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1. Which nursing skills do you dread?

   istartcpr replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

   Getting a pre-op patient w/ a bowel obstruction thats vomiting stool. UGH!!

2. The Top 10 List!!

   istartcpr replied to goinforit's topic in Neuro

   :balloons::balloons:Congrats- The replies are pretty comprehensive, although I have one suggestion... Study up on spinal cord injuries also. When I graduated in 1980 I went into Neuro Icu. Really scary at first but I worked with a group of great nurs...

3. Nursing and tattoos

   istartcpr replied to MelRN13's topic in General Nursing

   Tabby- The dolphin picture is awesome! Where was it taken?

4. Funny Names for Nurses

   istartcpr replied to randomnamees's topic in Humor

   Iworked with a nurse many years ago named Linda Lovelace and... she answered the phone-4th floor Linda Lovelace speaking. She had no idea.

5. Do you shower when you get off work???

   istartcpr replied to luvmy3kids's topic in General Nursing

   i do all of the above except the bags on my work shoes!! lol

6. Say What??????!!!!!!!!!!

   istartcpr replied to gt4everpn's topic in Relations

   Back in the seventies when disco was the rage we recieved a male pt from a traffic accident. We were in the process of cutting off his "angel flight" disco pants and found a big salami taped to the inside of his thigh!!! It was all we could do not t...

7. How do you deal with ICU superiority complex?

   istartcpr replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

   We are our own worst enemies... at times. Enough said

8. HELP! I DON"T WANT TO GO THROUGH CNA first...

   istartcpr replied to lookingforward's topic in General Nursing

   Without "CNAS" the work would not get done period. CNA'S are our eyes and ears alot of the time... We work as a team and without all members of the team working together who would suffer?. The PATIENT! If you are not a team player please reconsider a...

9. considering nursing... need advice and help

   istartcpr replied to tinu's topic in General Students

   Tinu, Dispensing medications and hands on bedside and clinical nursing are two different animals... You first have to explore if a nursing career is right for you. I've seen student nurses decide at some point it was not for them. The question is do ...