liberalrn

Y'all don't see this as unprofessional? I am not a day laborer--hired out because I undercut my colleague. If someone is desperate enough and needs the $$--they will work for under the "base" and where does that leave the rest of the pool? With a new...

How 'bout oral instead of verbal? Another common misuse. It's a verbal report--not an oral one--oral refers to the oral cavity and all it's contents, verbal refers to the spoken word.....this one is very common and I know I'm swimmin upstream here! S...

I need to see the literature on this one. At work, I, for one, do NOT slather my GLOVED hands with petroleum-based lotion and shove them in and out of a tight body orifice for 30 sec to 10 min! Love to see the unit where that does occur! On second t...

Print up a couple thousand of those-----I'll post them myself!

How about restraining the elderly...big, hot issue not too far back in time, should be alot of stuff on it. also, if that is your area of interest, it would be something worth learning about. The fdg tube is also good....

To whom is this being said? If to family w/ questions or visitors...no. If to docs or US techs (whatever), direct them to the appropriate nurse--who has time to track down other RN's for other ancillary help? It's on the big board at the station--rea...

Sammysue: advice for when you get to nursing clinicals--when instructor grills you on side effects of meds--always say nausea and vomitting--most common side effect of meds(so you'll never be wrong)......my one pearl of wisdom for a newby-newby! Welc...

I work w/ mostly Filipinos, Nigerians, and Ghananians(?). Most are wonderful, warm, funny and good nurses. I like to learn of the cultural differences etc. What I wonder about are the foreign borns who have been here for 15-20 years and still have no...

How about winda for window...grrrr. Warsh and wahhhter, melk instead of milk. "Go by my ma's"....ugh!!!!! I always picture these people standing next to their mother's house. Axe for ask. I did good (yes, until you spoke) or even worse (not heard muc...

The poltergeist phone caller is high on my list.....tear down the hall to answer the phone and no-one is there......... the dumbwaiter demon is bad, too. Kitchen will call and say a tray is on it's way up. When you get to the dumbwaiter, it's empty.

lol!

You rock, rusthammer! I have a friend who, when she receives the local paper, reads it first for content, then for spelling errors. She circles these in red and sends the paper off to the publisher. She does this about twice/year. Has never heard bac...

How about AAA=abdominal aortic aneurysm or apply affected area or American automobile Assoc. (lol)

Thank you for those gracious words lilmamita. I apologize on my part too. Is this Chi Eta Phi a new org? I just have never heard of it! Best of luck to you in joining......

I think that the difference between mispellings and typos can be fairly obvious. for some reason, prob. d/t so strange lack of appropriate musculature, I always mispell aslo--I mean also. Typos don't bother me. Misuse of words bothers me--the exampl...

How is asking for more info a negative post?

how does one acquire Revolution? Never hoid of it! John Lennon rocks.

I don't think that I am confusing honor societys with prof. orgs. If I were a member of a prof. org, I would be touting it's benefits and building it's member list for the good of the org and the prof. I did not and do not see that. So, my query rema...

Couldn't read thru all the posts, this is an active thread! Here's my take: I think the badges should stipulate LPN, CNA, RN, Supervisor, whatever the position is. Frankly the massive alphabet soup out there confuses me, can't imagine that the pts ar...

Actually, having gone back and reread the very first post--I am asking the same question. I, too, would like to know the reasons for joining and more about them.

Please don't confuse me with the original negative poster---I do not think that these organizations s*ck. I just do not see their relevance in day to day nursing life. I do not expect them to change the world--to work to improve conditions for all nu...

My "customers" are both men and women and have been since time immemorial.... I do think you may have a point, nursing schools are, imho, rigid, hierarchical institutions w/ no allowance made for creative thought and no encouragement to think out of ...

Oh, please. "the value of life as I see it is you get out of life what you out into it." Don't start with the you're only too busy because you can't prioritize etc. You have no idea of my time constraints etc., nor do I of yours. I'm just as much a...

gwenith--I think I will take your advice. I will post any results etc. anyone know the web address for RN magazine--I really did leave it at work! See below: Sakruz--yes, what exactly IS that a pic of? Is she green? Out of the corner of my eye, she r...

Why the anxiety re: starting a new thread about this topic? If there are those who have been there, done that, why not just not access the thread? I loathe searching archives. I enjoy working w/ males who are nurses. I have found for the most part th...