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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    Funny OB things people say

    FranEMTnurse replied to at your cervix's topic in Ob/Gyn

    :rotfl:Love
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    The Annual Stella Award

    FranEMTnurse posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    http://www.womensfunnyvideos.com/Stories/stella-awards.htm
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    The Annual Stella Award

    FranEMTnurse replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    I apologize. I had no knowledge of that. The press never ever tells the whole story. I truly hope she is still alive and enjoying her life
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    Most Women Can Relate to this One. It Has Happened to Most of Us

    FranEMTnurse posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    "don't give up when you still have something to give. nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. live strong now" - agm we've all been there! when you have to visit a...
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    Funny things you have said but wish you didn't

    FranEMTnurse replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    Then one afternoon as the phone rang, with me in my silly mood, I answered in the usual; "Fearless Fanny's House of Pleasure. How may I help you?" Then came the reply, "FRANCES! :imbar, I got caugh...
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    Sometimes it's

    FranEMTnurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    There once was a woman who woke up one morning, looked in her mirror and discovered she had 3 hairs on her head. "Well," she said, "I think I'll braid my hair today?" So she did and she had a...
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    Stella Awards

    FranEMTnurse posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    It's time once again to review the winners of the Annual 'Stella Awards.' The Stella Awards are named after 81 year-old Stella Liebeck who spilled hot coffee on herself and successfully sued...
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    The Deer Hunt

    FranEMTnurse posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    1:00 am Alarm clock rings 2:00 am Hunting partners arrive, drag you out of bed 2:30 am Throw everything except the kitchen sink in the pick-up 3:00 am Leave home for deep woods 3:15 am Drive back home...
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    The Aging Process

    FranEMTnurse posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    The aging process could be slowed down if it had to work its way through Congress. - You're getting old when you're sitting in a rocker and you can't get it started. - You're getting old when...
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    Any Nurses With Chronic Asthmatic Bronchitis and Severe Osteoarthritis?

    FranEMTnurse posted a topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I'm in endstage COPD where hypoxia and bleeding occur. I also have Pulmonary arterial hypertension, and severe OA with osteopenia in the cervical and the lumbar spine.:trout: I live in an assisted...
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    Any Nurses With Chronic Asthmatic Bronchitis and Severe Osteoarthritis?

    FranEMTnurse replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Thank you, Shari. I definitely appreciate
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    Any Nurses With Chronic Asthmatic Bronchitis and Severe Osteoarthritis?

    FranEMTnurse replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    sheri, i'm assuming you mean my oldest daughter who lives near me? since i'm currently stable, she brought me an application for senior housing that i applied for over the telephone yesterday. i...
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    Any Nurses With Chronic Asthmatic Bronchitis and Severe Osteoarthritis?

    FranEMTnurse replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Small world, when we get connected, isn't it Woody. Those blood clots can be very nasty critters. I had a PE in 2001 that nearly killed me. My family didn't think I was going to pull through that one....
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    Any Nurses With Chronic Asthmatic Bronchitis and Severe Osteoarthritis?

    FranEMTnurse replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    My younger sister lives just off exit 42 on I-81. It's the Nuangola exit, but her snail mail address is Mountaintop. My bil has a business in Wilkes-Barre. I know Scranton and Wilkes-Barre very well....
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    Any Nurses With Chronic Asthmatic Bronchitis and Severe Osteoarthritis?

    FranEMTnurse replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Will
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    Any Nurses With Chronic Asthmatic Bronchitis and Severe Osteoarthritis?

    FranEMTnurse replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Thanks Woody, I'll look into it. DPW is threatening to shut this place down by the end of October in a steel fire escape isn't erected by
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    Any Nurses With Chronic Asthmatic Bronchitis and Severe Osteoarthritis?

    FranEMTnurse replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Nothing yet. But then she's very busy with her own family too, and I know that takes a lot of
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    Funny Names for Nurses

    FranEMTnurse replied to randomnamees's topic in Nursing Humor

    My doctor's name is Pro, and, I did choose him by that name when I saw it in the phone book. He definitely in a professional. The one I fired, I renamed Dr Fester because he became one in my side...
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    just got off ltd, now back to hospital, so overwhelmed.Please HELP ur sister, !

    FranEMTnurse replied to the princess's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    each and every one of us is different, and each one is helped by a different resource. some by counseling, some by just talling to good friends, and the quote "what goes around comes around" is...
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    Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    FranEMTnurse replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    :trout:never swallow an open safety pin just because you saw your mother hold one in her mouth when she was changing a younger sibling's diaper. you will have to have surgery to get it out, and...
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    Witnessed a terrible death last night--pls help me...

    FranEMTnurse replied to Annebug's topic in General Nursing

    I was with my grandmother when she died. Nobody in the family wanted the job. We brought her home from the hospital, I placed her in my bed. Then when she fell asleep, I went to the pharmacy and...
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    Witnessed a terrible death last night--pls help me...

    FranEMTnurse replied to Annebug's topic in General Nursing

    Ilove you, Leslie. You're such a wonderful caring
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    Disturbing incident in triage .....

    FranEMTnurse replied to DiannaK's topic in Emergency

    If you read my earler message correctly, you will notice I did mention with exception. I was a school bus driver several years ago, where I dealt with children and their parents for 15 years. Most of...
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    Calling yourself a "nurse"

    FranEMTnurse replied to Jamie2887's topic in General Nursing

    excellent post. then what about mother theresa who gave up all her wealth and went and helped the people dying of aids and
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    Nurses who DON'T work in a hospital, what do you do?

    FranEMTnurse replied to RNfaster's topic in General Nursing

    I have a daughter who is an Occupational Therapist. She works for an agency. Some of her jobs were overloading due to the patient/OT ratio, and she would come home exhausted. But now she's with a...