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  1. Can I put my hands in your hair?

    zamboni replied to catlynLPN's topic in General Nursing

    You said she wasn't paying attention in class and will be whining about tests. Now it's because her hair playing was on someone who may not have liked it. That's an awfully far leap to say that...

  2. Can I put my hands in your hair?

    zamboni replied to catlynLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Why do you assume that? Not everyone needs to stare at the instructor during lecture. I used to doodle in class during lectures...I'm talking lots of trees died because of my habit! But I was still...

  3. Can I put my hands in your hair?

    zamboni replied to catlynLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto. A lot of my coworkers will play with my ponytail and I have a few friends who will kinda tug on it as a greeting when they come up behind me, as I do to them. Of course, these are all people...

  4. Question about Phenergan and tachycardia SE...

    zamboni posted a topic in Emergency

    The other night, I had a patient with gastritis, puking their heart out. Doc orders 25 mg Phenergan IV and 0.5 Dilaudid IV. We usually use Zofran, but the patient had a long list of allergies that...

  5. Help me find the positive in this

    zamboni replied to Faeriewand's topic in Emergency

    When I started at my ER, I was hired as a paramedic in the department. But to get the hours I needed at the time, they moved folks around and I was the US on one of my days. I had never worked at a...

  6. Do you think there will be a nursing "draft" someday?

    zamboni replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    Where is euthanasia legal? Just

  7. Whataburger - a Texas gem!

    zamboni replied to TheCommuter's topic in Texas Nursing

    This is slightly off topic...but I've been looking at my food budget lately and I'm finding that, as a single person, it's almost cheaper for me to eat out rather than cook at home. Last night, I...

  8. Dog Fight (scary kid stories Mom & Nurse)

    zamboni replied to student-with-no-life's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. Umm... you can't use Liquid Bandaid on a puncture wound. He needs to be seen by a doc, especially since it's bleeding through. Go to a doc in the box if he won't go to an ER. He needs to be...

  9. Lovenox and a bleed? grrr

    zamboni replied to Imuneek2002's topic in General Nursing

    And If the doc had told you to hold the med, it's possible that the following shift would have filled your head with visions of courtrooms when the patient develops a DVT. There will always be...

  10. Laser Tattoo Removal

    zamboni replied to Scrubby's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in the process of having one removed. I tried to go the laser route, but after one treatment, I ended up with a draining "burn" on my hand (where the tat is...yeah, I wasn't a real bright 16 year...

  11. Graduation Songs

    zamboni replied to sg6307's topic in General Nursing

    "For Good" from the musical

  12. AIDS patient ?

    zamboni replied to mikemay1969's topic in General Nursing

    It's possible that, with the second question, they are trying to determine if there is a learning need based on the answer. If a student answers with the oft heard paranoia, then the instructor can...

  13. Accidental arterial stick !!!

    zamboni replied to Li'lOne's topic in Emergency

    I was in on a code once where, during the IV attempts, we managed to get bilaterals at the same time. Cool, eh? Well, everyone is doing their thing and someone notices blood backing up into one of...

  14. inside the mind of a nurse.....

    zamboni replied to ERRN92's topic in General Nursing

    My only motto is..."Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first." Seriously though, I only do two things that stem from working in emergency medicine. One, I always tell my loved ones that I love them...

  15. HIV from bed linens?

    zamboni replied to Guest999's topic in General Nursing

    Nor can you get HIV from them putting their arm around

  16. Question about Phenergan and tachycardia SE...

    zamboni replied to zamboni's topic in Emergency

    Initially, I didn't have them on a monitor because, well...it was gastritis. Plus, they were getting up to go to the BR every few minutes. When they tached out, I put them on the monitor quick like...

  17. Where are all the happy nurses?

    zamboni replied to NPs4health's topic in General Nursing

    I'm also at an HCA in Texas, and I love where I work. The pay is good, and I have been treated very well by the wonderful folks in my ER. Sure, there are things about policy that may not thrill me....

  18. Does this scare anyone but me?!?!?!?!?

    zamboni replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry your husband was so sick, but it's possible that they didn't medicate his pain due to it being undiagnosed abdominal pain. A lot of docs won't give pain meds in that case, due to it masking...

  19. Does this scare anyone but me?!?!?!?!?

    zamboni replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    My assessment includes a very subtle "pat down". We confiscate weapons, and sign them over to security. I've done it to "regular" patients and police officers. Our policy backs us up, and is the...

  20. How do you convice elderly people of certain things?

    zamboni replied to justme1972's topic in General Nursing

    I've got some Mrs Butterworths here that's around 7 years old that I use when I accidently run out of the good stuff. Hasn't killed me yet. The Kiddo's grandparents were all Depression babies, or...

  21. Ethics: Does it bother you when people are in nursing to make money?

    zamboni replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I'll admit it. I'm in nursing for the money. I also enjoy taking care of people, and being there to walk them through the scariest times in their life (like that life threatening hangnail! LOL!) I...

  22. family thinks I'm MD

    zamboni replied to trmr's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I don't mind using my experience to help family and friends. Years ago, when my mom needed a chole, I went toe to toe with a surgeon that wasn't providing the care that I knew she needed (and...

  23. February NCLEX takers.....

    zamboni replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Feb 7th...with a couple of friends. We're all just ready to be done with this and move

  24. Grapevine, TX

    zamboni replied to maryloufu's topic in Texas Nursing

    I grew up in GV, and after a few years of wandering the state, have lived here again for the past 7 or so years. So, I guess most of my life. We do have Baylor Grapevine for our hospital, although I...

  25. DNR tattoos...

    zamboni replied to MerdalRN's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't honour a DNR tattoo...but I would sure ask for the patient's forgiveness before I started to