Nancy Nurse 8

*Remember colored uniforms at some hosps., denoting position? White for RN, light blue for CNA, yellow for housekeeping. *After giving an IM, you'd poke it into the mattress for a minute til you were ready to recap it. *Hyperemesis being treated with Thorazine drips to "snow" the Mom a few days til she was better. *4 people to a room, and one bathroom! Or it was down the hall....ick. *The old ancient fetal stethesope...like a band on the forehead with a hard straight tube and trumpet-shaped bell. The Dr. put it on, then stuck his forehead on the pregnant woman's abdomen. Hard to look dignified!:chuckle *If a pt. was in isolation, we'd just wear a pt. gown backwards. *The "astronaut" garb we had to wear for AIDS pts. followed by wshing your hands in dilute bleach after de-gowning! *The nice heavy weight of a glass syringe and metal tubex as you threw it like a dart into a hip. I hated the lightweight carpujects and had to relearn how to spear it into someone. **Navy blue Nurses' capes....my Mom had one! You saved for months to afford one then...the Depression. This thread is a gas! :roll

i've heard of certs, with a "golden drop of retsin" :chuckle ....but coke with a golden drop of ammonia??? barf-a-roo! :barf01:

yuppers!! we had a cna who was from an agency who had them, and she was also nearly finished with nursing school. she said she hasn't combed her hair in 5 years. she had a few beads in them here & there. anyhow, she said she loved washing hers, it was like a sponge when she washed and dried them off. she just squeezed the water out, like a sponge.

:uhoh21: [quote=P_RN Oh you could go to the drugstore and mention to the soda jerk that you wanted an "ammonia coke" :beercuphe but you had to whisper it. I'm scared to ask!!! What on earth is THAT, and what's it for???