djh123

djh123

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  1. If not nursing what other career would you have done?

    djh123 replied to nurse2bnoob101's topic in General Nursing

    Well I guess we (and some others) better get busy, eh Viva? :^) Actually I'm more likely to start on some art soon rather than writing, but I've got to do more of both while I'm still topside, so to...

  2. You Know You're A Nurse If...

    djh123 replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    You think the tune to "Tresiba ready!" is pretty catchy. You've had all kinds of drinks/snacks out of 4-oz. translucent plastic cups. Sometimes it's something you had, sometimes it's something a...

  3. Crushing Oral Medications...New Regulation

    djh123 replied to ltcnurse4u's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well, to take this a bit further: you know how some capsules have a zillion tiny round balls 'o medicine in them? Based on this give-only-one-med-at-a-time thing, I think we should give EACH ONE of...

  4. Humalog

    djh123 replied to bluehealer's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    I don't understand - did you give 3 before dinner? The 5 units after dinner should've been ok either way (whether you gave 3 before dinner or not), because the patient had 269 plus the bit of Ensure,...

  5. If not nursing what other career would you have done?

    djh123 replied to nurse2bnoob101's topic in General Nursing

    I was a programmer for many years, then for multiple reasons, including being my mother's caregiver at the end, I did 'this crazy nursing thing'. Yeah, sometimes I have regrets, but sometimes I don't...

  6. What does your cafeteria offer to drink?

    djh123 replied to kummerspeck's topic in School

    After last night's shift, I'd say 'nothing strong enough' :^) ... although tonight was

  7. Video RN screaming, dragged into police car d/t refused blood draw on unconscious patient!

    djh123 replied to SummitRN's topic in General Nursing

    I kinda feel like the whole world is going crazy, but on just this topic, I have to say that I'm nearly 60 and only lately do I feel like I can't believe what *some* cops are doing these days. Yes,...

  8. Pain is a pain

    djh123 replied to ladedah1's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think the 0-10 scale is 'useless', but at the same time, one person's 5 or 6 is another person's '10', without even factoring in whether they're drug-seeking or not. But most of the time, at...

  9. Crushing Oral Medications...New Regulation

    djh123 replied to ltcnurse4u's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Key point. :^) And many rules are written by Those Who Are Not Doing The

  10. Wacky Nursing Dreams

    djh123 replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    Hmmmm, kinda sounds like my actual job, not a

  11. Wacky Nursing Dreams

    djh123 replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    After having a conversation with one of my favorite co-workers about who does and doesn't do enough work, I had a dream a night or two later where we were outside, like at a park with several picnic...

  12. Nurses! Let's stand up and help the victims of Hurricane Harvey!

    djh123 replied to guest042302019's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Absolutely!! I contributed to the Houston Food Bank today. One of my cousins & her husband were evacuated by boat today, and it's iffy as to whether the water is going to go into their house....

  13. License at Risk? Put up or shut up,,,

    djh123 replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Holy **** - faked home visits. Not long after I was in my current job, a guy was fired for - among other things - making up a sliding scale for a

  14. License at Risk? Put up or shut up,,,

    djh123 replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Glad to see this thread in a way because although I've 'only' been working as a nurse for 4.5 years, I get a little tired of the occasional nurses we've had at work who bring up the...

  15. Anatomy and physiology notes

    djh123 replied to shak95's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Well some of us 'elder nurses' (I'm in my 50's) only took A&P about 7 years ago, and I don't see how/why it would be so different now. I'm with others: just go to class, pay attention, and take...

  16. What do you mean I'm not a REAL nurse?!?

    djh123 replied to #Nurse2017's topic in General Nursing

    If you do both of those, you ARE a 'real nurse',

  17. What do you mean I'm not a REAL nurse?!?

    djh123 replied to #Nurse2017's topic in General Nursing

    Reminds me of the first thing a woman said to me online: "What hospital do you work at?" ... the last statistic I saw said that 60% of nurses work in hospitals. Yeah, that's more than half, and a...

  18. Can't handle certain surgery.

    djh123 replied to NYCNative21's topic in General Students

    Well not only that, but you don't necessarily have to work in a hospital

  19. Syringe driver terror

    djh123 replied to milly's topic in General Nursing

    I've never heard of a syringe driver

  20. Wrongway Regional Medical Center

    djh123 replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

    Awesome graphic of Yulelog ™, DD. Otherwise known as Yispro. Yes... actually my family DID always open presents on Christmas Eve ... it was my mother's family's tradition, probably going way

  21. Got a nurse aide fired... did I do the right thing?

    djh123 replied to Live.Love.Nurse.♡'s topic in General Nursing

    I think you did the right thing. You said you and other nurses had complained about her previously and nothing was done. I'm not Mr. Workaholic by any means, but that kind of **** can't be tolerated....

  22. MD was angry I questioned him.

    djh123 replied to ella2990's topic in General Nursing

    I think you did great. On a much less critical level, I argued once on the phone with a NP about some new orders for one of my residents. She got cranky and I quit trying to argue with her, but the...

  23. Sent home from clinical :(

    djh123 replied to marin8campy's topic in General Students

    I'm sure you won't get support from some on here, but I'll just say (and I have to admit I only skimmed your post) that 1) you got bashed because you missed an intervention in your care plan ... I...

  24. is being a nurse dangerous?

    djh123 replied to patty1919's topic in General Nursing

    Well true, but considering that a lot of residents at work had it, along with some co-workers, and that I'm not running around in umpteen public places every day, I still think it was

  25. is being a nurse dangerous?

    djh123 replied to patty1919's topic in General Nursing

    I got (what I think was) norovirus a couple of years ago from patient(s) at work (tons of people had it), and spent quite a bit of my 2 days off on the porcelain throne, then got better just in time...