Daywalker

Daywalker

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  1. "No, I am not pregnant"

    I've looked about 30 wks along since I had my first 5 years ago; when I get this question I answer with a cheerful "nope, just fat". The embarrassed looks that gets are TOTALLY worth
  2. Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

    YUCK!!!
  3. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    Amen,
  4. Bah! I ALWAYS tell my tales at the supper table....and now everyone has a VERY strong
  5. Rules for dating my daughter

    *snort* I live in Leafs country, and with the way they've been performing for the last 20 years, the hockey game is the lace to go to break
  6. Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

    :barf01: That's just
  7. Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

    You get used to it, after a while. I always say that if the human body can produce it, I've spilled it on my
  8. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    Oh, the follies that alcohol
  9. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    Oh, that's so
  10. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    I always wonder what these people are doing going around naked all the time, since it's not like these things can get in there through clothes. How dumb do they think we are
  11. Gimme your one-liners!

    When a patient asks me "what are you doing with all that blood?" I tell'em I'm drinking it. Also, when patients are embarrased/upset about how old they are, I always say it's better than the...
  12. "I hate my job" LOL

    :roll:roll:roll
  13. So glad you're doing better, and lucky you to have a great
  14. Psychiatric Patient's triaged through ER?

    At my facility, which includes a psych ward, patients are cleared through ER, then have a psych eval, conducted with psych RN, social worker and sometimes the Psychiatrist on call (depends on...
  15. Poor you! Are you getting some relief? Has your doc managed to arrest the kidney failure? Feel better soon. I'm thinking of
  16. Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

    That so-called "incompatable with life" BS values aren't so incompatable after all That the isolation pt will need multiple blood draws and ECG's each day of his/her stay That you need a football team...
  17. Give me cyanide!

    :bow:
  18. Pet peeve: Drs who don't follow isolation proceedures. Yes, I know you have more education than I do, and more authority here than I, but the MRSA, C. diff and VRE can't tell the difference between...
  19. I must be getting old: A rant

    Perfume and cologne aren't allowed for the staff where I work. Too bad we can't enforce the same with the general public! The gum thing is disgusting, and the "underwear as outerwear" look makes me...
  20. I think I've heard it all

    Yup. Sounds like it to me, too. Calling police and women's services sounds like the right respose to me (since doing the b*****d in yourself isn't an
  21. "I know an old lady who swallowed a fly, I don't know why she swallowed the fly...perhaps she'll die..." Sorry. Couldn't resist
  22. Yuck! Strange how so many Drs seem to think that germs won't stick to
  23. Oh, that's just
  24. ER- HELP: Dumbest reason people go to ER

    Okay, my best FOB story: we had a young guy come in with a hot dog stuck up each nostril. Apparently, while drinking with his buddies, he had been dared to shove frozen wieners up his nose. However,...