djh123

djh123

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  1. Paper Charting venting

    djh123 replied to raindrops1234's topic in General Nursing

    Wait: reading doctor's orders is hard?? Ha ha ... just had to say that. There have been a few times at work where 2-3 of us are holding a piece of paper with doctor's orders, turning it this way and...

  2. is being a nurse dangerous?

    djh123 replied to patty1919's topic in General Nursing

    As

  3. Long Term Care Stigma

    djh123 replied to TruvyNurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    For the shortest criticism ever of LTC nurses, get this: I think the first time I ever saw a particular LPN (who's working on her RN) at work, she saw 'RN' on my badge and blurted out "What are YOU...

  4. Long Term Care Stigma

    djh123 replied to TruvyNurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We've recently had some long threads on this same topic. There is no shame in being a LTC nurse. I didn't choose it, but I've been one now for nearly 4.5 years, and I work my *** off every minute...

  5. Wrongway Regional Medical Center

    djh123 replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

    New from Wrongway Medical Innovations, inc. (WMI): Are you diabetic? Ever have a hypoglycemic episode or three? Well, in treating your diabetes, forget Novolog & Humalog. WMI introduces a...

  6. Wrongway Regional Medical Center

    djh123 replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

    Hadn't seen a Bizarro comic in too long ... he often does great

  7. pediatric HH, please help

    djh123 replied to tami2017's topic in Home Health

    You can find a video on almost anything on YouTube. And I'm sure text descriptions & photos on other websites. Or actual BOOKS. :^) Good

  8. How to deal with a bully patient?

    djh123 replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I don't know WHY we don't have these at work (I'm really, really, joking here), but I tell aides and other nurses that all we need is one of those huge mallets from the old cartoons (before most...

  9. Can you refuse to give care to a resident in LTC?

    djh123 replied to CNA2016:)'s topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Having been a LTC/rehab nurse for 4+ years, I an sympathize with your situation, but I don't think you can refuse to care for a resident. You could possibly talk to mgt. about why you think they...

  10. Human anatomy & physiology part 1?

    djh123 replied to lecole01's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Indeed, cute tots DO love sugar candy.

  11. Do you ever regret becoming a nurse?

    djh123 replied to hs276009's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah. Sometimes. Kinda. I regret more the way my 'career path' has gone than nursing itself, and no, that wasn't all my fault - I had some age discrimination and some other weird experiences in trying...

  12. Did I harm the patient??

    djh123 replied to RN3468's topic in General Nursing

    You say you definitely gave it in the upper outer quadrant, so I think there is no problemo

  13. Is 28 too old to become a travel nurse?

    djh123 replied to jchristine89's topic in Travel

    I think we should actually ban (ok, that might be taking it a bit far) any more 'am I too old to (whatever)' questions on here, because the answer is almost always NO... if you want to do it, go for...

  14. Age of Nurse = Level of Experience? Or Not?? The survey says...

    djh123 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    I'm underpaid, but I'm not ticked that I'm not making what I was making in my previous career, because a) no one put a gun to my head to make me go to nursing school, and b) I'd done my previous...

  15. Age of Nurse = Level of Experience? Or Not?? The survey says...

    djh123 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    People ASSUME things all the time about everyone, but hey, in my nursing class (I just graduated 5 years ago), there were people from 'regular college age' on up to 4 of us over 50, and several in...

  16. AN.com's Soap Opera, "Generic Hospital"

    djh123 replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

    Well you know, they do say we're often attracted to people at a similar level of attractiveness (very subjective,

  17. June 2017 Caption Contest - Select $100 Winner!

    djh123 replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    This is not what I had in mind when I mentioned a compact car,

  18. School Nurse Haiku

    djh123 replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Why clueless teacher send Kid to nurse No medical

  19. Am I too old to become an RN??

    djh123 replied to bananerz84's topic in LPN to RN

    Sorry, but I have to laugh at that question. I got my BSN at

  20. Long Term Care Nursing is Lame

    djh123 replied to purplegal's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Just as with almost anything else in life, there's a wide spectrum of reasons as to why someone is in a nursing home, but yes, they certainly all don't fall into the 'abandoned' category. Similar to...

  21. AN.com's Soap Opera, "Generic Hospital"

    djh123 replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

    Hmmmm, why am I reminded of John Cleese in 'Search For the Holy Grail' when he has one limb after the other hacked off and keeps defiantly saying 'It's just a flesh wound!'? Ha

  22. AN.com's Soap Opera, "Generic Hospital"

    djh123 replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

    You're going to learn a new phrase, little girl! It's called an 'adverse

  23. Manager catch phrases

    djh123 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I was in Big Biz and Big Gummint for quite a few years (as a programmer), and I didn't like that stuff then either. Plain English is so much more digestable to the

  24. A Very Sincere Thank You

    djh123 replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

    Hope the pain level is down, and hope you get that other surgery over & done with soon

  25. Some people are just plain rude!

    djh123 replied to HburgRN07's topic in School

    Somehow 'why can't you make it in a real hospital' reminded me of this: I heard someone on 'Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me' (on NPR) a while back saying, when someone mentioned a nurse giving flu shots at a...