Jessiedog

Jessiedog RN

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  1. 10 things you say at work lay people could get arrested for

    Jessiedog replied to sharann's topic in Nursing Humor

    AMEN

  2. Most Embarassing Nursing Moments

    Jessiedog replied to Jessiedog's topic in Nursing Humor

    This embarrassing moment isn't mine (no, really!) but its too funny to leave out. We moved from an old hospital into a more moderm one. Once upon a time, to page a code you dialed 333 on a phone, and...

  3. My Life with a Nurse: A Man's Perspective

    Jessiedog replied to StatBlues's topic in Nursing Humor

    Please Please PLEASE post those stories....... We would LOVE to read some. Pretty Please????

  4. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    Jessiedog replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    I Had To Check Up Yesterday What The Effects Of Lignocaine And Adrenaline To The Cornea Would Be The Doc Looked At Me And Asked "the Question Would Be Why Would You Want To?" My Answer Involved A...

  5. Should assaults on medical personnel be a Felony Offense?

    Jessiedog replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thankyou so much for your response, and the compliment to Aussies!! To some extent I think it is a cultural thing in Australia, that you 'grit your teeth and put up with it'. Nurses are often seen...

  6. Would you call in because you didn't get any sleep?

    Jessiedog replied to Elvish's topic in General Nursing

    you need to take action now. i can tell by reading your post that you are already experiencing burnout. you know that feeling of "oh, no, i've got to go to work again." not to mention the sheer...

  7. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    Jessiedog replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Working in a paediatric ward, I saw something almost as bad. Had a 3yo child with asthma, and having regular nebulized ventolin. While on the nebuliser I nipped next room to see to another child....

  8. Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

    Jessiedog replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    That its always wise to do a 'guesstimate' of the height of your elderly male patient before you assist him out of bed with a 'bear hug lift'. For those who dont know, this is when you sit the pt on...

  9. My Life with a Nurse: A Man's Perspective

    Jessiedog replied to StatBlues's topic in Nursing Humor

    Have you been talking to my husband???? Whenever we go to have dinner with his family, I'm warned in the car about appropriate dinner table talk. My family have just about become immune, and even...

  10. Should assaults on medical personnel be a Felony Offense?

    Jessiedog replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    PLEASE GET THIS MESSAGE ACROSS TO AUSTRALIAN HOSPITALS, that assault on a doctor, nurse or other medical personnel should be treated the same as assault on a police officer!!! Here in Oz, the...

  11. Would you call in because you didn't get any sleep?

    Jessiedog replied to Elvish's topic in General Nursing

    i have before, and i would again. i am not a party girl, and never have been. for me, lack of sleep relates to not being able to sleep due to work stress, work hours, illness or something like that....

  12. Most Embarassing Nursing Moments

    Jessiedog replied to Jessiedog's topic in Nursing Humor

    Oh, well, if the dreamy therapist hit the floor, I guess you could always give 'kiss of life'.

  13. I made my first medication error :(

    Jessiedog replied to rkrs6673's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i remember my first medication error, and it was a doozy!! i was 14 months out of training, and often in charge of a rehabilitation ward. we tended to work with several nurse's aides and one...

  14. Funny/Strange things other hospital employees have done????

    Jessiedog replied to jessi1106's topic in Nursing Humor

    Thank the Lord I dindn't witness this one, I would have made a formal complaint! One of our orderlies, nick-named 'monkey-man' becuase his fondness for weight-lifting caused him to walk with his arms...

  15. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    Jessiedog replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Listen to the nurse when she explains that having a cigarette 30 mins after waking from a GA is NOT a good idea, even though you are young, male, and smoke 40 a day with no problems. Don't get cranky...

  16. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    Jessiedog replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    ya gotta hand it to ém for

  17. Most Embarassing Nursing Moments

    Jessiedog replied to Jessiedog's topic in Nursing Humor

    Then there was the time when I was on a rapid mission down the hall to the staff loo. Too young to know that it's sometimes OK to say 'no' when asked to help a colleague. Walking past a room, I was...

  18. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    Jessiedog replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    ...he starts yelling "Help, Help" pretty normal for him, but he goes on "Help, Hamburger, help. " Keeps going, "Help hamburger, help, onions, HEEEELLLLPPPP, I know where you're coming from! We...

  19. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    Jessiedog replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    In the ward I worked in, we always nursed the recent tracheostomies in a single room for that reason. It was still nasty scrubbing all those ''crusties'' off the wall in front of the bed,

  20. Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

    Jessiedog replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    That sleep is optional for nurses. Doing an afternoon shift followed by the night shift because you are the only one able to monitor the 2-month-old with bronchiolitis in the isolette is normal....

  21. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    Jessiedog replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    This one reminds me of so many times I have ducked and dodged various wet substances that come flying towards me from my patients. Some of the best ones are: I now KNOW that when you suction a new...

  22. Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

    Jessiedog replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    :bugeyes:That common sense is a commodity sadly lacking in the community! I know that all people deserve to be treated with respect and dignity, and I have no trouble doing this. But, honestly,...

  23. Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

    Jessiedog replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    If you never want to run into projectile vomiting or too much poop, then you're in the wrong career girl! Cause there are days when you are gonna be covered in it!

  24. Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

    Jessiedog replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    ...that the new RMO's are glorified secretaries. You tell them what drugs to write and what dose etc.,, and they sigh, smile and follow suit. ...that those same RMO's whose butts you saved with your...

  25. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    Jessiedog replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    I LOVE the two responses above!! Thanks so much, I was honestly