FranEMTnurse CNA, LPN, EMT-I

LTC, CPR instructor, First aid instructor.

I have always loved to help people feel better, and is why I became an EMT and an LPN in 1997

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    Chicken Surprise

    FranEMTnurse replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'm happy it did dear. It is my desire to encourage or cheer you. Nursing and the pressures of everyday life can stress and or depress
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    End Stage Pulmonary Fibrosis

    FranEMTnurse replied to OHmom2boys's topic in Pulmonary

    :up:good info karen. thank
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    Soooo, you're observing in the Operating Room (O.R.)...

    FranEMTnurse replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in Operating Room

    Thank you for your excellent advice, Marie. When I was in nursing school, the OR was one of my first rotations. Having already been subjected to trauma in the past as an EMT, and by family experience,...
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    What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    FranEMTnurse replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Peri, no, you only think you want everyone to feel sorry for you. Given time, and experience, believe me, you will have experiences. I have had many, but always said the Lord's Prayer or rebuked the...
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    Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    FranEMTnurse replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Did he speak in a falsetto voice after that
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    Octuplets

    FranEMTnurse replied to Sweeper933's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I think it's very foolish of the woman just to get her name on the news. How unfortunate for those poor babies, not to even mention the cost on the medical
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    Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    FranEMTnurse replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    How
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    Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    FranEMTnurse replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Sometimes you just can't help it. I did that after having a traditional chole in 1983. I wasn't able to control
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    Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    FranEMTnurse replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    yes they do, but when you have a super infection caused by a weaker antibiotic than you are used to taking, believe me; i pulled my own 10cc filled catheter out in order to get relief from the pain i...
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    Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    FranEMTnurse replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    :eek:It's shocking to read that a person would be that nasty, but I believe it. I get the impression that she feels she's being punished for giving birth to a child like that and is taking out her...
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    Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    FranEMTnurse replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Thank you Natkat. I didn't
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    Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    FranEMTnurse replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    [color=dimgray]how could she even want
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    Nursing-A second carrer at 50!

    FranEMTnurse replied to FirstChoiceLast's topic in General Nursing

    There is a great demand for competent nurses at any age. I graduated nursing school at age
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    Lost and confused...

    FranEMTnurse replied to exquisite20's topic in New York Nursing

    Or better yet taking the course at a community college? You can do that over the summer if you really apply yourself. It will only be one course, and is usually cheaper at a community college or a...
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    Snotty Physicians Office Receptionist

    FranEMTnurse replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    :nmbrn:She got paid her just
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    Snotty Physicians Office Receptionist

    FranEMTnurse posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    An older gentleman had an appointment to see the urologist who shared offices with several other doctors. The waiting room was filled with patients. As he approached the receptionist desk he...
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    anyone actually get good grades in nursing school?

    FranEMTnurse replied to moonbunnie's topic in General Students

    By the way, I graduated with a 95 average for the year, and I was 55 years
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    I Saved a Life!

    FranEMTnurse replied to Neveranurseagain's topic in General Nursing

    please know what you did was a great thing, and you deserve to be congratulated. also know i wasn't trying to rain on your wonderful experience. i was just trying to show you i understood how good it...
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    Do you/ did you have a Nurses Cap? Pin?

    FranEMTnurse replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Actually I have 2 caps. The one I wore every time I went to clinicals has a baby blue stripe all the way across it. The one I wore at graduation had a short red stripe on each side. My pin is gold...
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    I Saved a Life!

    FranEMTnurse replied to Neveranurseagain's topic in General Nursing

    Isn't it just the best feeling ever? By the way, congratulations. When I was in nursing school, I entered our local WalMart to purchase, I don't even remember what, but as I entered, I saw a woman...
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    Alternatives to Strangling

    FranEMTnurse replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    i drove school bus for children from grades 5 thru 12, all on the same bus for 15 years. this bus was one that held 66 passengers. i quickly learned that yelling does not work. the kids turn a deaf...
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    What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    FranEMTnurse replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    these ghosties are the
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    Power Outage During Mammogram

    FranEMTnurse posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    Martha kept her mammogram appointment. She was met with, 'Hi! I'm Belinda!' This perky clipboard carrier smiled from ear to ear, tilted her head to one side and crooned, 'All I need you to do is step...
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    called me a maid

    FranEMTnurse replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    No surprise really if she was wealthy. Although she may have thought she was in a hotel. Go
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    Senior Stuff

    FranEMTnurse posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    ]A distraught senior citizenphoned her doctor's office.'Is it true,' she wanted to know,'that the medicationyou prescribed has to be takenfor the rest of my life?''Yes, I'm afraid so,' the doctor told...