Nurse Leigh

Nurse Leigh

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  1. 16 years ago, a doctor published a study, and it made us all sick

    Nurse Leigh replied to wtbcrna's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The two candidates with actual medical degrees didn't do the push for an appropriate vaccine schedule any favors, instead pandering to their ill informed "fans" who ignorantly fear immunizations....

  2. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    Nurse Leigh replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder if craigslist has a section for that. Nah, I was going off one of the crazy myths people believe about a hospital not trying to save a person who is an organ donor. Which has never made...

  3. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    Nurse Leigh replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    Or you can subscribe to another conspiracy theory - maybe the loan company will have the hospital morgue remove some of your organs and sell them to pay off the loans. Sorry. Some of these threads...

  4. Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    Nurse Leigh replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    Ann is awesome but I may have actually said something to the television when she had a bunch of *latex* balloons for a patient in the hospital. And "diagnosing" the mumps on the cell phone pic? Oh,...

  5. From the Online Educated Nurse

    Nurse Leigh replied to traumaRUs's topic in Study Tips for Students's Share Tips

    You realize this means we are mortal enemies, right? Actually though, my nursing degree does say Purdue on it - I just had a lot more fun when I was in

  6. 9/5 What I learned this week.....

    Nurse Leigh replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    *deep breaths* I. Just. Can't.

  7. Why are the floor nurses so unwilling to teach?

    Nurse Leigh replied to 2bnursebeckky's topic in General Students

  8. How many attempts did it take you to get into the nursing program?

    Nurse Leigh replied to byjessi's topic in General Nursing

    Applied once to one program and thankfully was

  9. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    Nurse Leigh replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    Just thought I'd add that my father has some pretty serious ailments - cardiac and pulmonary. He is terrible about seeing his HCPs unless he has to for his prescriptions. He also *hates* needles....

  10. Why are the floor nurses so unwilling to teach?

    Nurse Leigh replied to 2bnursebeckky's topic in General Students

    Nope. Once hired we all take a pill that makes us forget what it was like being a student. ( Of course we remember, but most of us relied on our clinical instructors for guidance. Yes I am getting...

  11. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    Nurse Leigh replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    Is it that people *can't* get it - or that they *choose* not to get it? @concernedlady I feel as though you are purposely misunderstanding the information and questions posed to you. While you are...

  12. 9/11 This week as a PreRN I learned....

    Nurse Leigh replied to ladysushi's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Full disclosure - I never inserted a urinary catheter while in school clinicals until I was completing my preceptorship. I was on an oncology unit, and I placed a coude catheter on a gentleman there....

  13. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    Nurse Leigh replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    Amazing how you can show someone the truth - over and over - supported by scientific evidence, and yet they continue to be blind to it, or (purposely?) misunderstand what is being presented. It is...

  14. Am I On Camera? No Paparazzi Please!

    Nurse Leigh replied to Bridgid Joseph's topic in General Nursing

    I had this sudden flash of someone taking the videos pts/visitors recorded and uploaded and editing and compiling a montage of our flubs. Like an embarrassing nurse blooper

  15. Brian Short News

    Nurse Leigh replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Also want to offer gentle (((hugs))) to admin, mods, and members who personally knew Brian and his family. You are in my

  16. 9/11 This week as a PreRN I learned....

    Nurse Leigh replied to ladysushi's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm sorry but the fact that your #1 involved male anatomy and then #2 was about bananas and chopping them up totally brought out my immature side. Thanks for the mental image! (Also, be aware that...

  17. Why does everyone say that they "consigned" a drug waste.....

    Nurse Leigh replied to roser13's topic in General Nursing

    On a different note, I have a different "why does (do)... I'm nearly always on the app, and a lot of times I notice when people use various combos of ( ) : ; etcetera it instead appears as an...

  18. 9/5 What I learned this week.....

    Nurse Leigh replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I worked nights in the hospital so I had few interactions with students. However, if they had joined us on nights and we were *appropriately* staffed, I think I would have enjoyed taking a student...

  19. 9/5 What I learned this week.....

    Nurse Leigh replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah that thread is making me

  20. Esme Sighting

    Nurse Leigh posted a topic in General Nursing

    Am I the only one who gets super excited when I see that Esme is here posting? I swear it's like there is a little dog in my head (picturing a Jack Russell for some reason) jumping up and down in...

  21. 9/5 What I learned this week.....

    Nurse Leigh replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    My heart hurts for everyone going through difficult situations. I hope you can find some solace here in our corner of the internet. I know I have turned to AN when dealing with things in my offline...

  22. Why are the floor nurses so unwilling to teach?

    Nurse Leigh replied to 2bnursebeckky's topic in General Students

    My clinical instructor who was *paid* to teach

  23. Why are the floor nurses so unwilling to teach?

    Nurse Leigh replied to 2bnursebeckky's topic in General Students

    Good grief. Did you read any replies in this thread? Multiple people have explained very thoroughly why it is not meant to be the responsibility of floor nurses to train students. And yes,...

  24. 9/5 What I learned this week.....

    Nurse Leigh replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Just

  25. Why are the floor nurses so unwilling to teach?

    Nurse Leigh replied to 2bnursebeckky's topic in General Students

    You are saying this as a *student*. Please work as a nurse a few years and then get back to