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  1. Funniest injury you have ever seen.....

    2ndgenerationnurse replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Emergency

    floating the ER one night when a young man came in with his eyelid glued shut ;O( seems his wife would put his eye drops in for him at night and had her bottle of nail adhesive next to his eye...

  2. How much gets deducted from your pay for health benefits?

    2ndgenerationnurse replied to hoolahan's topic in General Nursing

    i beat all of you!!! i pay $804 a month! for a UPMC HMO plan, the ins. is for me, dh and kids. it has good coverage but it is sooooo high. it went up about $250 this year and now it is payed after...

  3. Euro 2004 final

    2ndgenerationnurse replied to nursebedlam's topic in Nursing Humor

    rotfl:roll have you heard the one about the guy at the golf course.... he was golfing all day when a funeral prosession came by and he stops and takes his hat off and remains still and silent as they...

  4. work makes me sick, literally :OP

    2ndgenerationnurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    we are exposed to the sickest people in our world just as an expected part of the job... despite aseptic techniques, contact isolation and isolation when we know we need it, and our best efforts to...

  5. work makes me sick, literally :OP

    2ndgenerationnurse replied to 2ndgenerationnurse's topic in General Nursing

    i like the idea of having a pair of gloves in my pocet, for quick use and leave them there for that, using the box for the usual needs, i think i will adopt that idea... it would've helped in my...

  6. work makes me sick, literally :OP

    2ndgenerationnurse replied to 2ndgenerationnurse's topic in General Nursing

    i think you are right, but hind sight is 20/20... also you may think about your hospital's rules a different way...you can't sue them for workman's comp etc if you get exposure when you don't follow...

  7. work makes me sick, literally :OP

    2ndgenerationnurse replied to 2ndgenerationnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Krissy NY vbmenu_register("postmenu_801069", true); Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Age: 32 Posts: 52 Entire unit quarentined I have shared that I am a new CNA and began work at a new facility....

  8. bedpan anyone?

    2ndgenerationnurse posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    ------------------------------------------------- hospital bulletin: ------------------------------------------------- in an effort to hold the line on escalating medical costs, the hopital is...

  9. bedpan anyone?

    2ndgenerationnurse replied to 2ndgenerationnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    cold bedpan complaints!!! great point!!! lol:rotfl:

  10. When in uniform?!?!?!?!?

    2ndgenerationnurse replied to Still Riding's topic in General Nursing

    if it takes a badge and uniform for humankind to use common courtesy then lets hand them out at birth! (or is that what we get when we get our birthday suit? lol :chuckle ) why does the 'bad guy' set...

  11. When in uniform?!?!?!?!?

    2ndgenerationnurse replied to Still Riding's topic in General Nursing

    Hospital ban for abusive patients search for this thread... in fact i'll go bump it so it will be new for today... it will give you all hope that a wave of standing against nurse abuse is coming.

  12. When in uniform?!?!?!?!?

    2ndgenerationnurse replied to Still Riding's topic in General Nursing

    never attribute malice to that which can easily be explained by stupidity..... or a bad day, or a distracted mind, or a brain burp, or...... we all have our stupid days when we just don't feel like...

  13. Funny quotes from patients

    2ndgenerationnurse replied to RNtoJD's topic in Nursing Humor

    hey adidas99- to your signature "you can pick your friends, you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose. " i have to tell you that after i had sinus surgery my ENT Dr. was cleaning...

  14. work makes me sick, literally :OP

    2ndgenerationnurse replied to 2ndgenerationnurse's topic in General Nursing

    i'm just not sure that any product is as good as the hospitals antibacterial stuff (am i wrong?)... and i am afraid most lotions will just hold on to bacteria in my work place... i have used my...

  15. work makes me sick, literally :OP

    2ndgenerationnurse replied to 2ndgenerationnurse's topic in General Nursing

    how about what our job does to our hands! the cracking and stinging with each wash and the need for that instant soap when we are in a hurry or in a bad way... never enough lotion to mend them on the...

  16. I lost my twins....can anyone help me?

    2ndgenerationnurse replied to OHmom2boys's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i lost my first baby, very bad Dr., went on the pill as a newly wed, and ended up diagnosed pregnant too late. it was the middle of the night and i had been told to go to bed and hope the labor pain...

  17. RNs if you could...

    2ndgenerationnurse replied to PCGrad06's topic in Nursing Career

    does the plumper do pillows? that wouldn't be too bad!:chuckle sorry couldn't

  18. Any West TN nurses here working in OB?

    2ndgenerationnurse replied to cabbage patch rn's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    i worked at methodist hosp of dyersburg my first 2 years of nursing. it was a good place to work but also a small community hosp, like yours. i worked on the geriatric/pediatric floor and in the...

  19. Funny things you have said but wish you didn't

    2ndgenerationnurse replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    i asked my pt last night if he knew what year it is; he replied, "1999" to which i said, "no it is 2002" :chuckle may i adapt a saying my husband likes and say... when orrienting a confused pt make...

  20. work makes me sick, literally :OP

    2ndgenerationnurse replied to 2ndgenerationnurse's topic in General Nursing

    a month or so ago i walked into a confused pt's room to answer a ringing IV pump to find her pumping blood into her bed from her extracted central line site. she had pulled it out leaving it hanging...

  21. Funny things you have said but wish you didn't

    2ndgenerationnurse replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    don't ever ask a woman when her baby is due unless she has told you she is pregnant first!:imbar nuff

  22. work makes me sick, literally :OP

    2ndgenerationnurse replied to 2ndgenerationnurse's topic in General Nursing

    i have had sooooo many skin tests but never possitive... but it always worries me b/c it is something we could be exposed to and not even know it... and be infected with and not know it, worse...

  23. Funny things you have said but wish you didn't

    2ndgenerationnurse replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    i embarass my kids quite often... in fact they have a little book of inside family jokes, most of them are quotes of stupid things mom has said... here is just one such event.... remember when taco...

  24. Kind of uncomfortable posting this, so NO DUDES :)

    2ndgenerationnurse replied to tattooednursie's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i call the day i got my total hysterectomy.. "the day i got all my worries removed" but i have four girls 23, 21, 18, 15..... pms time is not a fun time of the month in this house x4!!!! LOL:chuckle...

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

    2ndgenerationnurse replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    i can only make it to page 10.... don't want to see if you mentioned my weakness... gangrene.... i have already had enough to keep me on a soda cracker diet for a week...i think i may not even keep...