djh123

djh123

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  1. This makes me laugh everytime

    djh123 replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    I never even heard of Portal 'til just

  2. Remember pagers?

    djh123 replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Not to mention being a one-hit wonder in the 80's - who was it? Tommy Tutone - I had to go look that

  3. Remember pagers?

    djh123 replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Believe it or not, we got 'em where I work right now. Call lights go off in the hall, but CNA's get paged immediately, and if they don't answer in 5(?) minutes, they go to the nurse pagers. Re:...

  4. LOL - from the mouths of babes...

    djh123 replied to k1p1ssk's topic in School

    Yep, Gasoline! Light up that finger! Reminds me of my former mother-in-law, who once said that my former father-in-law had had gonorrhea. She meant glaucoma. Well, it was a g-word, y'know... Of...

  5. Boomerang Coworkers

    djh123 replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, yes, Davey Do ... see, part of the problem was that I got upset at something once, and I'd never heard that saying 'cut off your nose to spite your face', and before I knew it, my nose was gone,...

  6. Boomerang Coworkers

    djh123 replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    The signs were there. A classic CMF (chronic malcontent flibbertigibbet), yet I failed to

  7. Boomerang Coworkers

    djh123 replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    At my previous job, yeah, there were numerous boomerang employees. I don't remember noticing that they were more apathetic,

  8. How do you deal with know-it-all family members?

    djh123 replied to StephaneeD27's topic in General Nursing

    We could all come up with various ways to tell her, but she's your mother-in-law ... you'll have to decide what to do (if anything). But your story reminds me of an ex-friend - ex on his part, but...

  9. Is Giving 2 Weeks Notice Ancient Practice?

    djh123 replied to staple1027's topic in General Nursing

    This is a late second career for me, and I'm half-ancient myself, but it was a shock to me to find out a year or two ago on this forum of companies/hospitals firing someone who'd given a 2-week...

  10. You just can't make this stuff up!

    djh123 replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    Yep... but on that one thing, I'm glad you

  11. Exciting Possible Treatment for Alzheimer's! And the first Patient is a Nurse

    djh123 replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. I hope this really turns into

  12. Academic adviser says I'm selling myself short by going into nursing.

    djh123 replied to Wannabenurseneko's topic in General Students

    I think that's pretty bizarre, because nursing is not easy, is in demand, is or definitely can be rewarding, respected, and usually pays

  13. Advice for changing my major. Leaving nursing?

    djh123 replied to Nursls21's topic in General Nursing

    I went to school with a guy who was not interested at all in being a mostly-medical RN... he was already working in a mental health clinic and wanted to get his RN to further his work (and $$/status)...

  14. You just can't make this stuff up!

    djh123 replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    This isn't psych per se, but it might as well be. Had a pt. with 10 'kids'. Post-op hip fx, so obviously in pain. Dementia. Various 'kids' and spouses (with a handful I never knew who was a son or...

  15. What in hades.

    djh123 replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    My facility is a little like that, or especially was at first. Nice, new, fancy, hotel-like, but ... supplies?!? Oh yeah, wait, we need some of those,

  16. Call a waaaaambulance!

    djh123 replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    That is BRUTAL! I bet he worked like, maybe, EIGHT HOURS (gasp). I hope he can take some days off to

  17. Which areas in hospital least physically demanding?

    djh123 replied to TinyDancer01's topic in General Nursing

    Management.

  18. Call a waaaaambulance!

    djh123 replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    I could call it for working nearly every weekend in my 8 months at my new facility, but

  19. Forgot to restart my patients fluids

    djh123 replied to daniela095's topic in General Nursing

    We've all forgotten something. One of my 'favorites' was when an often-cranky resident at the LTC I used to work at, after I forgot to give her a PRN pain med she'd asked for, said "EVERY TIME!...

  20. Dr Google scares me

    djh123 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think it's that bad. But I will say that I think those of us in this field are probably better at recognizing reputable websites, plus looking at several different ones when we're looking...

  21. RN MGR Told me I'm too old.

    djh123 replied to gumbi_12's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    No, you didn't make a mistake! But there are idiots everywhere. I had a hard time finding my first job - which still makes me angry - BUT, I've been working as a nurse for not much shy of 6 years...

  22. 911 call

    djh123 replied to waxynurse3's topic in School

    You did great. While I don't want to waste money and resources, at the same time, I'd rather err on the side of caution & take action than not call when I

  23. "My pain is about an eight and a half"

    djh123 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Not often, but yes... I had a '7.5' lately, and ok, this is not decimals, but I've had '12', '14', and that patient told me her initial post-surgery pain was a 20. I hope I'm not a patient any time...

  24. Loud Cartoons for Elderly Patients

    djh123 replied to NurseSince2014's topic in General Nursing

    That is very strange, and it almost borders on abuse. Never saw that at all in the nursing home/rehab I worked

  25. Otherwise Becomes Aware - Input Requested

    djh123 replied to OldDude's topic in School

    "A little bird done tole me that Jim Bob and Juan were wrasslin' on the playground, and I heered they mighta rolled over a dead squirrel, but howsomewever, it seem like both of 'em came up with lice"....