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Just wondering: Recently I had an issue with Pharmacy sending my supervisor a Pyxis log and stated that there was a vial of Fentanyl and a vial of Versed missing from our return drawer. I have a hard rule with my nurses that after a sedation case, ...

Really don't know where you all hang out, but my family AND friends, and most of the Doctors I work with are always complimenting us RN's as being smart, on the ball, having the knowledge and instincts to do a good job, and will actually come to us f...

Can I please interject something here? I was attempting to explain to a black patient yesterday who was complaining about having had an EJ placed by someone in the ED, and also had a peripheral IV placed in her AC. The AC line infiltrated and they ...

So sorry you feel that way. But, it's reassuring to know I am not the only nurse who is sorry she took this path. I am sure there are many more out there as well. Not too much longer, then I'm outta here!!!

When questioning a patient about previous illnesses, she said she had the "Smiling Mighty Jesus" when she was younger. It took four nurses to figure out she meant that she had had spinal meningitis.

We delivered a baby in the ED where I worked and mom insisted that her name would be Chlymidia. I asked her if she knew the meaning and she said, yes, but she really liked the name.

A cut that won't stop bleeding will stop if you apply fresh coffee grounds to it. (this one really works) Cut onions in the babys jammies will take away the fever. (this one always made me crave a hot-dog with onions when the moms brought them to th...

I am so sorry you all had such a difficult time with the HR person. I will forward this to our higher ups and hopefully this won't happen again. I wish you all the best in your job search, and again, am so sorry about the trouble you had. I hope it...

AAshley, I am wondering who the people you talked to are. Would you be kind enough to provide me with names? IF not names, then what departments? If you want to email them to me, that would be great. I don't think posting them here would be benef...

AshleyA, I am so sorry you had such a bad experience. Please know that this is NOT the norm here. I work with just the best team ever, and we will all go out of our way to help eachother, we DON'T have tight little groups, and when a new person com...

Well??? How'd the interview go?

A toe ring that was too tight, but it wasn't a solid circle. I just opened up the ring a little and it slipped right off. Amazingly, she was sent to the ER from her doctors office. Go figure!

I work at Piedmont, and didn't have any problem getting interviewed a year and a half ago. Recently, they have let some employees go, due to budget issues. I would call and speak with the HR person, and if you know where you want to work, perhaps c...

I don't know about you guys, but I'm going to the islands, sipping cold adult beverages, and enjoying the warm sand between my toes, no malls, no barfing or pooping patients, no administrators dictating my every move....just peace and quiet. It may...

OK...it WAS my dad. I was in nursing school, and my dad had recently been dx's with lung CA. During a blizzard, in early January, Dad passed away at home (2 bedroom house, 15 people in there waiting for the inevitable) and the stress level was thro...

Reading notes from local doctor on a patient from nursing home, who had had a right mastectomy several years earlier..." patient alert x 4, appears well fed, right breast still missing." (like it would grow back like a lizard tail???) This same doc a...

We dilute both toradol and phenergan with saline in a larger syringe when ever we have to give it close to the site. I makes a huge difference in comfort levels. Just two or three cc's of saline makes a huge diff.

:angryfire I would be furious if we didn't get additional compensation for being an ER nurse. We have to have the patient stable before he's transferred to ICU, so that means the drips are up, the IV's are patent, the vent is in place...and then the...

Mine is the 390-400 pounder who can't walk because his legs won't support him, and who can't wipe his hinney or find his penis to use the urinal. He comes in at least once a week to get "cleaned up", and it takes seven people to move him, can't turn...

We have the same response from our management..their response was "I'm sorry you feel "stretched" but there isn't anything we can do."....in other words, tough crapola, you are the nurse, pull up your britches and handle it. It is a very unsafe envi...

And then there are: BOS - bad off sick Walk in the Swamp - pelvic exam on one with poor hygeine Hyperhohoism - child weighing in over 150# TSTL - too stupid to live TSS - That sucking sound..the life being sucked out of you from the twits in the ER. ...

Before I start an IV I always explain what I am about to do to the patient. You pick up immediately if they are nervous. I tell them "if you work with me, we can be finished in no time, and you will be suprised at how easy it is." Then once I have...

We don't have sign in, either, but some of our favorites are: I need a technical shot, stepped onna nail: My gouch is actin up: I keep feelin like I'm gonna fall out cuzz I got high blood; and I had a seizure this morning (or yesterday) and I want ...

The only difference between a Specialty MD and a puppy is after thirty minutes alone, the puppy will stop whinning!!! I had an orthopedist attack me with similar actions, and I stood my ground, confronting him with his petty attacks on nurses. Told ...

This is from a chart of an elderly lady from one of our "Higher Learning Centers" who had had a mastectomy, has alzheimers, and is a bit combative: .....left breast still missing (they grow back??), I was beat off before I could get a good listen (th...