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  1. Good hand lotion?

    rudeRN replied to Quark09's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    A gal at work had the same problem and switched gloves and that helped ALOT! She also uses cornhuskers. The type of gloves does make a

  2. Stress Relief after a BAD shift?

    rudeRN replied to JStollRN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I work nights and I do have an occasional glass or 2 of wine in the morning after a long shift. But, I live 16 miles out into the middle of nowhere, so the drive usually relaxes me. I am very good at...

  3. Skin Prep- waste of time?

    rudeRN replied to anonymous1919's topic in General Nursing

    We haven't ever used skin prep at our facility, but betadine. How does skin prep work on tape blisters? Some of our patients have terrible reactions to tape after surgery, and it seems there is no...

  4. Jehovah's Witness nurses in the critical care unit?

    rudeRN replied to asdf88's topic in Critical Care

    We don't have a CCU at our Rural Hosp, but we have a Jehovah's Witness nurse who will not take care of a pt who may need a transfusion. I guess we work around it due to our small hosp and limited...

  5. Random Nursing Thoughts

    rudeRN replied to Caffeine_IV's topic in General Nursing

  6. What are the worst call in excuses you've heard?

    rudeRN replied to sasha2lady's topic in General Nursing

    She had a bad perm! Her scalp was fine, mostly having to goto work with bad hair was the

  7. What is your splurge?

    rudeRN replied to Otessa's topic in General Nursing

    My 1998 Corvette.....and travel.....and of course I LOVE to splurge on the kids and

  8. What are the worst call in excuses you've heard?

    rudeRN replied to sasha2lady's topic in General Nursing

    "I burnt my hair" I honestly heard that one when I worked in

  9. manual disimpaction

    rudeRN replied to 1louise1's topic in General Nursing

    Definately suction...wouldn't you think that would be under comfort cares? That's what I would do, even though that is the only thing that really gives me the

  10. What color scrubs do you wear?

    rudeRN replied to healthstar's topic in General Nursing

    We were hunter green pants during the week and top is our choice. Weekends is free for all, only on sat and sun. I try to keep it unique, but tasteful. It is fun to see everyone's personalty come out...

  11. The Great Emergency Prank War

    rudeRN replied to murphyle's topic in Nursing Humor

    ...sometimes you need to have a sense of humor to keep from going off the deep end, especially now with insufficient staffing. On slow nights you can only do so much stocking and cleaning and...

  12. The Great Emergency Prank War

    rudeRN replied to murphyle's topic in Nursing Humor

    LOVE this topic...I am night charge and am always looking for ideas to get my co-workers on those slow nights. One night we had a "on call" nurse sleeping down the hall, we taped his door shut. We...

  13. Happy Flippin' Nurse's Day

    rudeRN replied to tencat's topic in General Nursing

    Do we work at the same place?? We did, however, get a bunch of flowers from the hospital board to all staff for hospital week. A simple Thank you would be welcome, especially when we have all been...

  14. Nursing BURN OUT!!

    rudeRN replied to premedwoahs's topic in General Nursing

    Small VACATION!!! That usually helps me. My family and I get away as much as we can, even if it is going camping for one

  15. Safe PT to Nurse ratio, what is yours?

    rudeRN posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I would like to get an idea on what other hospitals consider a safe Pt to nurse ratio. I work in a small rural hospital, last night we had 14 PTs, 3 nurses until 1am and 2 care techs all shift. This...

  16. Safe PT to Nurse ratio, what is yours?

    rudeRN replied to rudeRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The other day, the accuity even said that we needed another nurse, but she denied we did, and she likes to follow the numbers it has on paper. Right now we are out 3 night nurses and we have 3 full...

  17. Safe PT to Nurse ratio, what is yours?

    rudeRN replied to rudeRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I don't mind the 6 PTs, just usually no time to chart and do paperwork, hope and pray that a Laboring mom comes in or that we have a chest pain walk thru the door. It take at least 10 min for our on...

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

    rudeRN replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    I have never seen that, but would LOVE

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

    rudeRN replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    We had a guy come scraming to our ER entrance and falling on the floor, grabbing his head. We got him an exam room, and he told us there is "something in there" and then grab his head and thrash...