RetiredTooSoon

RetiredTooSoon

Retired OR nurse/Tissue bank technician

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  1. phone calls no outsider would believe

    RetiredTooSoon replied to JBudd's topic in Emergency

    Actually, there IS a how to commit suicide book on the market; I owned it for several years, then donated it to the mental health office that I volunteer with. The author claims he wrote the book so...

  2. Funny things you have said but wish you didn't

    RetiredTooSoon replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    People who are blind may still be able to see light and shadows. I know a woman who has a guide dog who has about 7% of her sight-enough that she would have a preference as to whether the lights were...

  3. Funny things you have said but wish you didn't

    RetiredTooSoon replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    I used to get embarrassed, too. That comment just sealed it. Now? I'd probably not even notice what I was ringing up and just do it. Then? I was ready to sink into the

  4. Funny things you have said but wish you didn't

    RetiredTooSoon replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    That's putting it mildly. I'm sure I blushed as brightly as they

  5. Funny things you have said but wish you didn't

    RetiredTooSoon replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    And now for the story I don't regret: I was in a foul mood one night so I headed for Wal-Mart to walk off a bit of the irritability. As I pushed my cart up and down the aisles, I was closely followed...

  6. Funny things you have said but wish you didn't

    RetiredTooSoon replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    A couple stories, one I regret, one I don't: I worked as a cashier at Safeway for a year during nursing school. I would try to visit with the customer while I was ringing through their groceries,...

  7. Funny things you have said but wish you didn't

    RetiredTooSoon replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    I was at a church one Sunday for the Feast of Michael and All Angels. During the service, the youth/young adults worker and three members of the young adult group were in front of the congregation....

  8. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    RetiredTooSoon replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    A couple: 1. When coming out of a concert and heading to the subway, don't try to get ahead of the mass of people taking the stairs and escalators by attempting to slide down the banister. You'll...

  9. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    RetiredTooSoon replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Forever and ever, amen sounds about

  10. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    RetiredTooSoon replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    One time during physio for an injured knee, the PT jumped up and sat straddling the table I was on and started massaging the muscles and tendons in my leg. He hit a particularly tender spot and my leg...

  11. You Know the patient is going bad when...

    RetiredTooSoon replied to Nurseboy1's topic in General Nursing

    As a nursing student on a medicine/palliative care unit, I freaked out my instructor one time. One morning before report, after we had been off the unit for a week (so I didn't know what patients...

  12. Doctor Practices that Dump Patients

    RetiredTooSoon replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    It's a lot cheaper with universal health care-you don't need staff to go after the insurance companies or deal with Medicare; every doctor's visit costs the same amount to the system based on the...

  13. Why do people think the hospital is like the Holiday Inn Express?!!! LONG...

    RetiredTooSoon replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    A local hospital here has door-to-door valet parking service for patients. They drive up to an old ambulance bay and their car will be parked for them, then brought back to them when they're ready to...

  14. Funny Names for Nurses

    RetiredTooSoon replied to randomnamees's topic in Nursing Humor

    I knew of a Dr. Dickout; he should have been a urologist instead of an

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

    RetiredTooSoon replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Not my story, but this should qualify: I was changing into street clothes after working a shift at the hospital and got talking to a tech from the lab. I mentioned that a tissue bank (they take eyes,...

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

    RetiredTooSoon replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    I can believe it. I worked with a urologist, caring for a woman (~25 years old) who had not followed up after a cervical cancer dx & removal of early cancerous cells and as a result, the cancer...