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    HIPPA -- Use patient's first name or last name?

    goats'r'us replied to Aunt Minnie's topic in General Nursing

    i call my patients by their title (ie. mrs smith) till i have a situation where i can talk to them a bit longer and ask what they like to be called. i feel uncomfortable calling them by their first...
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    You know its going to be a bad shift when...

    goats'r'us replied to Adam D. RN2005's topic in Nursing Humor

    you know it IS a bad shift when a) it's your first non-supernumary day and you don't see your preceptor for the first 2 hours b) you find yourself sending sms messages to your best friend saying...
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    "Pardon Me, May I Kiss Your Feet?" Stories of doctors who want to rule the Earth

    goats'r'us replied to goats'r'us's topic in Nursing Humor

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    "Pardon Me, May I Kiss Your Feet?" Stories of doctors who want to rule the Earth

    goats'r'us replied to goats'r'us's topic in Nursing Humor

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    Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    goats'r'us replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    ok. took me four hours to read this from start to finish, and i had to go get takeaway for tea halfway through. thanks for the laugh, and, as i'm new to this nursing caper, thanks for the
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    What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    goats'r'us replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    what's the s/p stand for? bloomin heck, i'm meant to be doing a big important assignment, and all i do is read these darned boards! How the heck am i meant to graduate when this is all so much more...
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    What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    goats'r'us replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    ok, over the past i-dont-know-how-long, i've read every post on here, and didn't feel ill once, managed to recount a few good ones over the dinner table (ie, the loogie down the throat - what a...
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    a few clinical practice questions

    goats'r'us replied to pedsnrs's topic in Pediatric

    hey, i'm just a kid, but my clinical teacher gave us a talk on NGTs and stuff, and said the best way to tell is chest xray. other ways include aspirating it and auscultating it. there were more, but...
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    It happened to a friend of a friend of mine..

    goats'r'us posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    As nursing students, my friends are all very poor, and many earn a crust as carers in aged care places. One of these people is Anne, who although being 20, looks all of 14. She was working a few...
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    Terms we will not admit to using

    goats'r'us replied to gwenith's topic in Nursing Humor

    Tontine Treatment - (Pillow over the face) Rapid Lead Infusion - (bullet in the
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    Ethics in treating a 7 year old

    goats'r'us replied to goats'r'us's topic in Pediatric

    Thanks for all your opinions - snowymtnRN, the problem i had was that we had given up on removing the catheter by the time we gave the peth. Her doctor had already been organised to come the...
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    Ethics in treating a 7 year old

    goats'r'us posted a topic in Pediatric

    ok, here's the situation.. I'm a student, and i was nursing a 7 year old girl, with a bit of supervision from an RN when i needed it. The girl had had surgery on her bladder and had had 2 drains...
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    hand washing = sore hands, any good products available?

    goats'r'us replied to emmy's topic in International Nursing

    thought i'd put my bib in! I'm a third-year student doing prac in theatre, and i've found that johnson + johnson make this really nice hand cream that compliments their 'microshield' hand
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    What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    goats'r'us replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    I must be born for this job! I've read all these posts and as gross as some of them are (the old guy spunking on the 18 yo nurse was just disturbing) I'm still about to head home for some
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    Embarrassing moments?

    goats'r'us replied to canna42's topic in Nursing Humor

    well i'm sure one day they