lilpoo_1

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1. Non-viable baby, born alive -parent won't hold him, what do you do?

   lilpoo_1 replied to enfermeraSG's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I give you all credit for being able to do such heroic efforts in L/D and NICU. Just reading these stories has got me crying my eyes out. I would never be able to function as a nurse in this...

2. You know you've been a nurse for way too long when...

   lilpoo_1 replied to jalvino1's topic in General Nursing

   I do this to my husband all the time. I will be talking about something from work and we'll be eating dinner. He'll stop me midsentence and say, "Umm, honey, we're eating right now." I'll look at...

3. The most embarrasing thing you've done at work!

   lilpoo_1 replied to ClaireMacl's topic in Nursing Humor

   Should have yelled, "Ta-Da!" LOL Easily could see that happen to me as well. If I were named Grace, would have been an oxymoron.

4. Fear Factor, Nurse Style, Five Stunts... lol

   lilpoo_1 replied to NurCrystal22's topic in Nursing Humor

   Although I would never make it on the show, these posts are great. One I thought of that almost made me puke myself is "stand in front of a trach patient who is coughing huge amounts of flying...

5. Bad Habits Nurses Develop

   lilpoo_1 replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in General Nursing

   guilty as

6. where are the nursing shortages?

   lilpoo_1 replied to jenago's topic in General Nursing

   You've got that right. No shortage in Wisconsin. Moved back to the Fox Valley last August and applied like mad and finally scored a position with a temp agency for insurance nursing in OCTOBER....

7. Nurses caps!

   lilpoo_1 replied to FERTMYRTOBRN's topic in General Nursing

   You should be able to find some at http://www.kayscaps.com. That's where our school directed us when we were graduating. Don't know if the link still works but is worth a shot. Otherwise check with...

8. transgender nurse (transvestite)

   lilpoo_1 replied to nursecathy's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Why would this person by default be a distraction? Are divorced people or African American people a distraction in the classroom also just because they are "different"? Just my

9. transgender nurse (transvestite)

   lilpoo_1 replied to nursecathy's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   There really is not enough information from the OP regarding this person to qualify whether or not they should be a nurse. My thoughts about this from reading the post is that it sounds as though...

10. In One Sentence; if you weren't a nurse, you'd be a ________

    lilpoo_1 replied to OCCHCanada's topic in General Nursing

    grade school teacher and have enough land for a dog

11. giving report to a monster!!!

    lilpoo_1 replied to itsnowbegun's topic in General Nursing

    I have a similar problem where I work. We do "written" report so during our shift we write down all the pertinent info needed to pass to next shift. We have little bins where we put these reports so...

12. babies having babies

    lilpoo_1 replied to BRANDY LPN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is such a sad subject. Six years ago my niece (then 12) was preggers and didn't tell anyone. She hadn't really popped out and it wasn't really noticeable. She didn't have a bf (still playing...

13. BSN! Ya HOO!

    lilpoo_1 replied to abbafrazz's topic in General Nursing

    not a fair post. Almost all of our nurses at our hospital are ADN's as we have a supreme ADN program here. Last year we received the Solucient award among many other awards. We are the 11th top...

14. UAPs administering meds

    lilpoo_1 replied to Myra Gail's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    When I was in nursing school I worked as a CNA in an assisted living facility. We were the cooks, waitresses, room cleaners, entire facility cleaners, and med passers. We were only CNA's (certified...

15. What does you hospital give you for Thanksgiving ?

    lilpoo_1 replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

    nada, nothing, zippo, zilch for ANY holiday. What we do get is a phone call, "Can you work