NurseChick

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1. Chewing Ice!!!

   NurseChick replied to LadyBugLass's topic in General Nursing

   My 15 year old daughter goes through so many ice cube trays full a day it drives me crazy! She only puts in about 1/4 full of water to freeze them into small cubes. I originally thought about pica...

2. Have you ever gone in to find a patient dead? What happened?

   NurseChick replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

   I was working one afternoon at a LTC facility and hadn't been and aide for very many months, and therefore hadn't seem many dead people. A lady was sitting in the hallway in a geri chair, and she had...

3. Real 911 calls.....

   NurseChick replied to RosesrReder's topic in Nursing Humor

   I work in a LTC facility and we had a lady one time who called 911 to tell them she couldn't get her bra off. The dispatcher got a chuckle out of it also when they called to tell us they had her on...

4. You know you've been a nurse for way too long when...

   NurseChick replied to jalvino1's topic in General Nursing

   I noticed one night when we were watching one of the medical shows on tv, and it was pretty grafic. The kids and I were all eating popcorn and just watching tv. I looked at them and told them they...

5. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   NurseChick replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   I work in a LTC facilty on night shift and I have a few to share! Several years ago when I was an aide, a gentleman had passed away. Not too long after that we were having a severe thunderstorm one...

6. Thyroid Problem

   NurseChick replied to hrjang's topic in General Nursing

   When I was 17, I was diagnosed with Grave's Disease or hyperthyroidism. I also drank the radioactive iodine and have taken synthroid ever since. I go in for yearly bloodwork to monitor it. If you...

7. Does it help being a CNA in Nursing School?

   NurseChick replied to alexsb1116's topic in General Nursing

   When I started nursing school, I had been and CNA and then a Med Aide. I think it helped me a great deal to have some knowledge under my belt before I began nursing school. Granted, it's not much...

8. Inappropriate relationship with pt?

   NurseChick replied to DeeDee*'s topic in Nursing Professionalism

   I work at a LTC facility and we had a CNA, that the staff felt, was having a relationship with a gentlemen there. Other staff would walk into the room and find her laying in bed with him. Other...

9. Always Wear Your Underwear

   NurseChick replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

   We had a male CNA that started at our nursing home. He would wear white scrub pants with white boxers that had blue polka dots underneath. The problem was that you could see them at all times! He...

10. Need advice on working nights

    NurseChick replied to J Lynn's topic in General Nursing

    I love working night shift! My husband works every weekend from Friday through Monday, so my schedule is basically the same except for I do rotating weekends. I am off during the week when he is. I...

11. HIPAA violation?

    NurseChick replied to moni rn's topic in General Nursing

    Is there some type of hippa policy for employees? Our D.O.N. talks to staff members about people on our staff. She has told one LPN about another LPN and told her to keep an eye on her. (She had...

12. Anyone sick of working weekends????

    NurseChick replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

    My husband works 12hr shifts every Fri-Mon, so his "weekends" are Tues-Wed-Thurs. Those are always my days off too. I work night shift at a LTC facility, so I feel I have quite a bit of time to do...