Jamesdotter

Jamesdotter

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  1. Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    Jamesdotter replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'd be interested to know where Peikoff's investments

  2. Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    Jamesdotter replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Forty years ago, the DON called me to see if I was coming back to work the day the baby was 6 weeks old . I was able to decline--I really didn't feel like I was ready to return to med-surg 6 weeks...

  3. Let's play I Remember When.....

    Jamesdotter replied to RNSue's topic in General Nursing

    Wangensteen (I looked it up:D). I remember tripping over the darn things because it was hard to maneuver around them in a 7-bed ward. The curtains and the glass bottles (except the ones on the...

  4. Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    Jamesdotter replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    She does pay taxes... Out of curiosity I looked up our medical expenses last year. Insurance ($3,926), drugs ($3,212), O2 ($476) (my dh has emphysema), copays ($120) and ER visits ($100)....

  5. Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    Jamesdotter replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    My husband (now retired) worked for many years as a "bureaucrat" with the welfare department in our state. His experience was there were many (but sadly, not all) young families who wanted to work...

  6. Bad Docs & Karma

    Jamesdotter replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    Reminds me somehow of the old joke: "What do you call the medical student who graduated at the bottom of his class?"

  7. Most RN's first borns?

    Jamesdotter replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in General Nursing

    Like the statistic that a disproportionate number of medical/nursing personnel are left-handed. I wasn't aware of that--but there were a lot of left-handed people in my nursing school class--about a...

  8. Should Supervisor help??

    Jamesdotter replied to aloevera's topic in General Nursing

    Many years ago I worked nights on postpartum. Our night supervisors were responsible for the entire hospital, but when we were getting slammed with deliveries they would come to help. When #1 was...

  9. customer service and nursing

    Jamesdotter replied to nads786's topic in General Nursing

    ou might enjoy the website customerssuck.com. I learned about that one from my daughter when she was working

  10. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    Jamesdotter replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    like "translate" vs

  11. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    Jamesdotter replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've read the entire thread and really enjoyed it, but didn't see my other favorite--"prone" when they mean "supine" It's hard to do CPR with the victim prone(!) but I've seen it written that way....

  12. Cannot stand this MD

    Jamesdotter replied to DebRN06's topic in General Nursing

    Back in the day... When we had rotating interns, we occasionally encountered interns who seemed to think that because they had graduated from medical school they were entitled to treat the nurses like...

  13. Dave Barry's Colonoscopy

    Jamesdotter replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'm waiting for the GI dept in my HMO to call me back for my "routine" colonoscopy--it'll be my second one. I agree it's much easier than a sigmoidoscopy. I don't know what sedation they gave me...

  14. STUPID interview questions, add yours here

    Jamesdotter replied to hoolahan's topic in General Nursing

    LOL Sounds like mine! It must have been okay--I stayed for 30

  15. This is why ERs are used as PCPs

    Jamesdotter replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

    I joined an HMO (Kaiser) when my kids were small (my gosh, that was 30 years ago!) and was very pleased with the way they handled pediatric "walk-ins". I always called ahead and never had to wait...

  16. Share Your Saying

    Jamesdotter replied to angelique777's topic in Nursing Humor

    In the ER I worked in, the miracle drug we swore would cure ANYTHING is a little Succinylcholine...if you dont believe it, just try it. >> Many years ago we used to hear "If you don't know who,...

  17. The escapee

    Jamesdotter replied to 123456yy's topic in Nursing Humor

    This reminds me of an incident related to me by colleague, probably 40 years ago--she was working nights on a 25-bed unit with just one aide. She had a confused CHF patient whose doctor said to...

  18. Your personal delivery experience- what happened

    Jamesdotter replied to DEB52's topic in Ob/Gyn

    #1: I had to change OBs about half way through my pregnancy (hubby got a new job). My new OB was a GP. My water broke at home at 7pm, I started having contractions about a half hour later. We waited...

  19. Would you want your children to go into nursing?

    Jamesdotter replied to 2rntish's topic in General Nursing

    Yes--or some other related field. However, neither of them (now both in their 40s) has chosen to do

  20. Tired of painful legs..compression socks??

    Jamesdotter replied to MA Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I have worn the surgical support knee-highs for years. They've been satisfactory for me--in fact I feel undressed without them. I have both regular surg. support hose (the kind you wear with a garter...

  21. i need to interview a nurse for school by oct 18

    Jamesdotter replied to LoneMirage02's topic in General Nursing

    1. why did you choose nursing as a career?My mother was a nurse, my college roomate was in pre-nursing nd I wasn't happy with my choice of major 2. what year did you enter nursing school? 1956 3. what...

  22. Things You Would Rather Not Hear During Surgery

    Jamesdotter replied to rianne1117's topic in Nursing Humor

    I heard the surgeon say to my OB/GP "G-- D--- it, Charlie..." after the spinal, after the c/s started and just before the anesthetist put me

  23. How to deal with co-worker's language?

    Jamesdotter replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    I had a nurse manager like that once (well, not that bad, but she did use foul language and would read out her staff at the nurses' station in front of whoever was there) We complained, but nothing...

  24. How long did you stay at your first job out of nursing school?

    Jamesdotter replied to scchickadee's topic in General Nursing

    Year graduated: 1961 First job: Women's surgery and orthopedics in a county hospital How long: 18 months Why left: I felt I needed to get some experience in a private hospital. I'd had...

  25. Wedding band irritation

    Jamesdotter replied to confused101's topic in General Nursing

    I actually just quit wearing my (wide) wedding band for several years, and then did buy and wear a narrow one. My dermatitis would start under the band and then crawl up over the rest of my hand(s)....