RetiredTooSoon

RetiredTooSoon

Retired OR nurse/Tissue bank technician

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  1. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    RetiredTooSoon replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    *Fingers 1/2" apart* Just a wee bit. But I also understand what you're saying and why. Whoo-hoo! :smiley_aa :smiley_aa :smiley_aaOn bad days, do you wish you could have a nice cocktail of your...

  2. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    RetiredTooSoon replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    So true. I had a young woman on psych who had dropped about 25-30 feet and had two broken legs, lacerated liver and permanent incontinence to show for

  3. Oh well, I tried..........

    RetiredTooSoon replied to CathRN's topic in Operating Room

    We had a surgeon who was notorious for inappropriate behaviour. It finally got so bad (throwing contaminated sponges, etc, at staff) that all the staff who were in with him that day wrote him up to...

  4. Do you know of any RN's who worked in both O.R. and PACU?

    RetiredTooSoon replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    In the hospital I worked at, we had to both OR and RR. We also had to run pre-op

  5. Why did you pick OR/Periop nursing?

    RetiredTooSoon replied to Mac06's topic in Operating Room

    I came out of nursing school with no idea what area I wanted to work in. My final few rotations proved to me I didn't want to do med/surg and even though I really wanted to do Palliative Care, the...

  6. Poll: Does your O.R. have RN's working 11pm-7am?

    RetiredTooSoon replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    The OR I worked in only did surgeries from 0700-1500h, with PARR there until 1600-1630. Two nurses took call every night from 1500-0700h the next day plus weekends. The hospital I did my OR training...

  7. add your funny TRIAGE complaints from pts

    RetiredTooSoon replied to er nursing's topic in Emergency

    Our little ER had a woman come in with that. Fortunately, her family doc was the one on that night (small centre-family docs ran the ER) and he was able to get her settled. She had been crying...

  8. Rules for the ER (long)

    RetiredTooSoon replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    I'm sure the front desk and triage would have loved to do that some days. They finally stopped giving the doctor's name out and told the people that if the person was that ill then they needed to...

  9. Rules for the ER (long)

    RetiredTooSoon replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    Last time I had to pay a visit to the ER (suspected SJS), there was a young woman who was there to get a second opinion on a small ( I waited three hours in ER; she was still in the waiting room when...

  10. Rules for the ER (long)

    RetiredTooSoon replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    In our small hospital, people would call ER to find out who the doctor in ER was before coming in. Others would go to the information desk and ask who the ER doc was before signing in. If they...

  11. Reducing misuse of Emergency Departments!

    RetiredTooSoon replied to hmccartn's topic in Emergency

    That's no guarantee of proper ER use. We've got universal health coverage up here. I've been in the ER a few times and the things people have come in for are as bad as the ones you describe. I was...

  12. Atheists? How do you deal with religious people?

    RetiredTooSoon replied to CalicoKitty's topic in General Students

    A simple response might be "You'll definitely be in my

  13. Eat Before You Get Here!

    RetiredTooSoon replied to NurseJacqui's topic in Emergency

    The time I spent in ER, mostly as a patient, I didn't hear a lot of requests, other than patients who were there an extended period of time (6-8hours) or those waiting on an admission.As an ER...

  14. i feel a rant coming on... things that make me mad!!

    RetiredTooSoon replied to goats'r'us's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    I howled when I read that and I'm glad no one was nearby to hear me. I wish I had the guts to come out with stuff like that. The LTC facility I worked in had about a 70% census of kids who had been...

  15. i feel a rant coming on... things that make me mad!!

    RetiredTooSoon replied to goats'r'us's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    I worked in an LTC facility for severely disabled children. The kids were beautifully cared for and well loved by the staff. Diagnoses included hydranencephaly, lissencephaly, microcephaly and the...

  16. Things people say coming out of anaesthetic

    RetiredTooSoon replied to frellyou's topic in General Nursing

    When I was on peds for an asthma attack as a kid, my roommate was a 12 year old who was having a sports injury repaired. They brought her back to her room from the OR, tucked her into bed and brought...

  17. Things people say coming out of anaesthetic

    RetiredTooSoon replied to frellyou's topic in General Nursing

    When I had my wisdom teeth out, I had been knocked out and tubed (ET tube instead of NT due to an unrepaired deviated septum). The surgeon put his finger in my mouth to feel if the wisdom teeth were...

  18. Alternative to spanking

    RetiredTooSoon replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    I'm with you; any punishment (or lack thereof) can be used appropriately or inappropriately. Spanking, if it is used, should not be the first line of punishment and it should not be done when angry...

  19. Alternative to spanking

    RetiredTooSoon replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    My experiences with watching 1-2-3-Magic parents has not been positive overall. Almost every single parent I know who uses 1-2-3 Magic has either turned into a "1....honey, please stop....2...honey,...

  20. Alternative to spanking

    RetiredTooSoon replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    My parents had a 'three strikes and you're out' rule. I was warned the first time, warned and punished non-physically the second and spanked the third. I only got to the third time and a spanking...

  21. *Weird* Patient Allergies

    RetiredTooSoon replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    I know of someone who was fatally allergic to bananas; even the smell of one could send him into anaphylaxis. Banana allergies could also have a comorbid latex allergy. Same with

  22. *Weird* Patient Allergies

    RetiredTooSoon replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    For people on MAOI antidepressants, tyramine in any size dose can be dangerous, if not fatal due to how the medication works on the body. I've been on MAOIs for a few years and I admit I've...

  23. *Weird* Patient Allergies

    RetiredTooSoon replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    I break out in hives if I touch those pretty yellow and black

  24. *Weird* Patient Allergies

    RetiredTooSoon replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    I go into delirium/psychosis with the oral/IV steroids. Heck, I can tip into psychosis if they raise my inhaled steroid up to bid (the normal dose). I also get horrible neuropsych reactions to...

  25. *Weird* Patient Allergies

    RetiredTooSoon replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    I have a friend who will tell restaurants that she's 'deathly allergic' to onions. When I asked her what this 'deadly' reaction was? She said it gave her some abd. upset and the runs. Hardly fatal....