goats'r'us ASN, RN

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  1. i don't know where i got this story, i can only vaguely remember all the details, so if it's your story and i get it wrong, sorry. i think the story goes that when i was in college a friend of my...
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    Please be nice to medical students

    sorry you met a few sucky nurses in your time. i promise we're not all like that, and personally i like med students and interns because they're nicer and more approachable than the big
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    Questionable Allergies?

    "oh yes, i'm allergic to morphine. if i have a lot, my breathing slows down and i get very
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    Pet peeves!

    my pet peeve. people who lecture other posters about their vent, like 'how dare you get tired of that!' can i get an amen? to people who do this, try this is quick exercise: arrange your family and...
  5. i'm moving to perth in a month and i'm starting to look about for jobs. I graduated in 2004, and have just finished a 12 month grad position. i'd like to end up in pediatrics, and would love to work...
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    causes for a non reactive pupil

    glass eye?
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    moving to WA, have a few questions

    bump.
  8. we had a lady in for 'multi-trauma' - she'd fallen over. had a small lac on her forehead and a grazed elbow. we also had an elderly lady whose admission diagnosis for the first week of her stay was...
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    Nursing and Piercings

    well, for me it wasn't shock value, it was a personal rebellion. i'd always been a very obedient teen, and i wanted a little something wild that i could sort of keep under wraps, but not totally....
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    Inventions we'd love to see....

    anaesthetic for bone marrow biopsies. exists, i know, but should be much more widely
  11. i have an ingrown toenail that i've had trouble with before, and it was just starting to gear up when i went away on holiday. by the third day it was agonising, swollen, very red, and oozing grey...
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    Alternative meds? You'll never believe this one!!

    i've heard of WD-40 working. sounds funny, but hey, if it helps then you're the one
  13. just wondering.. my happiest is before i started nursing, when i worked as a disability support worker. one of the other support workers made a big photo frame up with photos and captions from a...
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    what are the happiest and saddest things you've seen?

    your saddest moment made me cry
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    "Pre" code team

    we had it where i used to work - a MET team (medical emergency team). when you called a MET, ccu staff and the HMO would come a-running with their little bag of goodies. had to use it twice in the 6...
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    What is "KVO" on your unit?

    where i work, it's 42ml/hr, or a 24hrly rate, but sometimes if they have an iv pump we'll drop it to 21ml/hr, or, if they have a PICC or CVC, we'll drop it to
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    Nursing and Piercings

    i have two holes at the bottom of each ear, and one at the top of my left ear, and i wear sleepers in them all. i also have my belly button pierced, and my tongue, and have had no comments on any of...
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    Caring for Jehovah's witnesses

    i find it interesting that you've had witnesses autodonate prior to ortho procedures. my understanding was that once the blood comes out of contact with the body it's no longer acceptable, whether...
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    i just have to tell someone!

    i just had the most DIVINE vegie burger for dinner! lightly toasted roll with tasty cheese grilled on one half and philly cheese spread on the other, heaps of fresh lettuce and tomato, and a good...
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    Oldest and youngest mothers?

    chesk this out. http://www.snopes.com/pregnant/medina.asp you're in for a
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    what are the happiest and saddest things you've seen?

    WOW! almost everyone's happy stories are baby related! they really are awfully special, aren't
  22. what about 'profoundly disabled kids'? because that's what i say, partly because it's easier (and i think more respectful) than saying 'kids who needed feeding, washing, and couldn't drive their own...
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    Discharge orders you'd LIKE to write!!!

    ooh! now you're 'frencher than thou'! my feathers are so ruffled.. (i guess this makes me 'sarcasticer than thou') kidding, kidding. i think it's great that you're so compassionate, and hope you...
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    "You know you are an ER Nurse when..."

    i must be in just the right mood today because these made me nearly p*** myself laughing!! the high points would have to be diagnosing trich by smell (ew ew ew) and assessing strangers/movie...
  25. not true. that's not something restricted to ER nurses, it's ALL