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A woman walks in to an veterinarian's office and places her motionless pet duck on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to the bird's chest. After a moment or two, the vet shook his head sadly and said, "I'm so sorry, Cuddles ha...

I am a nurse in the US, where many of us are injuring our backs having to lift and turn obese patients frequently. A coworker told me that in England there is a 'no lift law' where nurse's don't lift their heavy patients to save their backs and help...

Hi from Colorado, My husband and I are thinking of taking a vacation to Seattle and then ferry up to Vancover or Victoria. Are there some hotels/ sites that you would recommend we see? We are planning on the end of May-ish. What is the weather ge...

Poor thing! It may be teeth. Is she munching on her hand or drooling a lot? Have you tried ibuprofen to see if that will help her feel any better? I hope you can get some rest, that was great of your dad to come and get her. Sounds like a great ...

If you think she will be up again shortly, you'll be okay giving it to her then. I would give it with food though. By giving her some food with her medication in the middle of the night this one time probably won't turn into a bad habit. Some medi...

:chuckle :chuckle :chuckle That is so funny. My husband and I just got back from visiting Ucluelet and Vancover- what an absolutely beautiful area ! I have to laugh though because we were so "lost" when it came to the conversions....I didn't thi...

Okay, I am going to sound biased but....I work at Swedish and feel that we have probably one of the best units in the city. We are not a dedicated CVICU. We are a 42 bed unit, seperated into 5 pods-8 beds on 4 pods, 10 beds on the 5th. We care for...

I wouldn't skip the third dose. I would give it to her at bedtime. Generally if you can give them 6-8 hrs apart that would be ideal-wake up time, lunch and dinner/bedtime. Hope she feels better soon!

I think that we have a responsibility to be compassionate to our families. If we can provide a private room on another floor for the family to have a more quiet area and privacy we should do that. But if it is felt that the pt's death is soon to co...

Poor kid, what kind of a life is he going to have? :angryfire

In the yellow tool bar at the top of the page, click on user cp, then on the left hand menu, click on edit avitar. This will give you a choice of avitars to choose from. I chose the tiger because he reminds of Tigger and the tiger from Calvin and H...

In nursing school, one of our instructors always told us that we didn't make mistakes, we had major learning opportunities. Some bigger than others. 12 years later I still think of that. With nursing, and life, it's not a matter of if you'll make ...

My heart goes out to you today, how sad for everyone!

hand lotion is an excellent idea!!

I'm at Swedish. Love it!

We get quiet an amount of food from families, which is thoughtful but my hips are starting to suffer-hee hee. Flowers are nice. I once got a gift certificate for a local salon for some pampering, that was nice. A letter written to the director and...

I am glad to hear that you are thinking of moving to Denver. The mountains are gorgeous. There are so many things to do out here. I think though that if you are wanting to buy a lot of acreage, you may find that you are limited in the Denver area. ...

This does work well for finding hand veins. I also like foot veins. Whichever site you get, just make sure you secure it very well!!! I also try to NOT start an IV in their thumbsucking hand if possible.

A Frog walks into a bank... A frog goes into a bank and approaches the teller. He can see from her nameplate that her name is Patricia Whack. "Miss Whack, I'd like to get a $30,000 loan to take a holiday." Patty looks at the frog in disbelief and ask...

hmm, having 3 young boys this is definitely good advice for any future bug incidents I might have. YUCK!

You know you are a nurse when you become nervous at the sight of a full moon. I had to take my 2 year old with me to a CPR refresher mini-series. He became upset when we were trying to resuscitate the baby-he thought we were hurting the baby.....poo...

Finally, a diagnosis for my problems. I feel so much better. Is there a pill I can take?

The colorado state board of nursing web site has a link to colorado nursing schools and lists their pass rate, if they offer BSN vs ADN, etc. Transitioning from LPN to RN later may not necessarily be the fastest route. Hope it helps.

Yikes, what a nightmare. Our critical care unit has 5 "pods", 4 on the third floor, the 5th on the 4th floor. each pod has 8 beds. We have torn out and replaced carpeting in the nurses station, stripped and re-waxed/varnished what ever they do to ...

I always thought that it worked great also. I never saw any bad outcomes with it. It's too bad we can't still use it.