Jamesdotter

Jamesdotter

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  1. Funny Xmas Poem...Anyone Know How it Goes?

    Jamesdotter replied to Jay-Jay's topic in Nursing Humor

    The version I heard went like this: Dear Friends, I'm writing this letter to tell you That taxes have taken away Just what I needed mostly My workshop, my reindeer, my sleigh. All I have left is...

  2. fasting before surgery - unneccessary?

    Jamesdotter replied to trent's topic in General Nursing

    We once had a pre-op c/section patient eat sausage(!) before the scheduled procedure. The surgery was put off for several hours, but she still had one of the most painful cases of postop ilius we'd...

  3. Abbreviations

    Jamesdotter replied to stephera's topic in General Nursing

    Isn't there a movement afoot to eliminate abbreviations? OD Right eye ocular dexter OS Left eye ocular sinister OU Both eyes Does anyone know what the "u" stands

  4. What kind of first aid kit do you have?

    Jamesdotter replied to Still Riding's topic in General Nursing

    My first aid kit is one my son gave me a couple of cars ago :) . This thread makes me realize I should go through it and check for outdated stuff. It also has jumper cables and a flashlight (I do...

  5. what kind of student were u?

    Jamesdotter replied to luilui_604's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    This was a long time ago, but I also got A's and B's--but my A's were in theory and my B's were in clinical. I graduated with a 3.0 and took boards when they were a day and a half in a basement...

  6. How do you all like the pain scale???

    Jamesdotter replied to Mystery5's topic in General Nursing

    My HMO recently sent an explanation of their pain scale in a newsletter to the members. It goes like this: 0 NO PAIN 1 MINIMAL--slight, barely noticeable 2 MILD--low level, not very bothersome...

  7. Right to die

    Jamesdotter replied to webblarsk's topic in General Nursing

    There's lots of stuff on the web, under "Right to Die", "Assisted Suicide", "Euthanasia", etc. I live in Oregon, where assisted suicide is legal (the physician can prescribe the oral drugs, but the...

  8. Thankless at times, downright mean others!

    Jamesdotter replied to Antikigirl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I remember "Goldie", a 70-something patient I had during my first year in nursing. I was doing AM care, or her bath, or something of the sort when she looked me in the eye and said "I know what kind...

  9. Nasty medical students

    Jamesdotter replied to Tony35NYC's topic in General Nursing

    Many years ago, we had several interns from Upstate NY and Downstate NY who were very rude to the nurses and to the patients. I'm happy to report that they did eventually come around--my experience...

  10. What do you HATE to do at work?

    Jamesdotter replied to mickeymouse1205's topic in General Nursing

    I have a problem with any heavy scent--my throat starts to close up. About Obsession--my dh used to have to drive a company car in which someone had spilled a bottle of Obsession. It smelled so...

  11. What does your spouse do?

    Jamesdotter replied to vaughanmk's topic in General Nursing

    A bureaucrat, retired (from the state dept of human services :)

  12. What Tree Did You Fall From?

    Jamesdotter replied to AllenJ's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'm a fig tree. I don't know about the "artistic talent"

  13. Funny experiences in nursing?

    Jamesdotter replied to nursegoodlove's topic in General Nursing

    Well, there was the elderly gentleman whose room was across from the nurses' station. One day, during visiting hours, he threw his (stainless steel) bedpan out into the hall and shrieked "I cannot...

  14. What's your craziest delivery story?

    Jamesdotter replied to sierranurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The more things change the more they stay the same. This one happened quite a few years ago--pt was G3P2, went to local hosp, was examined and determined to be 7 cm. She was on public assistance and...

  15. What's your craziest delivery story?

    Jamesdotter replied to sierranurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is like a story from the 40s that my mom used to tell--the sink was at the foot of the del table, and the doc was scrubbing. "Doctor, if you want to be at this birthday party, you'd better TURN...

  16. And Now.....What Do You LIKE to Do At Work?

    Jamesdotter replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Teaching, esp. one on

  17. Questions about possible TB exposure-

    Jamesdotter replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Students

  18. What's you highest...?

    Jamesdotter replied to talaxandra's topic in General Nursing

    Hemoglobin of 7 on a c/section J.W. pt who refused transfusion, of course. Concensus was that no section pt had ever had less blood loss! She did

  19. What's you highest...?

    Jamesdotter replied to talaxandra's topic in General Nursing

    My mother developed ITP in her 70s. Her platelets had dropped to below 5,000 when they did her splenectomy. She did not have a spontaneous remission though ("60% of cases"), and her platelets...

  20. What was your shortest/longest stay at a job?

    Jamesdotter replied to xmaxiex's topic in General Nursing

    Shortest: About 3 months on a med-surg floor (my dh was unexpectedly transferred, the job was fine) Longest : 30 years! However, OB/GYN changed so much in that time period it was almost like having...

  21. Trying to Bust a Strike

    Jamesdotter replied to Town & Country's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The reason that the strikers give enough notice ("will be needed Nov 14") is so that patients CAN be transferred to another facility. Of course, I've never seen a facility that did transfer; they...

  22. Record for most babies

    Jamesdotter replied to alphafe's topic in Ob/Gyn

    When my dh was working for the state in the 60's he had a client who had 24 or 25--all singletons. He couldn't believe it either and checked it out. Yep--all the same 2

  23. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    Jamesdotter replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    This one turned out to be ridiculous, I think, but at the time--------- A friend of my son's came tearing up to the house--my teen-ager had hit a telephone pole riding his bike down a steep hill. I...

  24. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    Jamesdotter replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    This one turned out to be ridiculous, I think, but at the time--------- A friend of my son's came tearing up to the house--my teen-ager had hit a telephone pole riding his bike down a steep hill. I...

  25. Don't you hate......

    Jamesdotter replied to PHTLS's topic in General Nursing

    I was about 7 months pregnant and ran out of gas on the way back to the hospital (dh was trying to find out how much the gas gauge was off and hadn't filled up ). So there I was, on foot. At...