ToxNurse

ToxNurse specializes in Toxicology/Progressive care.

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1. need help in stopping smoke

   ToxNurse replied to alexnaison's topic in General Nursing

   I too smoked forever and quit three years ago.. Heres the thing.. You have to quit and change your mindset.. You have to tell yourself that you will never smoke again. You must never pick up a...

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

   ToxNurse replied to TXRN02's topic in Nursing Humor

   This is way too funny.... At work nurse friend walked into utility room that had a DO NOT ENTER sign.. The floor was being redone and she walked right into the glue that was being cured for new...

3. West Penn Hospital attains "Magnet" status!

   ToxNurse replied to pghfoxfan's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

   Because there are better nurses working at the bedside... Magnet promotes professinalism in nursing... We have been on our Magnet journey for the past 5 years and this past Wed we found out that we...

4. How Did a BSN Help Your Career (Or Not)

   ToxNurse replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

   I have been at the same hospital for 21 years.. 13 of those as a nurse. Since getting my BSN I have been offered management positions, offered roles on committees, offered to oversee teaching...

5. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   ToxNurse replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   :welcome: I work on a Pulmonary unit. Michael was 32, mentally challenged and had lived in a group home. Was admitted with sepsis after scalding his scrotal area with hot fluid (an accident) and the...

6. Destruction at work: What have YOU broken?

   ToxNurse replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

   Oh...I forgot the employee incident report I had to fill out..... Chair was angled wrong for computer work and I could not get lever under seat to work.. I got up, stood in front of the chair, leaned...

7. Destruction at work: What have YOU broken?

   ToxNurse replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

   I am laughing so hard.... I am the biggest klutz... I fell on a patient.. patient was sleeping, I went in a 7:30 AM, tripped over my own two feet and fell face first across her legs and lower...

8. Pccn Exam

   ToxNurse replied to tennheart's topic in Cardiac

   I took the PCCN exam today and passed.. I took the review classes at Trends in Critical Care Nursing in Sept 06 in Valley Forge PA, then used the program CD's to study from. Cardiac was the biggest...