oldiebutgoodie

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  1. DUH moments..

    oldiebutgoodie replied to Mommy TeleRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I had a doc with a heavy accent giving me a ton of orders over the phone. I had to ask him to repeat every other order. He got very upset with me, telling me that I needed to get my ears cleaned out!...

  2. Arg!!

    oldiebutgoodie replied to EmmaG's topic in General Nursing

    I drank a lot.

  3. Arg!!

    oldiebutgoodie replied to EmmaG's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, Emmanuel! I feel your pain. I would visit my dad, age 92, who lived 150 miles away (and refused to move in with me, by me, etc.) and noticed scabs all over his poor little bald head. His reply,...

  4. Any outlandish therapy, you've thought up?

    oldiebutgoodie replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    To pass the time while driving to and from nursing school, my carpool-mate and I came up with the idea for a business, "Hospital Hookers, Inc". Hospital Hookers would provide personnel to provide...

  5. A little humor. You might be from Illinois if...

    oldiebutgoodie replied to Pixiesmom's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I grew up in Peoria, IL, and there was a restaurant (Hunt's) which served the pork tenderloin sandwich axactly as you describe above! Size of dinner plate, kinda chewy. Unfortunately, this fine...

  6. Liver Failure R/T cirrhosis

    oldiebutgoodie replied to kwagner_51's topic in General Nursing

    A great site, Daytonite! If only the model wasn't so hairy...

  7. Please Help Me

    oldiebutgoodie replied to Sadeyes07's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was in 2 different ICUs when I got out of school and was miserable. The people I worked with were horrible. Sometimes ICUs just aren't receptive to new grads. I moved to a med-surg unit, the people...

  8. Flip, Turn, Crush & Smear

    oldiebutgoodie replied to sam027000's topic in General Nursing

    In our seriousness, however, once you get out of school, you will be doing a lot of critical thinking and decision making. You are the eyes and ears of the doctor, and you will learn to tell when a...

  9. Flip, Turn, Crush & Smear

    oldiebutgoodie replied to sam027000's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe ya just shove the pill in and ram it down with a rod or something.

  10. Should a telemetry nurse be expected to float to a critical care unit?

    oldiebutgoodie replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    1. If bed on floor not ready 2. If you are still waiting for the okay from the 22 consultants on the case to move pt out of icu 3. If pt family is having a fit about pt moving out of icu 4. If...

  11. CCU Back to the Floor?

    oldiebutgoodie replied to HillNPStudent's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I spent a year in an ICU, and transferred to a MS floor. I hated the ICU personalities, the stress, the shift I was on. My father was ill and then passed away, and I needed a change from the daily...

  12. ICU Nurses with OCD!!!

    oldiebutgoodie replied to nursern20's topic in MICU, SICU

    Good for you! I spent a year working in an ICU, and sometimes it seemed the nurses were more interested that the patient looked pretty than the patient get some rest. For many patients, we could be...

  13. SVT on "Greys Anatomy"

    oldiebutgoodie replied to bluetack's topic in General Nursing

    There's a video on Youtube called "Wenkebach", to the tune of Justin Timberlake's Sexyback. It's done by a bunch of med students in Canada. It's hilarious, and I will forever remember the rhythm and...

  14. Leaving that first job during orientation.

    oldiebutgoodie replied to Elysium_Won's topic in General Nursing

    Here's how I see it-- this impacts YOUR LIFE personally. It impacts her life only in a small way professionally. You need to do what is good for YOU. She's just mad because she is looking worse and...

  15. Any Computer Science majors out there?

    oldiebutgoodie replied to AlisonBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I have an MS in computer science from 1989, and a BSN from 2005. The nursing BSN was harder.

  16. Smelling Cancer?

    oldiebutgoodie replied to MikeyJ's topic in General Nursing

    My thinking as well. For example, on one floor I worked on, there was a nurse who could "smell c-diff". However, usually the c-diff toxin test came back negative. Yes, certain things can have certain...

  17. I Have An Idea; Please Don't Steal It; Many Witnesses Here

    oldiebutgoodie replied to jill48's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.minimed.com/ This device doesn't automatically administer the insulin, but does continuous monitoring. "It is important that you continue to use your meter to confirm sensor glucose...

  18. Critical Thinking

    oldiebutgoodie replied to ta2wndrnrs's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I don't know a web site, but I can think of a few questions -- They may seem stupid, but there are nursing students who have had these issues: 1. You try to listen to pt's heart, can't hear any...

  19. Thank you letter after job offer?

    oldiebutgoodie replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

    I would just send an e-mail saying "Thank you for the offer--I look forward to joining your team".

  20. Vent: Admits and discharges

    oldiebutgoodie posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello, all, I am just so aggravated about admits and discharges. At our hospital, even if the doc has written orders, we often have to call him/her back because they didn't: 1. Reconcile the home meds...

  21. How long will someone survive after removal of life support?

    oldiebutgoodie replied to GeminiQueen's topic in General Nursing

    I chose my 93 year old father to be on comfort care starting on a Sunday. His BP was 55/35 for several days. My son, who was in the Air Force, was able to come and see him on Tuesday evening (we had...

  22. Vent: Admits and discharges

    oldiebutgoodie replied to oldiebutgoodie's topic in General Nursing

    Yes! The patient I was writing about was taking Viagra, and the MD checked the box to continue Viagra Q HS. Pharmacy called me very worried about the order, wondering if pt had pulmonary hypertension....

  23. New graduate nurse needing help

    oldiebutgoodie replied to nikniknurse's topic in General Nursing

    Use the Kaplan book for strategy, and the Saunders book for content.

  24. let's help ea other A&P fall 2007

    oldiebutgoodie replied to RN28MD's topic in General Nursing

    You are welcome to use the web site I put together when taking A&P a few years ago. It has interactive tutorials to anatomy. http://www.thehotflash.com/ap112/default.htm

  25. Graduation Speech HELP PLEASE!!

    oldiebutgoodie replied to ale_kat03's topic in General Nursing

    I was the graduation speaker 2 years ago at my nursing school. My speech was, "Nursing is a Team Sport". Good luck,