Laboratorian

Laboratorian

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  1. Foot care training

    Laboratorian replied to kernow's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    This is a great idea. I have an ingrown nail problem and I just go to the nail shop and I'm not sure she is supposed to dig them out or not but it sure does look and feel better. If I knew of a RN...

  2. What's with all this disciplinary action?????

    Laboratorian posted a topic in General Nursing

    It seems like the medical community just dumps on nurses who makes mistakes. A common topic on these forums is "I got wrote up" and "I got fired/asked to resign". I have never heard of anyone getting...

  3. NPs practicing as DRs

    Laboratorian replied to SkiBumNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I was at the clinic today for a checkup and the doctor introduced herself..... "Hi, I'm Dr. Happyface, nurse practitioner." I told her about the debate going on online & in her opinion she went to...

  4. do you think I should be written up?

    Laboratorian replied to daisymae65035's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not a nurse but can I ask a question? Does this "med tech" who passes meds have to sign off on what meds were passed? This sounds

  5. If There Was A Major Epidemic / Pandemic Would You Report For Duty?

    Laboratorian replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    Lock down = free food. I'm

  6. another chiropractor thinking of RN then to NP

    Laboratorian replied to djh2003's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Curious as to why you are choosing nursing instead of becoming a physical

  7. Everyone wears scrubs!

    Laboratorian replied to calidonrnstudent's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I'm still not sure why daycare workers wear scrubs. I'm staring to move away from wearing scrubs. We have no formal dress code in my lab. Some do business casual, some do jeans and t-shirts, some do...

  8. i cursed somebody at work, somebody overheard and filed a complaint. what can i do?

    Laboratorian replied to willowRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Snitches....

  9. Spanish for nurses

    Laboratorian replied to Robublind's topic in Emergency

    Option A: Enroll in Spanish 101 at a local community college. Option B: Rosetta Stone And buy this book:

  10. Need help..don't know if i should continue nursing

    Laboratorian replied to sweetpumpernickel's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome to the lab.

  11. Night shift, CNAs and homework

    Laboratorian replied to bubblymom373's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked 3rd shift at the hospital it was no problem. We had PLENTY of down time. At the time I was working as a phlebotomist and begged for extra training to do something to keep me busy but...

  12. Dislike working in the lab!

    Laboratorian replied to jordanl's topic in General Nursing

    this is either a joke or you are huffing to much xylene (labrat humor, haha :) ) . how can you possibly compare the petty drama of the lab enviroment to the serious mental & physical stress of...

  13. Nurses as primary breadwinners?

    Laboratorian replied to learning08's topic in General Nursing

    I see no problem with this. A family is a team effort. If I'm clocking 60+ hours a week winning the bread my husband better be baking it, cleaning the oven after cooking it, and feeding it to the...

  14. Can a NP perform plastic surgery?

    Laboratorian posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    What is the difference between a cosmetic procedure and a surgical procedure? Can a NP inject your buttocks with silikon 1000 to make it bigger? A woman showed me a picture of her new booty and said a...

  15. Doubting being an RN b/c physical problems

    Laboratorian replied to on eagles wings's topic in General Nursing

    1/2 deskjob 1/2 active..............ever thought about the lab? Bloodbank and micro has a lot of butt

  16. Do you wear rings at work?

    Laboratorian replied to CareBayer's topic in General Nursing

  17. Can refusing mandation during state of emergency get you fired?

    Laboratorian replied to abouttofly's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Higher ups need to plan better. I don't know how often your state is hit with disasters but my lab and the hospitals in my state normally will have a weather team in place always. It's always...

  18. What Freaks You Out?

    Laboratorian replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Working as a medical assistant at an abortion clinic: products of conception The smell of blood and flesh was just too fresh. Everyone else swore they could not smell it. I was dry heaving all day at...

  19. did the Dr. have a right to scold this nurse?

    Laboratorian replied to Lurker011's topic in General Nursing

    Someone needs to start thread on this one. The system is cutting corners in everyway

  20. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    Laboratorian replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Hmmmm, I never thought of how an extreme bacterial infection could affect viability. How big are clap cells? That would be funny if the sperm got confused and started digging in a clap

  21. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    Laboratorian replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    I saw green sperm today. And it was very thick...and very green. It was green sperm.

  22. Diversity.. at what price?

    Laboratorian replied to Been there,done that's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Talk about communication breakdown: there is a redneck, a frenchman, and a deaf guy running a department in my lab. ALL HIGHLY EDUCATED AND COMPETENT! But you can't understand a word they are saying....

  23. How do you perform CPR to a patient with hunchback?

    Laboratorian replied to Kalleigh2011's topic in General Nursing

    Best.Post.Ever.

  24. Suicide on unit

    Laboratorian replied to as1234's topic in General Nursing

    a patient was missing from 12am to 4am (do not ask who was supposed to be doing vitals and labs at this time). found in a closet on a closed wing. got butt booty naked and pulled out some kind of...

  25. Time off for Funerals???

    Laboratorian replied to ChristineN's topic in General Nursing

    Keep mouth shut. Call off day of funeral.