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  1. Can't stop the nightmares- please help

    Gromit replied to caren19's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Keely, no way could you be responsible for the death of the (blood-vomiting) man. You reported your findings to the nurse, repeatedly, as they happened. Oxygen won't stop the bleeding (obviously...

  2. Nurse doing cocaine HELP

    Gromit replied to llgrn1987's topic in General Nursing

    I can live with the idea that it would have cost us some of the best, brightest, and hardest working members of our society. I prefer honesty, however, and thats one thing they tend to NOT be. No...

  3. Stressing really bad NCLEX This Thursday, 6/23!!!

    Gromit replied to RN-TO-BE's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    sorry for the delay. Was running a string of shifts in a row, and tend to ignore the computer when I do that. I went through almost the entire set of allowed questions and failed. TECHNICALLY that...

  4. What do patients say that irks you?

    Gromit replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Back when I was going through the Paramedics program (years and years before I decided to chuck that and be an RN -and as a side note, I did not choose the 'bridge' program. I went through the entire...

  5. Can't stop the nightmares- please help

    Gromit replied to caren19's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Just got off shift about an hour ago. Went and looked at the site, and now my head hurts. :) Will take a look at it after I've crashed for a number of hours

  6. Nurse doing cocaine HELP

    Gromit replied to llgrn1987's topic in General Nursing

    She works nights.. as we all have. What if she is tired and needs a little pick me up. What happens if she got no sleep or little sleep during the day. Coke can get her through the night and who would...

  7. Nurse doing cocaine HELP

    Gromit replied to llgrn1987's topic in General Nursing

    Who was/is Len

  8. What do patients say that irks you?

    Gromit replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    14oo, huh? Proof positive of what those of us on night-shift have ALWAYS suspected. Daytimers let their patients sleep! THAT is why they are up all night!

  9. Nurse doing cocaine HELP

    Gromit replied to llgrn1987's topic in General Nursing

    -melissa writes: is it because of her profession that you feel the need to report her? what if she were a salesclerk at jc penney? would you report here then? i've read through your posts on this...

  10. What do patients say that irks you?

    Gromit replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks Z. Ok, another dumb question -what is wrong with C-sections (well, I mean beside the obvious increase in risk for infections and other surgical-based complications) ? I can recall when some...

  11. Nurse doing cocaine HELP

    Gromit replied to llgrn1987's topic in General Nursing

    Of course they can't rule out that (bone to pick) but the situation is serious enough that they will (at least once) do a test -since the random test does not violate the nurses' rights, and is...

  12. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    Gromit replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    Thats pretty funny! Oddly enough, I kind of expect you to say he was going to ask 'when's

  13. What do patients say that irks you?

    Gromit replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Certainly I'm missing something here. I don't work in or around OB/newborns, so what exactly (or who are they talking about) do they mean by 'they're going to have to take the

  14. What do patients say that irks you?

    Gromit replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Don't forget my old favorites: While out in the field or in the ER (but before any x-ray or exploratory) Is my (hand, foot, knee, etc etc) broken? -My Comic-book brand X-ray goggles never worked...

  15. Can't stop the nightmares- please help

    Gromit replied to caren19's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Very glad to hear it! (ok, read it) I doubt you wait long. Thankfully, they seem to take job-related stresses (especially among healthcare workers) a lot more seriously than they did back when my...

  16. Stressing really bad NCLEX This Thursday, 6/23!!!

    Gromit replied to RN-TO-BE's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    first off, quit taking the 'trial' tests. ALL you will do at this point is drive yourself nuts. My initial 'test examples' said I'd pass with better than 92% chance -I failed the first test, went...

  17. sick of ADN vs BSN! like most of us have a choice anyway!

    Gromit replied to okie2's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Had a friend who did her BSN (finished it up) while I did my ADN -MY chief complaint: OUR program didn't spend enough time on things like leadership -and that played a bit of a role in the NCLEX....

  18. Nurse doing cocaine HELP

    Gromit replied to llgrn1987's topic in General Nursing

    I think that depends on your state or situation. When I worked for the local govmnt (county) that was the case -its very tough to get fired from the county. But for a private outfit, I'm not so...

  19. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    Gromit replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    Adam, THAT is a riot!! hehehe. I was a tech at a facility a few years ago, and we had this lady on our floor (she had been there for quite a while) -she was nice as pie, and during the day, was pretty...

  20. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    Gromit replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    Only have a few: Had a patient who had been used to having female nurses (no way could I ever be confused with that gender. I'm just a big-ole' biker boy, I may have long hair, but I've never been...

  21. Nurse doing cocaine HELP

    Gromit replied to llgrn1987's topic in General Nursing

    llgrn, you're in a particularly bad situation. While its true (not right, but true) that if you blow the whistle you may become an outcast in your own facility, its also very true and very likely...

  22. I Passed Nclex!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Gromit replied to vcannon's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Vcannon, total congrats to you!!!!!!! :balloons: :balloons: :balloons: Its been a little over a year now, and I still get jazzed when I think about that fateful moment that I logged on and found...

  23. What do patients say that irks you?

    Gromit replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    hgehehe. I have had this asked of me as well. ONE time, I looked at the pump, with a thoughtful look on my face, and said "well, I THINK

  24. How do Doctors treat nurses

    Gromit replied to IWANT2BEEANRN's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a level-one trauma hospital, and we are the main teaching hospital for this region of the state. We get a lot of docs-in-training as well as private practitioners, etc etc. Its rare that I...

  25. Is it ethical for a OB to deliver and/or circumcise his own baby?

    Gromit replied to mfshirk's topic in General Nursing

    Likewise I have no problem with it ethically. I agree where the circumcision is concerned, but ethically? No. If the OB feels up to it, why not? People were delivering their own in homes for many...