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  1. How to handle condescending doctor

    sevensonnets replied to MyAimIsTrue's topic in General Nursing

    A nurse should never contradict a physician in front of a patient and their family. That's beyond unprofessional. The hospitalist was not going to start dialysis without checking labs and consulting...

  2. The Patient's "Guests"

    sevensonnets replied to rnsheri's topic in Nursing Humor

    Then there's the ever popular, "What time is the doctor coming? Can you call him and find

  3. What would you be in another life?

    sevensonnets replied to NurseYoshi's topic in General Nursing

    I'd be a private detective and maybe write a little poetry on the

  4. Meyers Brigg, Have you done it?

    sevensonnets replied to Alexx_xox's topic in General Nursing

    I never heard of the thing before but took it to see what it was about. I'm ISFJ-A Defender. Don't agree with most of it but defenders apparently make great nurses and managers. I manage an 18 bed...

  5. Evidence Base Research Shows...

    sevensonnets replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    Evidence based research shows that when all 10 of your pens disappear halfway through your shift and you have to resort to borrowing one, the person who says, "Here, I can lend you have one of mine"...

  6. Evidence Base Research Shows...

    sevensonnets replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    'A Kiss is just a kiss, a thigh is just a thigh. The world will always welcome lovers as time goes

  7. Funniest Nursing Situation

    sevensonnets replied to Neats's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked for many years in a Catholic hospital, and when nuns or monks or bishops, etc., are admitted they are treated like royalty. Sometimes they're admitted to ICU just to get more personal...

  8. Nursing nightmares.

    sevensonnets replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    For me it's the one where I discover a whole bunch of patients at the end of the day that I have never laid eyes on all day and I have to explain why. Or the one where I find out all my patients are...

  9. Triage?

    sevensonnets replied to bunnylovinggrl's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think you have to worry much about them putting "triage" on their resumes. As medical assistants they are 100% not going to be applying for jobs that require actual

  10. Evidence Base Research Shows...

    sevensonnets replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    Evidence based research shows that nurses who get dressed in a hurry in the dark at 4:30 am are 87% more likely to get to work and discover they put their scrub pants on backwards and are wearing 2...

  11. Should nurses be able to listen to music at work?

    sevensonnets replied to RockinNurse2018's topic in General Nursing

    Bikegirl and Here.I.Stand, I guess we're talking about the same Flipper. My son played with them sometime in the mid 2000's when Krist Novoselic was around. Bruce Loose is my grandson's

  12. Abuse

    sevensonnets replied to 4RealStudent's topic in General Students

    Not even once in nearly 39

  13. Should nurses be able to listen to music at work?

    sevensonnets replied to RockinNurse2018's topic in General Nursing

    My policy is no music on the unit because we are not here to be

  14. Charting Bloopers

    sevensonnets replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    Sorry, got interrupted before I finished. So next shift charted Patient de-stressed and calling out for doctor. VSS. Dr. H paged to see on

  15. Charting Bloopers

    sevensonnets replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    Patient's family had some questions for the doc so I paged him to call them in the room, but they had already left. Patient herself age 94 answers the phone. The doc then calls me and says, "Do NOT...

  16. English Composition was it hard??

    sevensonnets replied to lovenurses2016's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Just a couple of pointers is all I have time for at the moment. Learn how and where to make paragraphs, and watch punctuation such as proper use of the apostrophe. Remember that a sentence ends in...

  17. As a new nurse, how was your first experience with trach patients?

    sevensonnets replied to Misstika's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Like Sally, my ancient (though BSN) program taught me great clinical skills. If you need to learn trach care and suctioning, admit that to your manager and observe an experienced nurse a few times....

  18. What is Nux Vomica? State Board Questions From the Turn of the 20thCentury: An Era Gone By

    sevensonnets replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

    Brenda, you beat me to it. Edith Cavell during

  19. You Know You're A Nurse If...

    sevensonnets replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    No, but I did get to spend a little more time with

  20. You Know You're A Nurse If...

    sevensonnets replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    ...My King Charles Spaniel had to have 2 teeth pulled when he was 15 years old. Needed antibiotics and pain meds for a few days. I carefully explained to him that Dr. Ken wanted him to take them twice...

  21. Peplau and interpersonal relations

    sevensonnets replied to Realist_'s topic in General Students

    Uh...I don't think we're talking to a nurse,

  22. Disturbing Conversation on Overweight Healthcare Workers

    sevensonnets replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing

    I think what most of us are saying is this issue has been done to death. There isn't anything fresh or new that can be said that hasn't already been

  23. What is the funniest thing a doctor has said to you?

    sevensonnets replied to jodispamodi's topic in Nursing Humor

    We have an ortho who is, putting it as nicely as I can, a nut. I was on the elevator with him one day and he kept looking me all up and down. He finally goes, "You have on new

  24. Why do patients.....?

    sevensonnets replied to ArrowRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    You put all 19 pills in the cup with explanation of what's what and they pick each one out and ask "What is this one for?" Or they'll go, "Where's my little white pill? I have to have my little white...

  25. Commute Time

    sevensonnets replied to nursechini's topic in General Nursing

    I can get there in less than 10 minutes. The length of time it takes to get from parking lot to building to floor is twice that