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Sorry, no info about lozenges or patches. But I do have a few things to say... First off, congrats on being brave enough to post this thread. I know a lot of smokers who choose to be closet smokers because of the criticism. Well done! Second, ther...

Ditto to Pams post. Except our nurse to pt ratio is usually about 6 or 7:1. In the field we have standing orders, so its just memorize, memorize, memorize. I think it is good for me to pull shifts in the field. It reminds me how hectic things are o...

Never. Completely out of their scope of practice.

Well, I do both. I work full time in the ER as an RN although I have kept my MICT current. I do occasionally pull shifts in the field. Once in a blue moon I work in the air. Not often though. Now that I am pregnant, I try to limit myself to ER. ...

People are such freaks. Sometimes I think of switching over and taking care of animals instead. But then we wouldn't have all of these hideous stories to laugh and gag at.:) Please say it isn't so...

travel nursing. To go where ever I like whenever I like would be fabulous!

What part of the country are you looking for? I had a great INS co while in denver. Here, it is another story. I dislocated my knee 1 yr ago and had to go to the OR for open reduction. I had sheared off part of my patella and my ins co just sent m...

exactly tee it up tom!

Ok, so this one is not about a fb, but close enough. Very, very dirty lol came in by ems, escorted by hus, for "just not right". It was very obvious by both appearance and aroma that neither of them could care for selves or each other any longer. ...

We use O2 for "cluster headaches". Works wonders.

Always two sides to a story. And all of us know that to the er pts 20 minutes seems like 2 hrs. About the asthma...if the episode was so "severe" she wouldn't have lasted 2 hrs.

I have seen many fb's in many places, but the one that got to me the most was the roach in a guy's ear. I don't know why it bothered my so much. Wasn't my ear. But just the thought of it wiggling around in there still makes me cringe.

We had a ff that came in at the age of 24 for pain meds for "knee pain" . MS was the ONLY thing that worked of course. No limp, normal gait, dnv's intact, no crepitus, nada. One of our ER docs got so tired of her that he just snowed her. I wasn't...

We had another guy who came in with a glass coke bottle (open) stuck in his bum with the open end up. We all placed bets on how they were gonna get it out because of the vacuum it had created. When we were standing in the hall and heard the glass b...

There was so much swelling there that they actually had to use lidocaine and make a small incision on the dog to get the blood to drain. Is there anyone in this world who could have done that with a straight face? I totally believe that there are s...

The ones that really drive me nuts are the ones that come in with Burger King in hand and 5 people in tow, laughing joking all out having a great time and tell me they have a migraine that is so terrible that they just can't take it anymore. And, it...

You get your volunteers to run to the lab? I am so jealous! I can't get our volunteer out of her chair. She sits there on the phone, occasionally answering questions for guests and that about sums it up. Oh, and one year she gave us all Bourbon b...

OK, first, I am not a pervert.:chuckle I lived next to a dog breeder for a while. Dogs have a part of their "member" that swells like a bulb. I'm not sure what it is called ball? Anyhow, this makes it easier for dogs to breed with other DOGS. ...

I have had a couple that nothing short of barfing and Kevorkian? would make me feel better. It hurts just to take a deep breath. So I know what you mean. I worked with a ER doc once that believed in 5omg Benadryl and 1 liter of NS for migraines. ...

NICE! There's a winner for you. :)

SLOW DOWN! No one was trying to offend you here. I am perfectly aware that there are pts with little to no relief for what ails them. I wasn't pointing fingers at you or anyone else. If you will recall, the title to this thread was drug seekers a...

You might try looking under the gen nursing discussion on this board. I think there is a thread about it in there.

I have no idea what she was planning.The only thing close to her was a bottle of lotion. I told her the Vicodin would stop her up and that we have remedies for that. Actually, now that I think about it, wouldn't it be nice if all of our patients g...

Oh and also, our staff are divided by scrub colors defined to each area. ER is royal blue, OR purple and pale blue, NICU pink, respiratory maroon etc, etc

We wash our own and wear them in to work, except for OR of course. I'm glad to wash my own. At least that way they get fabric softener. Hosp washed ones are like wearing cardboard. The ones we wear in the OR are hosp washed and supplied. The oth...