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  1. Should nurses go back to wearing all white?

    laughingfairy replied to stbernardclub's topic in General Nursing

    My mom worked in the era of all white nursing uniforms, starch stains and all...and guess what my chore was from the age of 9 laundry. Swore I'd never wear a white uniform again. Funny thing is a...

  2. They found a dead bird!! cause for concern??

    laughingfairy replied to FutureNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    LICE!!!! Honestly we found a dead bird last summer. No sign of injury but DNREC told us only a few birds are tested for west nile, and to be more concerned about lice,fleas and maybe ticks... I got...

  3. Show and Tell in the Second Grade

    laughingfairy replied to AmyB's topic in Nursing Humor

    :roll :roll oh no wait a minute that's going to be my little drama queen in a couple of

  4. Again..Problems with the Comfort measures Only Orders

    laughingfairy replied to burger914's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    [quote name=elkpark PS, laughingfairy -- DNR means "do not resuscitate," not "do not treat anything" ... I'm sorry if I was not clear. That is what I meant. We have a number of docs and/or families...

  5. Again..Problems with the Comfort measures Only Orders

    laughingfairy replied to burger914's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What I have been taught is DNR does not mean do not treat. Same with comfort care. Was this change part of the natural progression of her illness, such as NPO due to asperation and the family refused...

  6. Med not available

    laughingfairy replied to dotter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    recently my state went to a pre-approval process for a LONG list of meds. All long acting pain meds, duragesic patches, cox 2 inhibitors, any poly pharmacy, and on and on. What has happened because of...

  7. Personnal lives or reckless?

    laughingfairy replied to Still Riding's topic in General Nursing

    Spelling is important, but I for one blame nursing for destroying my perfect grammer. You are taught to write in fragments. You give report in fragments. If you are a research nurse and writing...

  8. Nursing Editorial

    laughingfairy replied to MellowOne's topic in General Nursing

    That was awsome...but I can see why the hospital didn't like it... Maybe you should develop a pen

  9. supervisor's policy list

    laughingfairy replied to canoehead's topic in Nursing Humor

    14)If you walk out because you don't like the assignment /don't call out timely/in any way don't make it to work in a timely manner A) Do NOT try to say the supervisor said it was okay because the...

  10. caths.question

    laughingfairy replied to PCGrad06's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Forgot to say what the other one was. The guy had "false channels" occording to the urologist. He ended up using guide wires and a scope and eventually OR for a superpubic cause nothing was going in...

  11. caths.question

    laughingfairy replied to PCGrad06's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    ...and don't forget those women who you actually have to point for the lady parts and up..As if it is almost in the lady parts...seriously I was never told about it in school and the first time I...

  12. The WAR between days and nights!

    laughingfairy replied to stretch thin's topic in General Nursing

    If you think shift to shift is ugly you should see the downright fights between Mon-Fri and weekend staff. One instance a weekend nurse and a weekday nurse (she worked every few Sat) almost got into a...

  13. Moving to Maryland!?!

    laughingfairy replied to kmruddrn's topic in General Nursing

    And don't forget the eastern shore ...if you move to the the other side of the bay prices drop, and salaries really don't change that

  14. Moving to Maryland!?!

    laughingfairy replied to kmruddrn's topic in General Nursing

    Not long at all and what part of the state are you talking about? PM I grew up in the

  15. UTI & elderly QUESTION

    laughingfairy replied to Krojas21's topic in General Nursing

    you know thats a really good question. I don't know why for sure and I don't think any one has actually told me why. I do know that they can cause delerium, alter blood sugar, cause nausa, pain...

  16. State Survey

    laughingfairy replied to NursesRmofun's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    completley there with you...take the weekend and do something that you want to do...next is the bout of "education, and correction" right? So you probablyreally need the

  17. Fact or Fiction? Father beats up RN w/o badge

    laughingfairy replied to LauraLou's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You carry your nursing licenses with you? :uhoh21: I know of at least one case where a nursing license was stolen from work and then used to make a forgery. Mine stay locked up. Talk about...

  18. Incident reports

    laughingfairy replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Lets see... is it a fall, is it an injury, was it witnessed, was it a med error, did staff get hurt, was it resident to resident, etc, every one of these variables changes what paperwork we fill out,...

  19. Can you believe this?

    laughingfairy replied to LolaRN's topic in General Nursing

    My facility the rule is we do not "aid" a patient in doing anything that violates their health care regime. This was brought up when some of our residents and staff complained of special treatment....

  20. Question about rectal exam

    laughingfairy replied to rachel18us's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I always have a rectal done with my pelvic. My doc said for me it was partly the fact that I am over weight, have a tilted uterous, and my tail bone is shaped oddly. She says she just wants to make...

  21. provocative undergarments

    laughingfairy replied to kathys's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a large busted woman and I work in long term care. After assisting the same resident with "coughing" several times I started wearing tshirts or turtle necks under my scrub tops. He was in a...

  22. What does your post name reflect about you?

    laughingfairy replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Have an absolute fascination with fairies, my given name is related to it and when I was attempting to sign up for something and need a user name all of the names I usually use were taken. I don't...

  23. Herbal Remedies

    laughingfairy replied to gwenith's topic in General Nursing

    I love herbal remedies, but I would add one word of caution. If growing herbs, PLEASE be sure you know what you are growing. I planted herbs that I had purchased at a local chain store. One of them...

  24. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    laughingfairy replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Wasn't lancing it...I simply had put a warm compress on and "lightly palpated" the dang thing to see if is softened. It exploded in a 180 degree side to side and up and down. I had it in my hair, on...

  25. GETTING WRITTEN UP: What is the most ridiculous thing you have been written up for?

    laughingfairy replied to greeneggsnham's topic in General Nursing

    I got written up for using the wrong dressing product. The order was written for the name brand that was not in stock...it is sorta like a duederm with a foam dressing for pressure relief in the...