goats'r'us ASN, RN

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    The most embarrasing thing you've done at work!

    i dunno either.. there really wasn't a punchline. maybe transposed HR as SaO2 and SaO2 as
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    Um, more than I wanted to know...

    forgot to say, there's also nothing she loves more than a childbirth story. whenever someone we know has a baby, it'll send her into a spiel about having babies and next thing i know, she's talking...
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    Um, more than I wanted to know...

    my mother does that, or tells me intimmate medical stuff about her friends/relatives/sports teammates/PEOPLE SHE SEES ON THE BUS TO WORK! i'm constantly saying 'mum, do i really need to know this?'...
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    My 16-year-old wants a navel piercing

    it's really no biggie and as long as you take normal care of it (by that i mean you don't have to go over the top) infection's not a problem. and even if it does get infected, it's more likely going...
  5. i was just thinking, when i was a student i did a mental health placement where there was this lady with a severe anxiety disorder treated with flunitrazepam. they had it in their s8 cupboard, but at...
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    what's the dodgiest thing you've seen done?

    with sheets? what? no
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    Funny patient names by nurses

    Demi Moore's child is Tullulah Belle, and i really like it! I think no matter what name someone decides on, there's people out there who'll say 'why would you name a child that??' for me, it's names...
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    Funny patient names by nurses

    i named my goldfish after celebrity babies. Had great fun researching them - i have Apple (Gwenyth Paltrow + Chris Martain), Poet (Soliel Moon Fry (aka Punky Brewster), as if her own name isn't bad...
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    Your Worst Mistake

    my error is going to sound like no biggie compared to some other people's, but it'll be a cold day in hell when i forget the lesson learned.. had a patient who was a not-so-compliant diabetic, QID...
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    Need a Hit Mainstream TV show about nurses!!!

    Can anyone say "All Saints"? Aussie tv show about nurses.. used to be set on Ward 17, which catered for everything from pregnancy to gunshot wounds and had a fairly alarming number of codes. is now...
  11. i can sort of understand what she was getting at. (WAIT! DON'T SHOOT ME!!) i don't have kids, but i know that when i do, i'm going to want to be there on christmas morning to open presents and play...
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    What can you just NOT take?

    we were talking about this at work a few days ago. top of the list was gas gangrene. other honourable mentions included hot colostomy gas, infected wee, anything produced by diseased lungs, the...
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    Pleasantly confused

    we have this great man in at the moment. ex-alcoholic, cirrhosis, completely demented, and he just makes my night! he's got this beautiful smile that he bestows upon you even when you've just woken...
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    Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    yeah, and your bum's so clean! should point out that i say this as marie's comment made me think it, and not because i condone the insertion of small, fluffy creatures into dark and gloomy
  15. anyone who's worked on a ward doing abdo surgeries will appreciate this had a patient with a new colostomy who was still a bit funny with it - he wouldn't look at it, even to change it, so he usually...
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    Trick or Treating in LTC...

    i worked briefly in a closed dementia ward, and therefore see fit to add: 1: surplus over-washed, shapeless crochet knee rugs 2: poo, moulded into itty bitty pumpkins 3: plaster hand-prints, just like...
  17. i've only been nursing a short time, but have been struck by how many doctors are so incredibly 'above' being civil to us 'commoners' (aka. nurses) (aka. the ones who do their dirty work). Reminds me...
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    your very own personal crusade

    i think everyone has a personal little cause - that little thing that's really not a big deal, but is a huge deal to you - and i want to know what yours is. mine's pads. pads, not nappies. only...
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    your very own personal crusade

    i'm glad you guys get it. we used to have a communication book to pass notes between school and home, and the teachers were always putting notes in the books saying 'we need more nappies please'. i...
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    your very own personal crusade

    that's crap! in the place i worked, the emphasis was on it being the kid's house, not a workplace. the sleepover staff member had a bed that was hidden in a little alcove behind a door, same for the...
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    New nurse scared to talk to doctors!!

    i know how you feel, but remember, they might like to think so, but they aren't god! they might like to think that they're above the realm of nurses, but they still eat, drink, crap and laugh like...
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    Does anyone here love their job?

    dont be worried. everyone seems to dislike the work, but it's just that it can get tiring and frustrating at times. i've been doing it for 7 months, and though i've been exhausted, abused,...
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    My first emergency...

    i dread my first emergency. you did
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    What Is Your Biggest Weakness?

    my biggest weakness is a tie between my hatred of ADLs (though i wouldn't call that a weakness really, as i'm damned good at avoiding them), and pinching lemanade from the
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    We need a Nursing TV show

    all of a sudden Aussie rocks! we have All Saints, this great show that's based in the ER of a sydney hospital. it used to be set on ward 17, which seemed to get everything from CVAs to Gunshot...