TennNurse

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  1. Intramuscular Injection Sites?

    TennNurse replied to Nurse Bethie's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Wow, I am glad to have seen this thread. Perry & Potter are recommending no longer using dorsogluteal????? Good to know, as another poster pointed out about the potential for lawsuit....

  2. Why would an ICU patient be on Viagra BID (off label use?)

    TennNurse replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Good questions, all. I hope someone here can answer them; I'd like to know as well.

  3. Does anyone love their job?

    TennNurse replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    A year ago I was in the most horrible job imaginable. (See "Bait & Switch" thread from last year) I took a leap of faith, and Lord, did it pay off. I am back in the ER where I belong, and I...

  4. Faith Hill makes fun of nurses!

    TennNurse replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    OK, it's late, and for some reason this just seemed like a good reason to drag out my soapbox. Marie, Steph, LPNtoRN, and rn in 3 years, I could not agree with you more!!! I love country, and few...

  5. Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

    TennNurse replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    also, as an RN, I've learned more tricks that make mine and my patients' lives easier from old LPN's and PCT's than I can count - for example, hooda thought shaving cream could be used in bath water...

  6. If not a nurse...what????

    TennNurse replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you! When I win the lottery and the Nobel, I will be emailing

  7. If not a nurse...what????

    TennNurse replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    (Rolling up sleeves and preparing to delve into unlimited-cash-flow fantasy...) OK, aside from ER nursing and my darlin husband, I am passionate about horses. Riding them, caring for them, training...

  8. Good reads

    TennNurse replied to piscesgirl's topic in General Nursing

    It was All Things Bright and Beautiful, not wise and wonderful, and the author is James Herriot. Great

  9. Good reads

    TennNurse replied to piscesgirl's topic in General Nursing

    It is the same Mary Roach, and she has a new book out, Spook: Scientists Tackles the Afterlife. Available on

  10. Good reads

    TennNurse replied to piscesgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I just finished Predator, and like all the rest of the Scarpetta books, it was excellent. (I just love Scarpetta and if her love life wasn't so miserable, I'd want to be her.) Men who like to read...

  11. Will quiting on a short notice go on my nursing license?

    TennNurse replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    Some posters here may remember a thread I posted last November about the worst job i have ever had in my career- a nurse manager who cut my promised 12-week preceptorship short, then defended herself...

  12. Share Your Saying

    TennNurse replied to angelique777's topic in Nursing Humor

    Just because you are paranoid does NOT mean they're not out to get you. If it is wet and sticky and not yours, do not touch it. Ironing is my second favorite household chore, my first being hitting my...

  13. Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo Woes

    TennNurse replied to Super_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm no MD, but this puzzles me a little. Wouldn't it have been simpler to just switch pills? Maybe you, like a lot of women, just don't tolerate tri-cyclics well and would do better on mono-cyclic...

  14. Evacuation of New Orleans hospital...(link to article inside)

    TennNurse replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    EXACTLY what she said. What an amazing bunch of people we have

  15. Evacuation of New Orleans hospital...(link to article inside)

    TennNurse replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    I just got home from 12 hours in a Memphis ER and patients from New Orleans are flooding in. I never in my life thought I could be so moved by a patient coming to the ER for med refills. These...

  16. Dumbest thing you've done in nursing??

    TennNurse replied to lisa41rn's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I like these stories! I can't recall right offhand anything particularly stupid that I did, but I recently had a long ADD moment and agreed to work a couple of nights, which I just cannot do, and...

  17. Who is your Favorite TV or Movie nurse?

    TennNurse replied to sunnyjohn's topic in General Nursing

    I loved the nurse in the movie Pearl Harbor, the one who ended up marrying Ben Affleck? I'm so tired from work I can't even remember her character's name. But she managed to be ballsy without being...

  18. How can you say you're not paid well?

    TennNurse replied to malusport's topic in Emergency

    Angel, do you work at the

  19. Weekend Travel Assignments

    TennNurse posted a topic in Travel

    I have never done travel nursing, but seems like I remember hearing that some companies offer weekend assignments. Does anyone here know which agencies would be best? I have a baby sister in Los...

  20. imposter nurse????

    TennNurse replied to lllliv's topic in General Nursing

  21. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    TennNurse replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    Little kids whose parents have not firmly established who is the parent/rule maker. Had a 6-year-old brought in last week, 103+ fever (give something at home?? Heavens no!!), and when I went in to...

  22. Funny things you have said but wish you didn't

    TennNurse replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    Of all my faux pas', my very, very, very worst was this: I was earnestly trying to start an IV on a pt who was horrendously difficult to stick. She was in her teens, and she and her mother anxiously...

  23. Discouraged new RN

    TennNurse replied to Southern Belle RN's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    Where in Tennessee are you? Depending on your location and/or your willingness to drive a little ways, you can find a ton of options. I just started a new job in Memphis, which is about an hour away...

  24. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    TennNurse replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Not only did I have a young lady present to the ER with a pimple on her nasal septum, I later retrieved the chart from the "Orders" rack and had to read it twice to believe this doc actually ordered...

  25. Badly needing to vent right now.

    TennNurse replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    Early pregnancy just about always causes one to be overly emotional and easily upset, and if that is one of your contributing factors, then congratulations! (Unless this is bad news, in which case...