psychomachia

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1. ER Nursing resource online?

   psychomachia replied to R!XTER's topic in Emergency

   http://www.rncentral.com/nursing-library/careplans/100_really_useful_web_sites_for_nurses A long list of nursing web sites. Some good, some not...you

2. MD: Why did you get a BG on this diabetic patient???

   psychomachia replied to Murse901's topic in Emergency

   My response would be, "So what labs do you

3. Benefits of being a guy

   psychomachia replied to exit96's topic in Men in Nursing

   I can pee standing

4. You don't work in anER. Get over it.

   psychomachia replied to Guest219794's topic in Emergency

   Mostly minor care, occasionally urgent care, rarely emergent

5. What would YOU ask the E.R.? (interview)

   psychomachia replied to Crux1024's topic in Emergency

   What color scrubs can I wear? Does this ER make nurses give enemas? Or a Fleets-to-go? Anything else is

6. Rules for dating my daughter

   psychomachia replied to adidas99's topic in Nursing Humor

   My favorite line from the movie "Clueless": Dan Hedaya as Cher's father Mel: "Hey you! Anything happens to my daughter, I've got a .45 and a shovel. I doubt anybody would miss

7. What can I do with my BSN that Assoc. RN's can't?

   psychomachia replied to doodlebug914's topic in General Nursing

   And the "nursing theory" classes I took for my BSN were very helpful too... they made me realize I could endure any form of torture and

8. What can I do with my BSN that Assoc. RN's can't?

   psychomachia replied to doodlebug914's topic in General Nursing

   You get to take the side of "A BSN is better than an ASN/ADN/Diploma/Regent's/Foreign trained/everyone else debate" That's always

9. IV in AC

   psychomachia replied to webbiedebbie's topic in General Nursing

   Hmmmm....another way to "P" off the floor....he hee hhee...just d/c the IV before sendin' 'em up and tell 'em it infiltrated...yea...that's what I'll do if they gripe about the placement...let 'em...

10. IV in AC

    psychomachia replied to webbiedebbie's topic in General Nursing

    OK. But apparently it's OK to gripe about ER nurses and not about med-surge?? Like I said before, some of it was in jest, some not...If I hit a nerve, perhaps I wasn't too far off the base...or maybe...

11. IV in AC

    psychomachia replied to webbiedebbie's topic in General Nursing

    Just goes to show you can't please all the nurses all of the time... But I'll take a chance and offer my "enlightening" reasons why the AC is sometimes the site of choice: 1. Easy to start when you're...

12. Bilingual or not?

    psychomachia replied to ShellyNC's topic in General Students

    I speak "Drunk"... It's a well known dialect that is often heard in ERs around the world and usually starts with a denial statement, such as "I schwear I ownleeeee had twoooooo...

13. thoughts about miami area

    psychomachia replied to andreaJ's topic in General Nursing

    And practice your defensive driving

14. Lysis, IV Case Study

    psychomachia replied to KristinWW's topic in General Nursing

    You're right, phlebitis should be warm and an infiltrate cold, but like everything in nursing - the patients don't know or follow the rules... If the site is cold compared to the surrounding tissues,...

15. IV Toradol?

    psychomachia replied to OZ88's topic in Pain Management

    It sucks for anything except kidney stones/renal