santhony44 MSN, RN, NP

FNP, Peds, Epilepsy, Mgt., Occ. Ed

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    "And it's all going to be your fault"

    santhony44 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Angelfire: I really hate to be the one to break it to you, but you won't stop hearing that phrase when you become a NP. Try this one: It's Friday, 15 minutes till closing time. It's probably a Friday...
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    Most silly reason for being called in the office?

    santhony44 replied to nursebrandie28's topic in Emergency

    "Your office (private office, not a patient care area) is too cluttered." This was written on my annual evaluation. So I asked the manager "Do you mean I have too much personal stuff (like family...
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    I want her fired!!!!

    santhony44 replied to HisTreasure's topic in General Nursing

    Much less, screamed at in the hallways. Not much short of being caught with her hands around the resident's neck deserves
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    I want her fired!!!!

    santhony44 replied to HisTreasure's topic in General Nursing

    If your facility doesn't have a waiting list of people wanting to work there, then they must be the best-kept secret on the West Coast. Those are the kind of leaders I'd walk barefoot over hot coals...
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    Personal Life at Work?

    santhony44 replied to nursebrandie28's topic in Emergency

    Jessy; your situation was a whole different story. The only problem there was that you and your charge nurse probably should've been talking where there was no possibility of being overheard. Then,...
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    Your Call Light is On Can I help YOU?

    santhony44 replied to MrsMommaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I find the confused patient ones pretty funny, actually. Especially the "someone just dropped that off here" and the "when does this flight land?" Once I spent several minutes trying to explain to a...
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    Convince me I won't get MRSA? Pre-nursing school student!

    santhony44 replied to cherubhipster's topic in General Nursing

    I've been a nurse 25 years. The nastiest thing I've caught, so far, was head lice. Not in the hospital, either. I got that doing preschool vision
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    You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    santhony44 replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    I don' think I've said that, but I've told more than one nurse that they were in diapers when I started doing this. Or even worse, not even born
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    You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    santhony44 replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    Um---What does the "Hollister" on the shirt mean,
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    Gift for a friend going into nursing?

    santhony44 replied to friendofanurse's topic in General Nursing

    A uniform shop or bookstore gift certificate. She can use it for whatever she's decided she needs most. I like the "Girl's Weekend" gift certificate too. An inexpensive "relaxation" basket with...
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    Personal Life at Work?

    santhony44 replied to nursebrandie28's topic in Emergency

    I agree that there's a big difference in talking about your personal life and telling an inappropriate joke. However, Reno, if you've never had a co-worker talk about his or her personal life to the...
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    er visitors...a funny

    santhony44 replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency

    Well, it's possible that she really was a nurse. Don't forget "Denial ain't just a river in Egypt." When it's family, occasionally the brain refuses to compute what the eyes and ears are telling
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    You know when your hospital orientation is terminated when...

    santhony44 replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    That would be a biggie, wouldn't it?? And what a great way of learning you'd been terminated!!
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    Has this happened to any of you? I'm shocked..

    santhony44 replied to Kellied1983's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think I'd check with the Maryland BON myself. I've never heard of a state law requiring nurses to be able to lift a certain amount. Sounds really odd to
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    I feel so guilty about Graduating!

    santhony44 replied to PinkFuzz's topic in General Nursing

    Agree with all the above. Stopping, stepping out of the room, looking it up, stepping back in, would have been better. You didn't. Everybody survived. As someone else mentioned, even experienced...
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    nurses from maintenance point of view

    santhony44 replied to sailordave's topic in General Nursing

    I think it was hospital maintenance, shutting it down until it could be repaired. I don't remember for sure; the baby I was pregnant with just turned
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    nurses from maintenance point of view

    santhony44 replied to sailordave's topic in General Nursing

    I once had a hospital maintenance guy lock a malfunctioning elevator down with me on it. I was working on the 8th floor, 3-11. I got off a little late and was the only one on the elevator. I pushed...
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    er visitors...a funny

    santhony44 replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency

    The Blah-Blah Book, from the same website as the Gomer Scale:
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    Smoker's rights (patient rights)

    santhony44 replied to RiverNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm a nonsmoker and hate cigarettes, too, but I think we've gone just a tad overboard with this "smoke-free" stuff. And I lecture people on smoking cessation almost every day. In my experience, the...
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    er visitors...a funny

    santhony44 replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency

    I don't know what to call this, except "Why-isn't-this-the-Mayo-Clinic-in-the-Middle-of-Nowhere?" This is a small, critical access hospital. Small, as in itsy-bitsy. The emergency room is, literally...
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    Last night made me realize

    santhony44 replied to dreamingofbeing's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't sound wrong to me. In the past when I worked critical care, there would occasionally be a patient who was an organ donor. The body was basically being maintained until the organs could be...
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    Gift for New Grad

    santhony44 replied to JoMom4's topic in First Year After Licensure

    A gift certificate from Amazon or a bookstore that has nursing books would be nice; then she can pick what she
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    Stupidest reason to go to ER

    santhony44 replied to DachRN's topic in Emergency

    Twentysomething female was on Depo-Provera for a couple of years and didn't have a period. She stopped taking the shots and went on an oral contraceptive. Now she is having "heavy" periods and "really...
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    er visitors...a funny

    santhony44 replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency

    Well, if you'd bet on post # 20, you'd have won. Not a verbatim quote, but that's the gist of
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    er visitors...a funny

    santhony44 replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency

    I don't know either, but I've been informed by a reliable source that they all then go out to eat together after they leave the