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  1. Made the dumbest mistake last night!

    linzjane88 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    (This is a long rambling vent, forgive me).So I've worked as a nurse on our LDRP floor for almost 5 years (just so we're all aware I should have known better). We are super short staffed right now...

  2. Made the dumbest mistake last night!

    linzjane88 replied to linzjane88's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Maybe with all this overtime money I can retire and move to another country and never show my face on my floor again.

  3. Made the dumbest mistake last night!

    linzjane88 replied to linzjane88's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks for the kind words :) Yeah this had definitely reinforced both of those points for me. I don't think I've ever felt this out of sorts before. Even after sleeping so long last night I feel...

  4. TEAS V: your score, low "program mean"s, and other stuff

    linzjane88 posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    okay, so i know there are a ton of teas score threads but all i have found are old and mainly full of teas iv score.if you took the teas v i would love to know your score (and program percentile rank...

  5. I am the worst person ever.

    linzjane88 replied to bicuspidball's topic in Nursing Humor

    I work on L&D. A few years back a particularly spunky crew was working together. It was time for a delivery so the labor nurse was at the bedside , doctor at the perineum, and baby nurse standing...

  6. when you're patients a slob...

    linzjane88 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I seriously do not understand the mindset of people who think nothing of throwing their garbageand dirty linens on the floor and NEVER picking anything up. Keep in mind I work on pay partum so most of...

  7. when you're patients a slob...

    linzjane88 replied to linzjane88's topic in General Nursing

    I don't want people to think I'm refusing to tidy up. It's frustrating because I've had this patient a few days (actually only the baby is a patient, parents are rooming in) and today my other...

  8. Nursing Student Issues

    linzjane88 replied to WanderLust07's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Holy monkeys this is the most amazing thing I've ever

  9. Would you deliver your baby at your place of employment?

    linzjane88 replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    To each their own but I really feel like when you work on L&D or PP nobody thinks it's weird to see your baby makin'parts. You literally see it every dayp. so unless there's something extra or...

  10. It is *not* a pannus...

    linzjane88 replied to Music in My Heart's topic in General Nursing

    Not. Even.

  11. It is *not* a pannus...

    linzjane88 replied to Music in My Heart's topic in General Nursing

    Save the embarrassment from asking....urban dictionary it and strut around like you know what it is they just said! Ha ha. I too was unaware of that fabulous new

  12. Things I should be doing

    linzjane88 replied to springchick1's topic in General Students

    I TOTALLY am guilty of that. Finals? Sure I'll scrub my toilets, vacuum the baseboards, ha and paint my bedroom. I have the

  13. Questions for Jehovah's Witness

    linzjane88 replied to hodgieRN's topic in General Nursing

    Any truly practicing Jehovah's Witness will likely have made their beliefs known at the beginning of whatever medical procedure is to be done. And, if you are still going to ask specifically "are you...

  14. It is *not* a pannus...

    linzjane88 replied to Music in My Heart's topic in General Nursing

    That is the best thing I've ever heard. Your right, my bad. I kind of had a mini seizure silently laughing at "wizard sleeve" so I wouldn't wake husband. I love expanding my

  15. It is *not* a pannus...

    linzjane88 replied to Music in My Heart's topic in General Nursing

    I prefer "meat

  16. Not wanting to take care of male resident

    linzjane88 replied to MileyFans's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Everyone knows spring is member

  17. Admit orders for who?

    linzjane88 replied to nursej22's topic in General Nursing

    Ha! Was her hand also broken? I've frequently not had a label handy. My hand+a pen+patients name/dob= PROBLEM SOLVED! I can't imagine a situation where you would think that's okay? For some people...

  18. Patients that utilize WebMD

    linzjane88 replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    Oooh yeah. You can always tell when they are Web MD'ing it. The terminology is always so out of the norm when you look at the entire picture. You have headache, edema, vision changes, and decreased...

  19. Never before have I been so disrespected by co-workers in the workplace

    linzjane88 replied to chinacatRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Am I the only one who just thought a paleontologist was some new specialist I've never heard of before? Kind of embarrassing actually....must need more coffee. That place sounds awful! I most...

  20. What you should never say at an interview

    linzjane88 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I kind of have sympathy for this one.... my bladder is the size of a peanut I'm sure. Not till mention my nerves on an interview get the old GI system a movin'. (In response to Viva's comment. I'm...

  21. So You Want To Go To Nursing School? (circa 1960's 1970's)

    linzjane88 replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Students

    What is Theatre? My guess is the OR but Google didn't help.

  22. Reasons why BAC would continue to go up hours after admission

    linzjane88 replied to Topaz7's topic in Addictions

    Maybe they were drinking hand

  23. Bringing kids to work?

    linzjane88 replied to mind_body_soul RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    As a child of paramedic parents in a small town, I frequently was brought to work. Do I think it was appropriate? Maybe not so much. I remember going out for a call and waiting in the front seat of...

  24. Night shift dinner time

    linzjane88 replied to kantuta's topic in General Nursing

    Their

  25. The dumbest things you've heard from a provider

    linzjane88 replied to PeepnBiscuitsRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Patient in triage complaining of contractions, and since the doc is standing there,.nurse fills him in on the pertinent details as he was going to perform the vag exam. He is trying to figure out who...