Jamesdotter

Jamesdotter

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  1. Share Your Saying

    Jamesdotter replied to angelique777's topic in Nursing Humor

    That's along the same lines as my mother's ..."enough to make a preacher

  2. 1950s nursing

    Jamesdotter replied to colrainrn's topic in General Nursing

    Wangensteen suction--yes indeed and God help you if you kicked one over (easy to do because it was beside the bed, one bottle hanging from the curtain gizmo, the other two on the floor and the bottles...

  3. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    Jamesdotter replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Don't procrastinate about getting prenatal care until you go into labor, call your social worker (who then arranged for her own OB to see you--small town), drive 15 miles in the other direction to...

  4. Nursing School Bloopers

    Jamesdotter replied to Jabber964's topic in Nursing Humor

    Even more years ago all our IV solutions (except blood) came in glass bottles. I suspect that at least half of my class had the experience of dropping one and spending time chasing sticky glass...

  5. What age were you when you went to nursing school?

    Jamesdotter replied to Imissthefall's topic in General Nursing

    I was 23. Three years in secondary education at the university after high school, and then a couple of years off (in the payroll office at the box factory!) before I started the BS program at the

  6. Trouble c accents at work?

    Jamesdotter replied to Suninmyheart's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked with several people from Russia (and the Ukraine) and have had no particular trouble understanding them--except on the phone! The clerk in PT called the other day to remind me of an...

  7. Most RN's first borns?

    Jamesdotter replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in General Nursing

    Fourth of five (but the only girl), no ETOH. My RN mother was #2, My 2 RN cousins were both the oldest in their

  8. Medical terms you'd rather see changed....

    Jamesdotter replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    Re the compliance/noncompliance issue: It would be helpful if the writer were to specify "was unable" or "was unwilling" to comply

  9. Medical terms you'd rather see changed....

    Jamesdotter replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't like "student nurse". We were "nursing students" 50 years ago and the students at the medical school next door were "medical students" NOT 'student doctors" (except in jest, of

  10. I never thought...

    Jamesdotter replied to gracie05's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It's not just stethoscopes, either. One day a resident handed me a pair of scissors to cut some tape. I cut it and out them in my pocket. "Hey, where's my scissors?" sez he. And I said "They're...

  11. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    Jamesdotter replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    Between my first and second years in nursing school, I had an opportunity to pick up a few PM hours working as an aide in the hospital at home (basically tprs, lights and bedpans!). There was a...

  12. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    Jamesdotter replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    We didn't have AIDS then... I had a colleague just about 35 years ago who got hepatitis (I think HBV) because she had a severe dermatitis on her hands and we weren't routinely using gloves yet. She...

  13. You know you work nights when.......

    Jamesdotter replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked nights (a dozen or so years ago) we did get paid for the extra hour, but were not docked for the "short" night--probably because they figured we worked what seemed like twice as hard to...

  14. You know you work nights when.......

    Jamesdotter replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

    You tell the school to call your husband at work. He did actually have to come home to tell me when my mom had a stroke--we had the phone in the kitchen and "white noise" in the bedroom at the other...

  15. nursing caps

    Jamesdotter replied to biker nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I loved my cap. But not on my head. Especially not on my head at

  16. Is there power in the color white?

    Jamesdotter replied to bbfw2's topic in General Nursing

    Cold water and a little bleach if necessary (that's why they were cotton). I remember my first uniform that was made of a "blend". I bleached it and it turned yellow! I don't remember how I got it...

  17. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    Jamesdotter replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    I have three: A senior nursing student, about three months from graduation, was assigned to take midnight temps. (this was quite a few years ago). She did the entire unit, about 25 patients, then...

  18. What do patients say that irks you?

    Jamesdotter replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It's a reference to a imho truly stupid TV commercial which depicts a "professional" as he picks up the scalpel or takes off in the helicopter (pretending to be someone who needs a lot of...

  19. Question regarding narcotic addiction

    Jamesdotter replied to bethin's topic in Pain Management

    In my state, as far as I know, the only (!) continuing education requirement for relicensure is in pain management. (However, the nurse also has to have worked X# of hours in the preceding four...

  20. Terms we will not admit to using

    Jamesdotter replied to gwenith's topic in Nursing Humor

    Proctalgia--an actual term, but used here to refer to a PIA family

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

    Jamesdotter replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    You don't know what the mechanic says after he goes in the office and closes the door. That's what the nurses are doing--as it was said, this is a place to

  22. What Causes Idiopathic Bruising?

    Jamesdotter replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    My first thought was ITP, then ASA ingestion (those two because of my own family history). It does sound like diet is also something to

  23. Plan B

    Jamesdotter replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    My husband raised an interesting question. What if the person proposing to purchase the kit is A) a male or B) an obviously post-menopausal woman? If it's available without an RX, can the pharmacy...

  24. Most unforgettable nursing instructor

    Jamesdotter replied to CaseManager1947's topic in General Nursing

    My most memorable instructor was the one who tried to get me thrown out of the program. Well, I was there the next semester and she wasn't! She was a heavy smoker (both her fingers and her upper lip...

  25. Plan B

    Jamesdotter replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    According to articles I've read recently, Plan B will prevent fertilization by altering the climate, if you will, of the tube, and also by preventing ovulation. The prevention of implantation is...