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  1. Bad Habits Nurses Develop

    Sis123 replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in General Nursing

    Picking up any newspaper, anywhere, to check the obituaries, or the police report. :yeahthat:

  2. Hypomagnesiumia, I am a ticking time bomb!!

    Sis123 replied to curleysue's topic in General Nursing

    Hi CurlySue, I used to read these websites in hopes that they would help my migraines. Evidently low blood magnesium levels can cause very bad migraines, and many migraine patients are helped...

  3. What kind of patient would you make????!!!

    Sis123 replied to zumalong's topic in General Nursing

    I remember the 1st time I had to have a major surgery, it was an emergency too, and I had never seen the gyne. who operated on me before. She came to see me the day after surgery to explain what was...

  4. What kind of patient would you make????!!!

    Sis123 replied to zumalong's topic in General Nursing

    I really wasn't very nice once during an emergency hospitalization (just before an emergency surgery) and cursed out my nurse, my husband AND my mother, and tried to deck the nurse. :uhoh21: (I...

  5. Hand moisturizers for Nurses recommendation

    Sis123 replied to fallenangel76's topic in General Nursing

    Each night before your head hits the pillow, put on a dab of Nivea cream (in the tube) and massage in. If you do this each night, it re-moisturizes your hands well enough to endure many many...

  6. 'Moral values' and organ donation

    Sis123 replied to wannabee's topic in General Nursing

    Nurse guy, All I am asking is for people to: 1)Pick what they want 2) Pay for it. Don't make someone else pay for what you want. You want to get all bashed up? Pay the hospital bill yourself. Keep...

  7. 'Moral values' and organ donation

    Sis123 replied to wannabee's topic in General Nursing

    Nurse guy, I am a strong proponent of people enjoying their personal freedom, but also accepting the personal responsibility that needs to accompany that freedom. You said: "What a stretch. What...

  8. migraine faker at the ED!

    Sis123 replied to z's playa's topic in Emergency

    Oh Topamax! That's a fun drug, NOT! My Neurologist (I was referred to her by a BLESSED ER RN who was my nurse when I visited the ER for a horrible, horrible 3 day migraine that would not stop)...

  9. A reminder to ALWAYS listen to your patients.

    Sis123 replied to VizslaMom's topic in General Nursing

    I can tell you how being near death felt (from my perspective). I was young (27 or 28) and had appendicitis and peritonitis(post op diagnosis). In the ER my diagnosis was not clear at all, and...

  10. Rude and crude RN

    Sis123 replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

    Just ask yourself one question about this guy. Would you want this nurse taking care of your mother, your younger sister, your teenage daughter? If not, then ask yourself why. Report the guy to the...

  11. Offended by Prayer

    Sis123 replied to CCU NRS's topic in General Nursing

    Trauma, My 1st hubby was Indian, one of my best friends is Indian, and I know the culture. This sounds like a very traditional and observant Hindu family, and for that nurse to pray out loud, asking...

  12. Question about your personnal preference and more...

    Sis123 replied to Energizer Bunny's topic in Gastroenterology

    Well, CNM2B, you've probably already had your colonoscopy by now, and if it showed nothing, you might consider that you could have endometriosis. The reason I say this is because your symptoms sound...

  13. "Do it yourself surgery" on Discovery channel

    Sis123 posted a topic in General Nursing

    dh is watching tv tonight. he knows that i am taking the pre-req.s so that i can apply to nursing school. scanning the shows on tv tonight, he sees a show on the discovery health channel, called do...

  14. Post-Mortem Care

    Sis123 replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

    When my Grandmother was in the hospital, she was so sick, we expected her to die soon. As the dutiful granddaughter, I went to pay a visit to the funeral director at the cemetary where she owned...

  15. Surgical menopause?

    Sis123 replied to babern's topic in General Nursing

    Hi BabeRN, I am 45, and am 2 months post op from a TAH-BSO for continual bleeding, fibroids etc. I used to have severe endo, and had 3 previous surgeries to treat it, unsuccessfully. Since my doc....

  16. So what WAS nursing like in the "good old days"?

    Sis123 replied to findingmywayRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was in school in the 70s and I remember: Surgical patients were admitted the night before the day of their surgery, and were given a pre-op before the gurney came for them in the morning. Stays were...

  17. Ethical/Legal question

    Sis123 replied to Sis123's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I guess the reason why this is somewhat overheated is because the main issue here is whether legal consent and a patient's right to refuse is less important that a doctor's ego. I would say that it...

  18. Ethical/Legal question

    Sis123 replied to Sis123's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    deepz, Pleeeeez, chill out. It was a GUESS. I have no idea whatsoever of the percentage of surgical awareness, but I know it's small. Do you think you could add some information besides just a snide...

  19. Ethical/Legal question

    Sis123 replied to Sis123's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    This discussion brews another question....and that is, if the general anesthesia is adequate, then why is an amnestic really necessary? Is an amnestic kind of like insurance preventing the 2% or so...

  20. Ethical/Legal question

    Sis123 replied to Sis123's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Ah yep. She peeked at the chart before being DC'd. It's there. Now she needs to get the appropriate parts of the chart copied before it gets "sanitized". YOGAcrn, Thanks for the suggestion. I...

  21. Ethical/Legal question

    Sis123 replied to Sis123's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Hi all, and thanks for all the thoughtful and insightful replies. Well, lots of folks "really like versed", and this person had it previously along with dilaudid. She had a bad reaction to it (not...

  22. Ethical/Legal question

    Sis123 replied to Sis123's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    What other drugs could have been given instead? And yes, she knew what midazolam was. Not a very nice (or professional) thing to do to a

  23. Imetrex for Migraines

    Sis123 replied to Monica RN,BSN's topic in General Nursing

    Re: migraine triggers, the thing that starts one on me is any aged cheese, anything fermented, any meats containing sulfates or sulfites, any artificial sweeteners. Convenience foods are typically...

  24. Imetrex for Migraines

    Sis123 replied to Monica RN,BSN's topic in General Nursing

    My suggestion: See a neurologist. I wound up in the ER with a bad 3-day migraine. The Imitrex and Zomig didn't touch it, and at the end of the 3rd day I was desperate. I wound up in the ER needing...

  25. Cameras/Photography in the OR?

    Sis123 posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hi all, I am a pre-nursing student. I also had major abdominal surgery this past fall, and asked the Doc if it was ok to take pics of the "parts he removed" because I wanted to see for myself if they...