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  1. My CROCS made me fall tonight..

    TennNurse replied to jodyangel's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I did the croc stop every time I wore the darn things, and while they certainly were not uncomfortable, I did not find them to be the saving grace so many here have raved about. I'm pretty sure I had...

  2. Should I tell my friend or not?

    TennNurse replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm almost never the lone dissenter in any discussion, but what I can't help thinking is that if I were in your friend's shoes, I'd want to be told. If I was let go from a job because of lack of...

  3. Can someone help me find this thread?

    TennNurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    At the badgering of my husband the writer, I am putting together some essays on nursing, and I wanted to open with that list of Rules for the Floor Nurse, or something like that, that I saw posted on...

  4. Can someone help me find this thread?

    TennNurse replied to TennNurse's topic in General Nursing

    That's it! Thank

  5. Your Favorite one liner used with patients

    TennNurse replied to scaredofshots's topic in Nursing Humor

    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::roll I laughed so hard I wheezed! Please come work with me, I love people who make me laugh. These remind me of a sharp LOL in by ambulance that I was triaging in the room....

  6. Your Favorite one liner used with patients

    TennNurse replied to scaredofshots's topic in Nursing Humor

    I had a pt a few years ago who was just inexplicably afraid of her IV start. She fussed and fretted and made pitiful little squeaking noises and finally concluded that the best way for her to get...

  7. Rules for the ER (long)

    TennNurse replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    Wow. I am humbled. So well

  8. Intimidation and Threats in Nursing School

    TennNurse replied to Pianoforte's topic in General Nursing

    OP: You've gotten some good advice here. From scary experience I know that it is important to leave a paper trail. Get a restraining order!!! Make sure the details of previous threats and carrying...

  9. SOS d/t Extreme Stupidity

    TennNurse posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    OK, OB nurses, I need your expertise. This does not leave this forum, OK?? I have only been on Desogen for 10 years or so, and still find it so easy to forget to take the dam* thing. Here is what I...

  10. Stupid Nurse Trick... Don't try this at home... or work!

    TennNurse replied to TXRN02's topic in Nursing Humor

    I was wearing new Danskos yesterday and just lost control of my left ankle. Fortunately I did not fall on my head, but the stumble-and-catch dance was certainly not missed by my pt or his wife. They...

  11. Miracles we have seen

    TennNurse replied to Laught3r's topic in General Nursing

    I was just about to start a thread on this very topic. Over the last 2 days I've had the opportunity to witness a miracle with my mom. Two days ago, my mom, a high school teacher in her last semester...

  12. Ever seen this??

    TennNurse replied to vamedic4's topic in Emergency

    There is one neurologist in town who gives his migraine patients little business cards with their magic doses of demerol and phenergan hand-written on them, and rare is the day we don't get 7 or 8 of...

  13. Memphis hospitals - Please help

    TennNurse replied to Patzy's topic in General Nursing

    Great! When are you coming? How soon can you be here?? I do not work at any of the places you mentioned, though I have done some agency at St Francis and it wasn't too bad. Baptist has earned its...

  14. Best Thanksgiving Complaints

    TennNurse replied to JRapha'sRN's topic in Emergency

    Just this minute I roomed and assessed a lady walking with a stooped gait and c/o back pain after "over-exerting self yesterday cooking and cleaning and lifting pots and pans". :rotfl: :rotfl:...

  15. Wisconsin Nurse being charged with criminal neglect

    TennNurse replied to psalm_55's topic in General Nursing

    WOW. Jolie, so well said.

  16. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    TennNurse replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

  17. Emergency Nurses, what is it about ER that you love?

    TennNurse replied to Razorbacks's topic in Emergency

    Yes! To all of that! This is why we all end up here. TouchstoneRN hit the nail right on the head. We have so much more autonomy than the nurses on the floors (one of the reasons I left the floor)...

  18. phone calls no outsider would believe

    TennNurse replied to JBudd's topic in Emergency

    I knew it! Thank you so much for confirming this long-held suspicion. I know this site is G-rated, and so in the interest of delicacy, I will just say that my wonderful new husband's many talents...

  19. phone calls no outsider would believe

    TennNurse replied to JBudd's topic in Emergency

    we had a lady call one night and ask our unit secretary, "do i need to come in if i have a high diabolical blood pressure?" he immediately told her that she needed help if she had a diabolical...

  20. Rantings of a young new ER nurse.

    TennNurse replied to DaretoDreamRN's topic in Emergency

    My, I do believe that we work with the same unit secretary. Your not in Memphis, are you?? Like you, when I was in nursing school, I never dreamed how utterly miserable the secretary could make your...

  21. Rules for the ER (long)

    TennNurse replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

  22. Sticking a patient twice?

    TennNurse replied to ghost's topic in Emergency

    We've always done it this way- RN starts the IV, draws a rainbow from it, flushes with NS, and pt is all set to go with one stick. However...... Went to work yesterday and one of the techs told me...

  23. what the heck are medical assistant schools doing !

    TennNurse replied to lauralassie's topic in General Nursing

    OMG. I never knew MA schools were saying all this. I started out 11 years ago in an MA program, because I had an inkling that I might like this field, but with no prior exp wasn't sure. I'd...

  24. Near MIss! Evil Ex- NM rises from dead

    TennNurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    I know there are those of y'all out there who remember my posting nearly 2 years ago about my horrible job (see "Bait & Swithch tactics at New Job" 12/04) and my unbelievably obtuse manager. The...

  25. Your Worst Mistake

    TennNurse replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :roll :roll This is the funniest da*n thing I have ever heard!!! 20 minutes after reading this I am still laughing at it! My eyes are watering and I am...