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  1. newly hired at a rural hospital

    obliviousRN replied to mittels's topic in Rural

    :roll You are too funny! By the way, I love your signature line. We were just talking about that issue on a different board I'm on - about how a person chooses HOW to react to what a person says on...

  2. newly hired at a rural hospital

    obliviousRN replied to mittels's topic in Rural

    Wow! What a huge difference! I didn't realize that. Our hospital always has an MD present and is staffed by 2-3 RN's and one LPN w/ 2 CNA's. Unless we have less than 3 patients, then we drop off...

  3. newly hired at a rural hospital

    obliviousRN replied to mittels's topic in Rural

    I have to politely disagree w/ the above post. I think a rural hospital is a great place to start out. I have worked at large metro trauma centers and small rural hospitals both. I see our new...

  4. newly hired at a rural hospital

    obliviousRN replied to mittels's topic in Rural

    I came from a major trauma center to a small rural hospital completely across the state. What a change! But I love it! The biggest differences I notice are how all coworkers get along. There are...

  5. How Are the Parents?

    obliviousRN replied to CarVsTree's topic in Pediatric

    Getting a kid to take meds: There's always the option of mixing it w/ a food they like. I tend to not like to use that because sometimes it ruins their taste for that food. The one thing that works...

  6. Things I've learned from my ER patients...

    obliviousRN replied to SouthernERNurse's topic in Emergency

    What have my patients taught me? HMMMMMM..................... 1. Alcohol is an acceptable form of pain relief 2. That when someone says "don't touch that, it hurts", it is always to be followed by a...

  7. patient lingo...

    obliviousRN replied to athomas91's topic in Emergency

    "I'm s'posed to get that oxy-gun staturtation checked" "I can't feel my pultz" "I don't understand why I have to take that pregnantzone - I'm not having a baby" (prednisone - yes, this was actually...

  8. Everyone works with a drama queen.

    obliviousRN replied to skybirdrising's topic in General Nursing

    "OMG! My patient just peed in his urinal and it spilled in the bed! I am so busy I just can't deal with Mr. X across the hallway in VFib. I have this urine to clean up! He can't lay in his urine -...

  9. Lingo

    obliviousRN replied to JACALA_CL's topic in Emergency

    We've always used OTL - out to lunch for our confused