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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    Hi all! Just became a NY RN!

    FranEMTnurse replied to Chloe'sinNYNow's topic in New York Nursing

    It's possible you're pre menopausal. My oldest sister said she was 46 when she got her last
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    What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    FranEMTnurse replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    I agree that untreated breast cancer is a horrific site to see and even very bad to smell. It smells just like rotting or decomposing flesh. I too have seen it. But I have never ever seen or heard of...
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    I have never been nasty to a student until now!!!

    FranEMTnurse replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    good grief. i agree with you totally. especially since i had a not very good bsn graduate nurse who imho didn't know her a$$ from her head. i received an unsatisfactory for the day one time just...
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    I have never been nasty to a student until now!!!

    FranEMTnurse replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    I had an emergency call at work once. It was before cell phones were invented. Our house was on fire, and my mother and sister had already been taken to the hospital. I was sent home, so anyone can...
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    What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    FranEMTnurse replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    The one about the pelvic exam was the one that made me say
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    I Hate You, Heart Attack.....

    FranEMTnurse replied to mother/babyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so glad yours turned out well, martha. Mine and my youngest daughter's didn't. I remember every single detail of that night. I sometimes wish I didn't. It was a living nightmare. That and the...
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    What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    FranEMTnurse replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat::yeah::nmbrn::hehe:
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    I have never been nasty to a student until now!!!

    FranEMTnurse replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    :yeah:Me too. I believe that somebody or something was giving the student a message, and it wasn't on the ole cell phone
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    What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    FranEMTnurse replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Aren't nurses supposed to document what they see?Well, how about those wet
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    Starting over at 45?

    FranEMTnurse replied to BettyB123's topic in Nursing Career

    Why not? I graduated when I was
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    I have never been nasty to a student until now!!!

    FranEMTnurse replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    You have no idea how often this practice goes on here. Our next to newest employee is the worst offender. This is a 49 yo woman from Africa. She was yakking on her cell phone last night, and when she...
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    So Mad I Could Just SCREAM.......

    FranEMTnurse replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    You have no idea how much I agree with you. Thankfully, I now have a physician who believes me. I got rid of the fester. But get a load of this. My secondary insurance has denied purchase of a back...
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    What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    FranEMTnurse replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    I was working in an alzheimers unit while in nursing school, and I heard the nurses question how to document an elderly man who they caught having sex with an elderly woman. Apparently (accordinh to...
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    What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    FranEMTnurse replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    It's a wonder the 3 yo didn't get aspiration
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    Funny things you have said but wish you didn't

    FranEMTnurse replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    My know it all son was working with h.oo.and bcan last summer. Mct. was having problems with his ears bothering him, so he asked H.oo. if maybe his ears hurt because his fallopian tubes were blocked....
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    How do you chart THAT??

    FranEMTnurse replied to sticknurse's topic in Nursing Humor

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    Funny things you have said but wish you didn't

    FranEMTnurse replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    Poor duh umb
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    Terms we will not admit to using

    FranEMTnurse replied to gwenith's topic in Nursing Humor

    Well God bless you and your little
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    Terms we will not admit to using

    FranEMTnurse replied to gwenith's topic in Nursing Humor

    i'll second that. how much did your baby weight when
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    How opposite are you and your mate?

    FranEMTnurse replied to wooosp's topic in General Nursing

    :yeah: Perfect
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    How opposite are you and your mate?

    FranEMTnurse replied to wooosp's topic in General Nursing

    We used to have freight trains haul everything. However, the trucks are handier, because they deliver door to door. I used to prefer the trains though. They kept the commercial traffic
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    For Inactive Nurses desiring to return to the field

    FranEMTnurse replied to live4today's topic in Retired Nurses

    I admire you for your drive.
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    As a senoir nurse

    FranEMTnurse replied to dnnc52's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Hopefully, those younger nurses who are laughing now won't have to suffer injuries in their futures. But we all know what lifting does to our bodies. My lower spine is dislocated, and it causes me to...
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    Getting thru clinical with disability and pain meds!

    FranEMTnurse replied to anangelsmommy's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I wish you a lot of success. However, I have suffered from chronic pain for 15 years now. It got so bad at times the pain went to a 10 +. I have learned over the course of my treatments to cut back...
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    RN-Attention Deficit Disorder-Nonhyperactive

    FranEMTnurse replied to elliejayRN's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Had a fellow classmate with this problem. She went on to get her license, and the last I knew, she was still working as a nurse. I graduated in