TennNurse

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  1. lidocaine for IV starts?

    TennNurse replied to NativeTexan's topic in Emergency

    I must confess to an embarrassing ignorance here. No place I ever worked or school I ever studied at has ever mentioned this. How is it done? How much do you use? I work in a very small ER, and...

  2. Was this really routine? On partial birth abortions

    TennNurse replied to geekgolightly's topic in Ob/Gyn

    There are those of us who have thought on this issue long and hard and have come to a different conclusion than you. My words (almost) exactly. I believe strongly in the right to disagree, and I also...

  3. Was this really routine? On partial birth abortions

    TennNurse replied to geekgolightly's topic in Ob/Gyn

    One would think by now that I would have learned to stay out of this discussion, and I really did mean to, but a couple of things have caught my attention here. I was surprised to see the word...

  4. Different shift differentials for LPN's and RN's

    TennNurse replied to PsychNrse's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I'm sorry to say that I do know what you mean. I was an LPN for 3 years before finishing my RN, and I remember very well some utterly asinine tactics employed by administration that seemed to have no...

  5. Different shift differentials for LPN's and RN's

    TennNurse replied to PsychNrse's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I'm not in Ohio, but I know a couple of hospitals in Tennessee that do that. Seems very wrong to me; if you're going to compensate people a little extra for working the hours normal people don't...

  6. confrontation in the workplace

    TennNurse replied to fluffybear's topic in General Nursing

  7. Why, would any RN oppose requiring a BSN for all future nurses?

    TennNurse replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Bluesky,this was in response to one of Roland's posts, when he talked about Medicare and how he would handle immigration issues. Not my sentiments at all!!

  8. CPNE Why the long wait???

    TennNurse replied to upgreach's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I took my CPNE a few weeks ago, and when I scheduled they told me that different sites have different wait times. Atlanta is closer to me, but Plano got me in sooner, so that's where I went. Also, I...

  9. Why, would any RN oppose requiring a BSN for all future nurses?

    TennNurse replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    OK, I've read through the 90+ opinions posted on this issue, hoping to find some way to engage in my favorite and most comfortable pasttime, that of saying, "OK, I see your point." However, I have...

  10. Lingo

    TennNurse replied to JACALA_CL's topic in Emergency

    OK, I did live in New Mexico for 7 years, but I am from Tennessee and have no idea what the Hysterical Hispanic stuff is all about. Can someone please explain that to me? In return, I offer the...

  11. Your last day in the ER

    TennNurse replied to teeituptom's topic in Emergency

    :roll :roll :roll :roll :roll Please, please, please can we include the ones who look at me blankly and say, "Well, I don't know...... 8 or 9 maybe??" Splendid idea,

  12. Why is the term client used instead of patient?

    TennNurse replied to LauraLou's topic in General Nursing

    Originally posted by CarolineRN: I don't like the term client. I've resisted it so much that when I was in Nursing school, when my texts used the word "client," I automatically inserted patient in my...

  13. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    TennNurse replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    If you have an IUD, try to avoid intercourse with men who have member rings. Hoops, especially, are mightily attracted to those little strings. However, please don't take this advice to mean you...

  14. In One Sentence; if you weren't a nurse, you'd be a ________

    TennNurse replied to OCCHCanada's topic in General Nursing

    Amen and hallelujah to that! I'd be a foster mom for every one of the 90,000+ horses in this country who end up at the packing plants every

  15. Too much testosterone at work- frisky doctors

    TennNurse replied to Rapheal's topic in General Nursing

    Mattsmom, you do make a point with which it is impossible to argue. The fact is, there are some women out there who make the rest of us look bad. I've been reading this board for two years and I've...

  16. Too much testosterone at work- frisky doctors

    TennNurse replied to Rapheal's topic in General Nursing

    Let your conversation be work related only and cut out the small talk with those pervs and 90% of this should be eliminated. [/b] Gracious me, what a relief! How silly of that OP not to have thought...

  17. The fatting of America.

    TennNurse replied to tgibson3770's topic in General Nursing

  18. patient lingo...

    TennNurse replied to athomas91's topic in Emergency

    One of our patients showed up on L&D, ready to be seduced. Another lady let me know that her surgery was supposed to be just on her bladder, but as long as they were in there, could they go...

  19. I've Had It! Nursing is NOT what it use to be!

    TennNurse replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    Boy, do you need a hug! ((((())))) Do you really hate what you do, or just where you do it and the people you do it for? This may not be an area you're interested in pursuing, but it may be worth...

  20. Freak Accident! (sorry kinda long)

    TennNurse replied to TheMagicCookie's topic in General Nursing

    Now that your infection is cleared up, I'm interested in your horses. What do you show? I've got a 3 year old that needs some direction in his life, so I'm always interested in what others are...

  21. Prozac for PMS

    TennNurse replied to Jamiers's topic in General Nursing

    You poor thing! PMS is truly a horrible curse. My sister has it even worse than I do, and she was taking Prozac for a while, but she said the same thing you did and stopped taking it. It worked...

  22. Welcome to the ER. Please observe the following rules. (mild rant)

    TennNurse replied to V. Nightingale's topic in Emergency

    Ditto, ditto, ditto. I applaud the ability of the nurses on this thread to address their frustration not with hostility and rudeness, but with humor and an obvious desire to vent to someone other...

  23. A nurses poem- for those who haven't read it yet

    TennNurse replied to leesonlpn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'm speechless... what an eloquent expression of the frustrations that are such a part of nursing today. You truly have a gift, and it would be a shame to see this go

  24. vegetative state

    TennNurse replied to kat57's topic in General Nursing

    Not nice, sjoe. Was there a reason for this comment or were you just

  25. Morning Sickness

    TennNurse replied to EMTPTORN's topic in General Nursing

    If it's a non-medical approach you're looking for, a lot of my OB pts would drink Pregnancy Tea. That is actually the name of it, and you can get it in health food stores. I'm told it trememdously...