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  1. why do some nurses forget that they were once students?

    baseline replied to geleesa's topic in General Students

    You would be quite wrong toots. I not only like them....I teach them. You are welcome to come to my place of business anytime and ask any student how I treat them. I pointed out that it has been...

  2. why do some nurses forget that they were once students?

    baseline replied to geleesa's topic in General Students

    Ask the 4 nurses on the floor. And do a search. Sorry. I don't mean to sound grumpy. This is one of many topics that has been discussed and discussed and discussed. The all or nothing thing doesn't...

  3. Cranial nerve mnemonics

    baseline replied to RNsweetie's topic in General Students

    On Old Olympus Tiny Tops, A Finn and German Viewed Some

  4. Telephone orders...read back and verified...

    baseline replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    I don't feel comfortable going into details as this is a public BB and I don't want to cross a line. It was definetly a multiple person error. MD, nurse and pharmacy. My point was that if people had...

  5. Question about IV therapy....

    baseline replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    It makes sense that if the cath below the infiltration is in the same vein, it will con't to infiltrate the proximal

  6. For those of you that are a nurse and those of you who call yourself a nurse!!

    baseline replied to StaceRacer1's topic in General Nursing

    This thread is 2 years

  7. Telephone orders...read back and verified...

    baseline replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    We had a discussion at work the other day after a HUGE no-no med error was made....not once..but twice. I know that short stafffing has alot to do with errors, but this was one of those that makes you...

  8. Lazy Student Nurse Preceptors!

    baseline replied to jfpruitt's topic in General Nursing

    Sigh....haven't we done this before? My best advise is to ignore his posts. Keeps your blood pressure down, and the threads on track. Just an opinion

  9. For those of you that are a nurse and those of you who call yourself a nurse!!

    baseline replied to StaceRacer1's topic in General Nursing

    LOL, seems like alot of resurrection of old threads! Making me think I'm closer to the edge than I usually

  10. Bump On Penis

    baseline replied to JessyKC27's topic in General Nursing

    :roll

  11. Bump On Penis

    baseline replied to JessyKC27's topic in General Nursing

    Uh isn't it supposed to get bigger? ((I am a bad bad bad bad girl!!!)

  12. Bump On Penis

    baseline replied to JessyKC27's topic in General Nursing

    You could tell him if he doesn't go to the doctor his special parts will rot and fall off! Give him some motivation. Seriously, if he refuses to go.....so be it. You did what you

  13. Blocking beds when understaffed

    baseline replied to Nurse Ratched's topic in General Nursing

    We block beds on some occasions, but right now we have patients in "contingency" beds.....meaning waiting rooms, cast rooms etc. Winter in Fla. Snowbirds

  14. have you ever "written up" yourself in an incident report?

    baseline replied to l.rae's topic in General Nursing

    Incident reports should not be considered puinitive. They are intended to report untoward occurances. And yes, I have written an incident report on myself. Med

  15. Nurses rat on nurses

    baseline replied to rscarlatti's topic in General Nursing

    To steal a line from

  16. Nurses rat on nurses

    baseline replied to rscarlatti's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto. Yep. Absolutely. We are in the caring/healing business. Safety first, soothe egos

  17. 4 10-hr day workweeks?

    baseline replied to dianacs's topic in General Nursing

    I loved 10 hr days! Works well in some units, not as well in others. Depends what type of dept you are working in. One of our case managers does 4

  18. Nurses week Cheap gifts from admin.

    baseline replied to nilepoc's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital is pretty good about gifts. Beach bags, beach towels, etc etc. No complaints from me. One year for valentines day we all got $50

  19. Lazy Student Nurse Preceptors!

    baseline replied to jfpruitt's topic in General Nursing

    Your assignment was unfair to you AND unfair to the assigned preceptor. Bad judgement on the part of the charge

  20. Funny Names for Nurses

    baseline replied to randomnamees's topic in Nursing Humor

    Dr. Bone and yes he is an orthopod. Dr. Wee....and yes...he is a urologist Penny Cillin........Head Nurse......and yes, I made that

  21. color quiz

    baseline replied to cwazycwissyRN's topic in General Nursing

    It was interesting....partly true, mostly

  22. Blood administration

    baseline replied to 2rntish's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    We change the tubing every two

  23. Unit staff meetings...

    baseline replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    Depending on the unit and its staffing and busy times, most managers I worked with tried to accomodate everyone. For ex: One of the units had it at 6pm and 6 am. One manager had day shift times one...

  24. Still encountering racism on the job

    baseline replied to ucandoit's topic in General Nursing

    My workplace is very diversified. All races, religions, so many countries represented...its

  25. Rectal Exam

    baseline replied to jade95's topic in General Nursing

    :rotfl: