Adam D. RN2005

Adam D. RN2005

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  1. I'm Pregnant!!!

    Adam D. RN2005 replied to K205's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Congratulations on the anticipated arrival of your little ittie bittie one! Unforntunately because I have a Y chromosome (we can't all be perfect with trying to get the double x. Oh well.) I can't...

  2. Truth is stranger than fiction

    Adam D. RN2005 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    A little long in the tooth, sorry... The truth is stranger than fiction. And this week proved that to a point. I worked an overtime shift last sunday, and it was worth it. It was my most pleasant...

  3. Stress and Depression

    Adam D. RN2005 replied to RainDreamer's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hey RainDreamer, Depression is quite normal at the beginning new change or situation in life. It the way the brain copes with changes and adjusting to the new normal. And it can take anywhere from a...

  4. Charting Bloopers

    Adam D. RN2005 replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    Well, you've heard of phantom pain, well, this is phantom pedal

  5. Charting Bloopers

    Adam D. RN2005 replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    Seen in my pts chart this evening: Please Toilet Mouth. Thank you. Had the unit in stitches. What do we do, put toilet water in the mouth. I mean really. And this same md for another pt wrote, Change...

  6. what to say???

    Adam D. RN2005 replied to tx2007's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have to agree here. Sometimes the correct thing to say is nothing at all. And sometimes just a simple nod or even a hand on someones sholder will tell the person that they are not alone. And most of...

  7. Recommended Reading Nursing Books List (joke)

    Adam D. RN2005 replied to Angie O'Plasty's topic in Nursing Humor

    Psychiatric Self Helf by M.I.

  8. Allergy shots SQ or intramuscular?

    Adam D. RN2005 replied to nurscee's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I recieve them on a monthly basis and it is always SQ. Damn dustmites. Why couldn't I have a respiratory response instead of the skin reaction. .

  9. Off orientation

    Adam D. RN2005 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Been practicing my new dance routine for now 9 weeks, the nursing 2 step, and this past week was my first off of orientation. So the umbilcord cord has been cut, the tethers released, and not only am...

  10. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    Adam D. RN2005 replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    Last night, a group of us were standing by the nurses station, when a pt called in, and for about ten minutes b*t*hed and moaned about her roommate having a party with 20 people. And that they were...

  11. Funniest thing a new nurse said/charted/asked...

    Adam D. RN2005 replied to RN12345656's topic in Nursing Humor

    My first day as a Brand New RN with the new RN shine, well, I am shadowing my preceptor, she intorduces me to a pt and tells me to listen to his chest, hoping I would hear the faint murmur. Well the...

  12. You know its going to be a bad shift when...

    Adam D. RN2005 posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    Just as you're walking into the hospital for your shift, you hear "Code Blue" followed by your unit. Eight of your patients have had 13 BM's, and it is not even the first hour. (Happened to me 3 weeks...

  13. Recommended Reading Nursing Books List (joke)

    Adam D. RN2005 replied to Angie O'Plasty's topic in Nursing Humor

    Food Poisoning Causes by E.

  14. Recommended Reading Nursing Books List (joke)

    Adam D. RN2005 replied to Angie O'Plasty's topic in Nursing Humor

    Good one. Methods of Birth Control By Di A. Fram Pain in the back by Ben Dover Lung Sounds by Ad von

  15. You know its going to be a bad shift when...

    Adam D. RN2005 replied to Adam D. RN2005's topic in Nursing Humor

    A patient that is fully cognitive and ambulates with out assistance all over the

  16. You know its going to be a bad shift when...

    Adam D. RN2005 replied to Adam D. RN2005's topic in Nursing Humor

    During report, each of your patients have some sort of psychological issue and should all be in the psych unit but are not because of some sort of medical condition. When the elevator doors open onto...

  17. My first emergency...

    Adam D. RN2005 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well, it finaly happened, the other evening, I had my first nursing emergency where I had to go through my nursing interventions. At 2100, my tech lets me know my DM hemo pt is hypoglycemic. I...

  18. Afraid of giving report, need adivse please!

    Adam D. RN2005 replied to ImShelly31's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Good advice, I have felt my taped reports lacking. And this was just the advice I was looking for. Adam,

  19. My first emergency...

    Adam D. RN2005 replied to Adam D. RN2005's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Their pre-din-din c/s was 98. And they ate a full meal. The cause of the hypoglycemic incident was related to a med error. The previous rn gave the pt glucophage and glipizide. The pt was not suppose...

  20. Shoes???

    Adam D. RN2005 replied to MarylandNsgStudent's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm a male nurse, and I admit, I wear Nursemates. They're lite, comfortable and have a good fit. I got frustraited in nursing school with mens nursing shoes and wearing sneakers at my parttime job,...

  21. Does anyone here love their job?

    Adam D. RN2005 replied to elainebenes's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yes, I love me job. I have been on the unit 6 weeks and am enjoying every second of it. I will admit at times I do feel overwhelmed. But my preceptor as well as my manager have been very pleased with...

  22. Fear Factor, Nurse Style, Five Stunts... lol

    Adam D. RN2005 replied to NurCrystal22's topic in Nursing Humor

    Compaired with the mouthwash, it tasted a hell of a lot better and would have rather have had the taste of urine in my mouth than that mouthwash. I am shuddering just thinking about it. (The mouthwash...

  23. Fear Factor, Nurse Style, Five Stunts... lol

    Adam D. RN2005 replied to NurCrystal22's topic in Nursing Humor

    Been there, see it, and done that as a tech when I worked as on a resperatory unit. And during my peds rotation in school, had a baby pee in my mouth. It was a good vintage. The mouthwash I used...

  24. Fear Factor, Nurse Style, Five Stunts... lol

    Adam D. RN2005 replied to NurCrystal22's topic in Nursing Humor

    I remember my instructors as well as some older nurses tell me of a day when they cleaned poop without gloves. I was told they did this as late as the 1980's and that gloves are a really recent thing...

  25. Add to the story....

    Adam D. RN2005 replied to bassRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    the RoadRunner with a little man who resembles Marvin the Martian