RetiredTooSoon

RetiredTooSoon

Retired OR nurse/Tissue bank technician

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  1. The dumbest thing you've ever heard...

    RetiredTooSoon replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    True. Forty-four weeks is much different than 50. I questioned the likelihood of the doctors being accurate, but apparently the one was well known for being able to judge EDC within 3-4 days, a...

  2. The dumbest thing you've ever heard...

    RetiredTooSoon replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I managed to get necrotizing fasciitis from a dental visit. I had a drainage tube trying to empty a seroma on my leg and it was time for my annual dental check-up. They'd asked if I'd had surgery,...

  3. The dumbest thing you've ever heard...

    RetiredTooSoon replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My grandmother said it was from peeing on the side of the road, not the middle. And pimples on your tongue were caused by telling a

  4. The dumbest thing you've ever heard...

    RetiredTooSoon replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    While oral sex was not required, home care nurses helping para/quad patients here were told that part of their expected duties may be helping their patients with sexual needs, including assisting with...

  5. You Know You Are a Nurse When...

    RetiredTooSoon replied to ParvulusPuella's topic in Nursing Humor

    You know you are a nurse when: -Discussing dismemberment over a gourmet meal seems perfectly acceptable to you. -The phone rings at home and you answer as if you were at work (Operating Room, Retired...

  6. The dumbest thing you've ever heard...

    RetiredTooSoon replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    An ICU nurse I know had a family from China whose wife/mother attempted suicide by hanging and was now brain dead. The doctors talked to them about organ donation, turning of the respirator, etc, but...

  7. The dumbest thing you've ever heard...

    RetiredTooSoon replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My mom was pregnant 44 weeks with me. She had two doctors confirm the EDC, based on dates and belly size. I baked for so long, I was dysmature-I'd started to shrink d/t the beginnings of placental...

  8. Can student administer medication without RN supervision?

    RetiredTooSoon replied to AnneN's topic in General Students

    As a first year student, we had to be directly supervised the first three times we gave medications in each form (oral, IV, IM, sc). If all went well, we could give medications without direct...

  9. Do you bag your bodies naked?

    RetiredTooSoon replied to mama_d's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a student in the early 90s, we bagged our deceased patients naked. It was a case of "we've always done it this way"-probably a leftover from when patients were shrouded, not bagged. It...

  10. Medical words that make you cringe.

    RetiredTooSoon replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Students

    Agreed. I don't like "passed away" either; I prefer either the reality-'he/she died' or, if a euphemism is required, 'transferred to the Eternal Care

  11. What does your username mean?

    RetiredTooSoon replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

    I had to leave nursing (and all work) due to illness in 2000, hence

  12. *Vent* RN's make toast?!?!?!

    RetiredTooSoon replied to WickedRedRN's topic in General Nursing

    You work ICU and there are patients well enough to eat toast, nevermind other foods? I can't think of more than one ICU patient ever that's been able to consume more than clear

  13. At my boiling point...you are NOT a Nurse...of ANY kind!!!!

    RetiredTooSoon replied to nursehunnie's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    The term 'nurse' is not a protected term, but 'registered nurse' is in many provinces and states. If they call themselves a nurse and you challenge them, "A registered nurse?" and they answer in the...

  14. How do you sign?

    RetiredTooSoon replied to Mashira's topic in General Nursing

    For regular charting, I would sign RtSoon, RN. On formal correspondence like resume cover letters or other letters where my nursing education was relevant to what I was writing about, I'd sign,...

  15. Clients? Are they no longer patients?

    RetiredTooSoon replied to bassadict69's topic in General Students

    They were already clients when I started nursing school in 1991-or at least, that was about when the move started to make the change. My one instructor refused to use the word client, snorting,...

  16. Is it to late for me to become a Nurse?

    RetiredTooSoon replied to louis345's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You're not too old at all. There were men in my nursing program ranging in age from 32-46. As long as you're physically fit and mentally ready for the challenge, go for

  17. Confess! Whats the craziest force of habit you've done in the "Real World"

    RetiredTooSoon replied to vhern246's topic in Nursing Humor

    One time I was visiting my parents. I went to answer the phone and said, "Operating Room, RetiredTooSoon". My poor uncle was completely baffled. It was my name, my voice, but I'd just told him...

  18. I think cutsey scrub tops look ridiculous on adult units

    RetiredTooSoon replied to AZO49008's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    When I was working, I was in the OR, so puke green was the only colour we wore. I had a few bonnets made up with flowers on them and in one case, a pink bonnet with yellow ducks; I'd wear that on...

  19. Nudity?

    RetiredTooSoon replied to tlp514's topic in General Students

    We never had to do that. When we learned basic care (Bathing, bed changes with patient in bed, physical exam), we practiced on each other, but wore either shorts and a top or else a swimsuit and...

  20. Top 10 Myths of the "MURSE"

    RetiredTooSoon replied to mikethemurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    Now I know this is a humorous post, but you did ask for an explanation on this one and it is something I've observed before, so you're gonna get it. 1. Depending on the reason for admission, the...

  21. You know you're Old School when...

    RetiredTooSoon replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    My last nursing school rotation in 1996 was Hospice. The manager had me passing meds-20 patients, most on q2h meds, plus meds for BTP. When I said that wasn't exactly how I had envisioned a hospice...

  22. You know you're Old School when...

    RetiredTooSoon replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    Where I did my final rotations, the banana bag was saline with a mix of B

  23. You know you're Old School when...

    RetiredTooSoon replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    I remember reading a book in elementary school about a girl who developed diabetes and had to test her urine twice a day. Insulin was only given morning and night and was not titrated to sugar...

  24. You know you're Old School when...

    RetiredTooSoon replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    there is still a product called bag balm; i know a few moms of babies who use it on their nipples and on baby's bottom. this wouldn't have been used in hospital, but watkins has a product that came in...

  25. Abortion in nursing school rotations?

    RetiredTooSoon replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Students

    Before I go further: In this post, abortion is defined as the intentional destruction of a live fetus before viability. It does not include procedures done to treat miscarriages (sometimes called...