RNtoJD

This goes back to when I was a new grad. I had a man ring the call bell because he wanted me to scratch his penis. I told him, "There are some things that I don't get paid to do. That is one of them." So he asked if I wouldn't mind washing it. Well, ...

I just thought of another one, again from a friend of mine. I used to date a dentist whose practice primarily consisted of geriatric patients. He loves the old ladies and enjoys kidding around with them. One day he needed to do an x ray on an 85 year...

Here's one from a few years ago. My friend is an EMT, and he is a real sweetheart, although not the brightest bulb in the pack. He tries to put his patients at ease, and sometimes tries to appear more intelligent than he is. Anyway, he was bringing a...

Hi there. If it makes you feel any better, I have been an RN for 8 years now and just recently I started a new job and I am going through a lot of what you describe. Just today, my preceptor snapped at me for a mistake that I hadn't even made yet (an...

. I actually think abortion is one of the few areas where women have more control than men. This, in a nutshell, explains why many (althiugh not all) conservative males are "pro-life" when they are also "pro death penalty". The incongruity is tellin...

Excellent post.

This is why I LOVE peds! I work in MRI and we have a 10 year old who comes in once a year for follow up scans. He has always said that he wants to be a chef when he grows up and the last time he was in (age 9) his mother told me that he had already b...

My question would be... if these kids are needing long-term tubefeeds, why do they not have gastrostomies? The aspiration risk of nasogastric feeding in the unobserved child is astronomical! I was wondering the same thing. Not to mention the discomfo...

I work in MRI, where we do a lot of IVs on infants and toddlers for both anesthesia and contrast infusion. I have a lot of success with saphenous veins. These can be tricky because they are almost always a blind stick and you have to know how to land...

ditto!!:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

2) Just because we have a (federal) EMTALA law, doesn't make it reasonably and financially prudent. I speak fluent Spanish as a white man, and would NEVER expect anyone to speak English if I emigrated to said country. I would laugh at them for mandat...

Hilarious...:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

You know you are at a Christmas party full of nurses when medicine cups are used for the Jello shots. We actually did this, we literally had hundreds of them!

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: As a nurse who works with kids a lot, I find this hysterical!

You know you are a nurse when you wrap Birthday, Christmas, etc gifts with the micropore tape that you "accidentally" went home with. ...When your 13 year old starts telling stories to gross you out and you end up grossing her out!! ( mine knows bett...

OB was my worst area too. I did very well on my practice exam (99th percentile) but it did nothing to quell my nerves on exam day. I brought a roll of TUMS with me on the day of the exam. Just remember: "Barely passing" is still passing. In fact, the...

I won't be leaving for at least 4 years--longer if I don't find satisfactory employment in the legal profession. I was pre-law in college before even thinking about nursing. I went back for my RN after having my daughter. I love it but the Law is so ...

LOLOLOL!!!That is great. Look at the bright side... he also couldn't see what size foot you had just put in your mouth!!... I once worked for an oral surgeon who is a great guy, but unfortunately didn't have much in the way of social skills, but had ...

I love it!! I hear funny one liners daily from kids. That is why I love peds. They are just so entertaining.

Thanks. Best of luck on the NCLEX... Please hurry into the profession! we're drowning here!! :)

Thank you. I fell in love with the campus the first time I saw it. The buildings all look so old. Hard to believe that the Law Library was built in (I think) 1991. I have only been on this board and already I am addicted LOL.

Hilarious!!!!!

If I could offer another suggestion from personal experience. I was an EMT before attending nursing school (St Mary's--now closed). Other EMS colleagues who had attended nursing school had warned me not to tell anyone that I was an EMT. I didn't list...

I was working in the ER and this man was brought in --post coital cardiac arrest. He was probably about 80 yrs old. Well, unfortunately we were unable to resucitate him. About 2 hours after he was pronounced, the local HOMICIDE team came in and deman...

...and another more recent one. I once without thinking asked a double amputee how tall he was. Then as an effort to redeem myself proceeded to follow up with. "and how much do you weigh?" --Needless to say, I couldn't wait to get out of there.