HeatherB,CST

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  1. For the eyes of the "older" pre-nursing students only!

    HeatherB,CST replied to stpauligirl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Dub-oo yub-oo rub-em-ub-em-bub-er thub-is??? Mub-y mub-om wub-ould yub-use thub-is whub-en thub-ere wub-as ub-a sub-ec-rub-et! Ubby-dubby to English translation: Do you remember this?? My mom would...

  2. For the eyes of the "older" pre-nursing students only!

    HeatherB,CST replied to stpauligirl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I remember: My 6th grade pre-algebra teacher wrote a problem on the board that started "You buy one of those new compact cars for $2,500..." Getting up super-early on Saturdays to watch Alvin &...

  3. PLEASE don't do it!

    HeatherB,CST replied to jamangel's topic in Correctional

    Wow! My hat isn't going to go down easily...I better get some tartar

  4. Have you ever heard of this? UGH!!!!

    HeatherB,CST replied to Heloisea3's topic in General Nursing

    This reminds me of an older hispanic woman who advised my to collect my menstrual fluid, as it makes a fabulous facial mask. okie dokie,

  5. The worst or strangest orders you have seen...

    HeatherB,CST replied to MadisonsMomRN's topic in General Nursing

    Good grief. Talk about a mountain out of a

  6. The worst or strangest orders you have seen...

    HeatherB,CST replied to MadisonsMomRN's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, sound more like a spa treatment than a medical one...can I get one of those with a milk&honey pedicure and an algae facial? Thanks ever so

  7. Out of the mouths of babes

    HeatherB,CST replied to madwife2002's topic in International Nursing

    That's funny! I was in the car with my 6 yo son in the back, my brother up front with me. Brother starts telling me a story about the daughter of a mutual friend, who is 3yo and really bright...like...

  8. Dating Patients

    HeatherB,CST replied to bobnurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am not working in a hospital yet, but I will share what I have seen...from the many weeks I've spent in the hospital with my brother (the patient). He's tall, cute, smart, funny, single, and early...

  9. Does anyone ever look up random diseases/conditions that they hear about?

    HeatherB,CST replied to justme1972's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I do, too...the two most recent and fascinating ones I've found are malignant hypothermia http://www.anes.ucla.edu/dept/mh.html and harlequin ichthyosis...

  10. "Circulating is so easy"

    HeatherB,CST replied to ORSmurf's topic in Operating Room

    I'm sorry your STs are making life difficult for everyone else. All I can say is I promise not to be petty and backstabby when I become one myself. I suppose they have a bit to learn about...

  11. The worst or strangest orders you have seen...

    HeatherB,CST replied to MadisonsMomRN's topic in General Nursing

    My brother's chart at the hospital he visits frequently r/t recent transplant, lists "doesn't like cheese" as an allergy. He's not allergic, I think after turning his nose up at too many meals (he...

  12. 3rd week of orientation

    HeatherB,CST replied to babynurse1976's topic in Operating Room

    CSTs (STs, ORTs, etc) are trained for the scrub role, hired for that purpose, and cost the hospital substantially less than a nurse. I think unfortunately, that as a nurse, you will have a harder...

  13. weird question - menstrual cramps

    HeatherB,CST replied to shock-me-sane's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Same here! Every period, since age 14...bowel cramping accompanied by uterine cramping=one lousy couple of days! I try to eat a few bananas...that helps

  14. would you tell your teacher about cheating students?

    HeatherB,CST replied to NSFA08's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    :yeahthat: Tell the instructor, and follow up if it doesn't stop. It's your responsibility to report it. The other students don't need to know it was

  15. Previous Career Measure of Success as 2nd Career Nurse?

    HeatherB,CST replied to KristinWW's topic in General Nursing

    I was a hairstylist for 10 years, and I've noticed quite a few stylists who've become nurses. There are some similarities, the hands-on dealing with people, the long days on you feet, the need for...

  16. We Saved a baby yesterday

    HeatherB,CST replied to PegRNBSN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That's fantastic! I'm so glad you got to see the outcome of your efforts that day! Hooray for you and your

  17. How Many New Cna"s Are Older?

    HeatherB,CST replied to Irene joy's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    There are gazillions of CNAs (and college students) with kids out there...tell you instructior you appreciate her concern, but you'll do just fine, thank you. And then show her up by doing really...

  18. Arg!!

    HeatherB,CST replied to EmmaG's topic in General Nursing

    Hee hee...mad skillz on the interwebs:lol2:...how to use the Google:roll...mice disease!!! :rotfl: Your dad sounds like a card, and your posts, though I know you're frustrated, are really funny,...

  19. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    HeatherB,CST replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Oh, I forgot a few! If you have a prosthetic leg, don't jokingly ask if you can get your pedicures for half price. It makes the manicurist turn fourteen shades of red while she tries to come up with...

  20. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    HeatherB,CST replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Ok, I'm still in school and don't have any good patient stories yet. I can, however, share a few from my previous life as a hairstylist. Working with people is working with people! -Never use a Clorox...

  21. I wish someone would write a book about....

    HeatherB,CST replied to mycatmax's topic in General Nursing

    I fear my computer geek hubby may be in the group of "doesn't get it" husbands. His favorite thing to say ever since I started school is, "When you're working and someone dies, or you make a mistake,...

  22. Lessons learned from the other side of the call light

    HeatherB,CST replied to grace90's topic in General Nursing

    I learned the hard way that if the nurse shoos you (family) out to insert a foley even though the patient asked for you to stay, and if while you're waiting outside and hear moans and screams, it's...

  23. What are the science labs like?

    HeatherB,CST replied to Carmen29's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm excited to take mine...a friend said in her A&P class she dissected a pregnant cat and saw 5 teeny tiny kitten fetuses! I think that would be very cool to see. We did a fetal pig in high...

  24. Why Women Take So Long in the Bathroom

    HeatherB,CST replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    LOL I'm right there with ya,

  25. If you are scrubbed in....

    HeatherB,CST posted a topic in Operating Room

    I'm about to start ST school, and I've got some real newbie-type questions. I want to have a little insight before I start, and I think I might feel silly asking some of these questions in class. If...