our hospital has been quite good at following the rules...the max I have ever been able to give peripherally is a mix of...

  15. Male Nurses/female Patients

    LEVODEVO replied to ern91's topic in Men in Nursing

    These quotes and one liners are killing me..recovering from back surgery...just 4 days ago..the darvon bottle is getting lighter...but the laughing at all these nutty one liners is great..what a...

  16. Male Nurses/female Patients

    LEVODEVO replied to ern91's topic in Men in Nursing

    there's a male nursing forum? I just thought we got thru saying we were all ONE....I spent 8 years in the Navy..lived with 3,000 guys....I like homogeny( is that a word or type of milk?)i like the mix...

  17. Male Nurses/female Patients

    LEVODEVO replied to ern91's topic in Men in Nursing

    Ok I can't shut up...I've taken care of several transgender(trying to be nice,just don;t know the proper term)patients and most were trauma patients and at the time they didn;t know who was taking...

  18. Male Nurses/female Patients

    LEVODEVO replied to ern91's topic in Men in Nursing

    I''m a big hairy male sob...and a damn good nurse...I want the patient comfortable..inside and out..so when i walk into an 83 or 33 year old female pts room and see "that" look on their face,I am more...

  19. RN job in jeopardy please help

    LEVODEVO replied to fe3's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats,now you can sleep easy(pun intended)......

  20. RN job in jeopardy please help

    LEVODEVO replied to fe3's topic in General Nursing

    the amount of time the drawer was open will show up on the pyxsis..so if someone came in behind you and u didn;t sign out,they cud have taken the pills...but if you can prove you were away from the...

  21. Stop #@$%!* Thief!!!

    LEVODEVO replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    I bet u it's drugs.no matter what the emplyee's salary is,,as we know our druggie friends usually start picking up more hours..always volunteer for ot...take patients in the back of the unit...

  22. Why did you take up nursing? What's your story?

    LEVODEVO replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    I grew up in the 50's and 60's,wanted to be a cop or "armyman" only sissies boys became nurses...i had aunts and grandmothers that told great stories of the folks they took care of,my grandmother and...

  23. Just need a hug.. Anyone else??

    LEVODEVO replied to healer27's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hang in there kid,it gets better,takes a while...my first every patient in my nursing career was 2 hours dead when my shift started...the offgoing nurse tried to say he was alive at the end of her...

  24. i decided not to have my son circumcised-need feedback

    LEVODEVO replied to nursemn's topic in General Nursing

    Go for the circ. I speak as a man,nurse,father,Navy vet....do it now,when I was in nursing school many years ago,the urologists would always ask for me to help them with the old guys who now needed...