Silkybo

My dream is to do a short term volunteer project with MEDICO, a non sectarian group in Texas that sends health professionals and students to do one or two week clinics in Honduras and Nicaragua. They charge a reasonable fee, most of the money being u...

Yep, we have 2 docs that always do that as well. Manners. So simple, so powerful, so sadly endangered...

One of my faves is "Ativan, Ativan, also known as Lorezapam" sung to the tune of "Spiderman". Another is the catchline from the Offspring's Come Out and Play rephrased as "Ya gotta keep em all sedated"!

One of my most vivid: This was a few years ago when I was a brand new med-surg nurse. I dreamed our charge nurse let me know I was getting an admit, and the patient was already in the room. I walked into the room and found writhing in the bed a very ...

I stepped wrong off a loose concrete step in my cousin's garage. HURT. tried to stand up, absolutely not a possibility. My immediate thought was "oh, this isn't good." Since I was on vacation visiting family, had to be taken to local ER about 30 coun...

One night I too had a patient who was knocking on heaven's door. Her hair had been put in a ponytail and was very matted, almost like a dreadlock. My awesome nursing assistant spent over an hour carefully bathing this homeless, substance addicted lad...

I usually replay in such a way a to be superficially polite, but make then realize how condecending they are being. Wow, thanks Nancy Nurse, for pointing out that we try and leave our patients clean and dry. I'm awfullly sorry he got out of his 5 poi...

yes, In FL we can pronounce inpatients if the death is not unexpected....always been fuzzy on how that is defined, but I've made many pronouncements, then informed MD and supervisor, never been told my pronouncement wasn't valid

truly beautiful yet dignified, not maudlin....dankeschoen

I think its the O'Jays....early 70's soul/funk band. I remember it, can sing it, not sure about the band. None of the lyrics engines I can find go back that far. I found out today I'm old enough to be the ER tech's mommy! Where was I when we went and...

crackacardia....the arhythmia caused by too much cocaine whackacardia....the (apparent) arhythymia caused by patient masturbating

I've always loved the smell and taste of Fletcher's Castoria, a children's rootbeer flavoured laxative...it has a new name now, I'm not sure what. Dopamine surely does smell of sweat. Rocephin and Fortaz are representatives of the catpiss family of a...

a determined patient can CHEW thru their foley tubing. Not the soft rubber of the catheter itself, the clear plastic connected to the bag. I guess it helped that she had a gold tooth.

I have several print sets, matching tops and bottoms with such motifs as strawberries, tropical fish, etc. Fortunately for me, my mom is a professional seamstress and craft coach, and we design my scrubs together with special features like zip shut p...

Whenever a death affects me a little bit more than average, cuz I got attached or it was sudden, I have to play Dont Fear the Reaper at cerebral hemmorage volume and sob my eyes out, and then Im better. Very few hard rock bands have the poetic depth ...

when I was born in 1969, my dad tried to follow my mom into the delivery room. The nurse barred his way, saying "you can't go in there, you aren't sterile!" my dad replied "damn right I'm not, how do you think she got that way?"

I have done nights for years, and have no trouble with it. However, sometimes I have to leave my vampire reality to attend an inservice or staff meeting or dentist appointment or baby shower or something and function in the daytime. EEK. Provigil is ...

My best advice is get comfortable. Sit down in a chair, adjust the patient's bed, kneel on the floor, whatever you have to do so you aren't in an ackward position. If your back is hurting or you are at a funny angle, its harder to get the stick. Also...

there is an 18 year old in the UK. The little girl I know was on Maury Povitch's show at age 7. Its rare, but possible.

I have taken care of a child with this condition. She was about 9 years old at the time and was never expected to live so long. She is lovely, articulate, and an ambassador for her condition. She has a peg as well as eating normally to fulfill her nu...

Lower Keys Medical Center in Key West and Fisherman's Hopital in Marathon are HMA affiliates, use contract nurses mostly for ER and ICU, some med/surg and peds. You can contact them directly via websites...very short staffed especially nights right ...

Hey yall...I am trying to organize a volunteer graduation trip for my ADN class for 1 yr from now. Im looking for a reputable organization to go with for 1 week to 10 days in Central/South America or the Caribbean for a reasonable price. We'd like to...

I can't imagine wearing makeup...this is what I look like...no artificial colours. When men are expected to wear makeup everyday too, perhaps Id consider it. Until then its sexist to think I don't look presentable without paint but my male coworkers ...

Charge for your transcripts. charge a LOT. So much that no one in their right mind would agree to buy them, like $100 buck per lecture. That way, you send a message that your time and work is valuable, and you don't actually have to share your hard w...

Everyone I know with fibromyalgia is A. A hypochondriac B. Clinically depressed or C. a drug seeker. I dont believe in this diagnosis. Throwing oxycontin at aches and pains is like killing mosquitos with a sledgehammer. I am not against appropriate p...