nursefrances BSN, RN

Ambulatory Surgery, Ophthalmology, Tele

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  1. "They got rid of the breakroom years ago but kept the door up as a monument to forever remember the room everyone forgot to use. Umm....Jim? Why do have a shovel and why is it blowing
  2. Guy 1: What are you waiting for? Guy 2: The Twilight Zone theme to start
  3. Knock knock knockin' on heavens
  4. I have previous experience as a certified ophthalmic assistant prior to becoming an RN and now have 3 1/2 years of bedside nursing experience in Telemetry. I am currently researching becoming an...
  5. For a short time 20 years ago I cut hair, I consider myself a "people person". I also worked as a medical assistant (certified ophthamic assistant to eye surgeons, and Lasik technician) for 13-14...
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    Joke: What's the fastest?

    A patient told me this joke the other day: Four guys are hanging out talking and they get into a discussion of what is the fastest thing in the world. Guy #1 says, "I think the fastest thing is a...
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    October 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    Unlucky Larry may finally give up on his "dream" of becoming a nurse. Nurse instructor: "Ok Larry, what happened THIS
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    October 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    GoLightly. It's not very "light" is
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    October 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    If you did't have the green stuff all over you, the way you're standing would look so funny. Well, it still does and I can't help myself: (in a Southern drawl) Howdy partner!
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    October 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    Ok, so I would guesstimate that to be about 60 mls of green bile. It's pretty easy: that's 60, a full shirt front is 100. There are some fluids that are a little more difficult to measure this way but...
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    October 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    (In a Yoda voice) Mmmm....Green you are. Wash you
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    October 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    You know you kind of look like a muppet. Can you talk like Kermit the
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    October 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    (Singing) You're a mean one....Mr.
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    October 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    Just got back from the potluck? I guess all the avocado dip is gone and I really wanted to try some too! Darn! Hey, wait right here I'm going to go get a taco
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    October 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    Ummm....I think you got a little something on your face
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    October 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    Sheesh Bob. I know you have a habit of wolfing down your lunch so you can get back to your patients but this is
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    October 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    Hey Fred, you're looking a little green today. Green with envy? A little green around the gills? Ok, I'm done. (Sigh) I will go get you a towel and some wet naps, and maybe some eyedrops, and....some...
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    October 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    There's a llama in the E.D.? Are you sure? Wow! I guess now I've seen
  19. I was thinking about how many nurses I know who were waitresses/servers before becoming nurses. I think this comes in handy because you learn how to multi-task, how to work in a fast paced/stressfull...
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    June 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    Bill, are you seeing two of me again? This happens every time you work
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    The nurse call button - Yikes!

    My all time favorite actually did not involve the call light at all. It was when the patient was calling the charge nurse and unit manager for broth or hot chocolate (2 separate stays). Oh no, she...
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    Funny things patients say !

    This reminds me of a little boy I screened in an eye clinic once. I was checking his vision. He couldn't read yet so we use Capital "E"s, called tumbling "E"s, they are turned on their side or with...
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    What does your username mean?

    I recently changed my name. "NF" are the initials of my previous user name and now I work with eyes. I am fulfilling my twenty year long dream of becoming an eye
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    You Know You're A Nurse If...

    We had automatic paper towel dispensers at the last hospital where I worked. Once on my day off I was in a public restroom and I washed my hands then proceeded to wave my wet hand under the paper...
  25. To some of the patients I have started IVs on in the past: Yes, I understand...that needle did hurt a bit. It is.....a needle, you know. I'm sorry, I don't like needles either but some people think...