Great thread! This isn't medical, but happened to a good friend of mine this past summer. His father had CA, i and out of the hospice and hospital for months. His dad was truely a wonderful...
LasvegasRN and Pappy, I haven't heard it either. Damn, I hate being out of the loop. I don't care if someone called Pink calls me a b*tch. I hate that she does it and makes more money than
Hooray for the good guys!! You did great Molly!! One thing we do to doctors that are abusive on the phone ( and I realize that you didn't have time to do this during this call from this charming...
Worthy, do you know what they call the person that graduates at the bottom of their class in medical school? DOCTOR. But really , it sounds like you are doing this right, taking 2 prereqs now is a...
My mom swears by Tylenol for sleep. My older brother would give Tylenol to his daughter for sleep, as would my best friend with her 3 boys. Never touched my kids,
On my fantasy floor, we have high tea every afternoon. We have a lovely tea cart filled with cakes, cookies , tea coffee,for all staff, pts, families, etc. We all take a break, visit with the pts...
prnlpn, if you hadn't told me that your ex is a pharmacist, I would have thought we had the same husband. I know from a previous thread that we live in the same state, so I know what you mean about...
Has anyone else read about an increased incidence of hepatitis with tattos? I thought I read an article about that a year or so ago, I'm not sure. I would go ahead and let her pearce her belly...
You only got a 4 Heather? You aren't old enuff to be working!! I used to love those big wax lips! Did you ever have a chocolate candy called Ice Cubes? They were a penny, and they were so good....
Sundowner, hope you are doing OK today. I think all of us have worked with "Bertha" at one time or another. But, are you ready for this? The "Bertha" in my life was having an affair with one of...
Mario, sorry you had such a horrible experience. What is with these crazy people??? i promise you, it's not like that everywhere. My first job was horrble, like I said, but I have worked with...
Kelly, I just hate that all of this bs is happening to you. Wish I could be there with you to take on the Bullies!! I went to the exact same thing in a big ICU night shift my first year out of...
Here's my fav poop story, a PCT I used to work with worked in LTC. ONe of her favorite pts wasn't eating well, and was losing wt, so the dr ordered a calorie count, and asked everyone to encourage...
I thought all nurses looked at veins. You never know who you'll be sticking a needle in next!! I have great veins but the last two times i had to be stuck, I mentioned this, and both times they...
sorry Klarern, i have to agree with Steveirae, you have got that nm doublespeak down!!!!! This is my favorite nurse week story; an administrator pushed a cart around with hospital juice and stale...
O.K. I must confess this best joke I ever played on anyone....worked with a dr who was sooooo uptight, we had gotten some new vag speculums in, I put some lemon yogurt on one, brought it to him and...