skwirm

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1. What is your most valuable piece of advice?

   skwirm replied to AmandaRN's topic in General Nursing

   Great replies all. I forwarded this forun thread to my entire nursing program.

2. Re: Movies with Nurses

   skwirm replied to skwirm's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks a million everyone. Great responses. You all rock!!!

3. Re: Movies with Nurses

   skwirm posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi all. I was just wondering if any of you have seen or can recommend a movie with an example of good (or bad) nursing or medical care in it, such as "Patch Adams." I need to review one for a clinical judgment class. Cheers :roll

4. Any Good Doctor Stories?

   skwirm replied to RNinICU's topic in General Nursing

   Its awesome to hear some positive doctor stories. Since I am still in nursing school and we discuss a lot of "power" issues, doctors always end up getting the bad rap. I know there are some idiots and jerks out there, but its nice to know that there...

5. welcome to the hilton...please dont forget to tip your waitress

   skwirm replied to thisnurse's topic in General Nursing

   I had a patient who was a young man (ealry twenties) who had been in a knife fight which resulted in surgery and several nicely stapled lacerations on various parts of his upper body. This guy was very high maintenance from the start and he complaine...

6. Most Dreaded Procedures

   skwirm replied to RN-PA's topic in General Nursing

   LOL. Man,....too much. :chuckle

7. School Pins

   skwirm replied to RNConnieF's topic in General Nursing

   I agree. A BSN certainly does not mean you are a better or worse nurse. It is simply a different level of education that may be applicable to certain areas of the nursing field. I know that in my "health region" if you want to be a public health nurs...

8. Prescription of narcotics - who is liable for misuse?

   skwirm replied to OrthoNutter's topic in General Nursing

   I have no idea about the acutal legalities of the situation, but It would make sense to me that if your patient was deemed competent, then anything he/she does outside the hospital is of their own accord and they are accountable, or anyone they assoc...

9. The funniest fart story l ever heard!

   skwirm replied to l.rae's topic in Humor

   Man,...Too funny. Can't wait to tell that story to some of my friends. And yes,...GOD does work in mystrious ways.

10. What the public thinks you do

    skwirm replied to skwirm's topic in General Nursing

    That Johnson and Johnson commercial is well done and uplifting. My hat's off to Johnsons and Johnson. (Maybe I'll buy more of their stuff). Hehe.

11. What Freaks You Out?

    skwirm replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Not much freaks me out, but I did get quite squeemish when watching an orthopedic surgeon drill someone's bone marrow out of their femur during a hip replacement surgery. O U C H ! ! !

12. What the public thinks you do

    skwirm posted a topic in General Nursing

    What do you think the public thinks your job is as a "nurse"?? I am still only a student currently getting my BSN, but I have had people tell me I don't need to go to school anymore because it's no that hard to change bedpans or give out medications....