nursefrances BSN, RN

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    How bad do you want to be a nurse?

    nursefrances replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    I was thinking back to a time when I was still at the junior college doing pre-reqs. I took anatomy and physics one summer. Classes were Monday-Thursday. I had physics from 8am-12pm then anatomy from...
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    Silly random nursing thoughts, one sentence, NO JUDGMENTAL FOLKS ALLOWED

    nursefrances replied to wooh's topic in Nursing Humor

    I actually imagined the sound in my head when I read
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    February 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    nursefrances replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    Nurse: "Boom! The bed is made and hourly rounding is done. Yep, that's how I
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    Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    nursefrances replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Not anymore but in the past: Why are you upset when I can't get everything done and have to pass something off to you once yet you do this
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    It's end of shift and I'm leaving on time. Not!

    nursefrances replied to nursefrances's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh yes, I forgot about the "5 minutes left in shift" chest pain. Or the ostomy bag that wants to leak and not reseal at the end of shift. Those are fun too. Another that made me almost laugh was the...
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    How do you cheer yourself after a bad day at work?

    nursefrances replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I remember coming home after a horrible day at work. I checked my email. And there it was the allnurses.com email with the latest threads, etc. I hadn't been on AN in a while since graduating from...
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    February 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    nursefrances replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    Sorry to interrupt the caption contest but I didn't know what this meant and my curiosity made me google it. For those of you, like myself, who are not familiar with the above quote, it was a...
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    What age did you complete your BSN or ASN?

    nursefrances replied to mee9mee9's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    BSN-36
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    Stupid Nurse Tricks (Or How To Look Incredibly Stupid)

    nursefrances replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Oooh, you reminded me of the time I did something similar with a bottle of mannitol. I didn't realize there was a special spike piece for our type of tubing. I spiked the bottle and the whole rubber...
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    Stupid Nurse Tricks (Or How To Look Incredibly Stupid)

    nursefrances replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Posting just to make you feel better. Not nursing related: While at a mexican restaurant eating chips ans salsa, I took a bite of a tortilla chip. Somehow in mid-bite a piece of the chip flies upward...
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    February 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    nursefrances replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    At the end of working a double shift Nurse Marie realized she was still at work and NOT dreaming about working in a pizza
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    "Many of your classmates will not be nurses"

    nursefrances replied to JoseQuinones's topic in General Students

    It sounds like the OP attends a school that uses the quarter system instead of semesters. The school I went to also used the quarter system. If I recall, I believe there are 10 weeks in a quarter and...
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    Stupid Nurse Tricks (Or How To Look Incredibly Stupid)

    nursefrances replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    The other day I was covering for the circulator during a long case in the OR. The scrub tech sneezed. A few seconds later the surgeon sneezed. He stopped what he was doing, turned around and looked at...
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    Stupid Nurse Tricks (Or How To Look Incredibly Stupid)

    nursefrances replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Curse you bladder irrigation clamps! I worked on a tele floor and once in a great while I would get a CBI patient. One of the urologists was a CBI tyrant who would rant how HE didn't like HIS...
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    February 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    nursefrances replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    Nurse Jane soon realized that her new patient is a personal trainer. "Ok, Nurse Jane lets do one more set of reps then we'll switch to your left arm. Ready...go! One and two....and and two. Feel the...
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    Dealing with Death...

    nursefrances replied to alth's topic in General Nursing

    The first time a patient died during my shift I had some warning from the doctor and the dialysis nurse. The patient was not doing well during dialysis. The dialysis nurse paged the doctor to come by....
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    Stupid Nurse Tricks (Or How To Look Incredibly Stupid)

    nursefrances replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Hooking up a piggy back bag and forgetting to clamp the tubing thus doing my best firefighter impression of IV "fire hose" spraying across the room. Eventually.......I quit doing this. It took a few...
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    Stupid Nurse Tricks (Or How To Look Incredibly Stupid)

    nursefrances replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

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    Stupid Nurse Tricks (Or How To Look Incredibly Stupid)

    nursefrances replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    LOVING these stories! Before I was a nurse: Coworker goes home early "sick" and happens to be in the nail salon across the street when a little old lady drives into the front window of the nail...
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    February 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    nursefrances replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    I see you watched the figure skating competition last
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    Why do you visit allnurses.com?

    nursefrances replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    I enjoy the breakroom. I also like to give encouragement and mentor students and new grads. Yep, I love it
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    Thank you!

    nursefrances replied to ivikatasha's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree. So happy for you.
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    Precepting Questions

    nursefrances replied to JLA's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I was on telemetry during my last quarter as a student. I was hired on this floor after completing school. There is a med-surg component to it which is good/well rounded. Many of our patients had CHF,...
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    Nursing school sucks!

    nursefrances replied to utadahikaru's topic in General Students

    During one of the hardest quarters in nursing school, after a long lecture, my teachers (2 ladies, one is an ICU/critical care nurse, the other an NP) made the whole class stand up and stretch. They...
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    Lessons From the Super Bowl

    nursefrances replied to Guttercat's topic in General Nursing

    Liking this thread. On a side note- Best quote I have heard so far: "Did you know there was a football game going on at the Bruno Mars