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  1. My apologies to the nursing profession

    sevensonnets replied to Jon12's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you Horseshoe! You're my kind of

  2. My apologies to the nursing profession

    sevensonnets replied to Jon12's topic in General Nursing

    Brandy1017, your reality is not my reality. I don't come to work every day with my fists doubled up looking for a fight or expecting to find bullying around every corner. I manage an 18-bed...

  3. My apologies to the nursing profession

    sevensonnets replied to Jon12's topic in General Nursing

    Oldmahubbard, it is indeed possible to be a nurse and never have suffered abuse or bullying in the workplace. I have not, but then I make every effort to get along with my coworkers and to deal with...

  4. Ambulating post op day zero

    sevensonnets replied to oceangirl1234's topic in General Nursing

    We have one thoracic surgeon who comes in the evening day 0 and orders the patient to be stood at bedside. He watches you do

  5. Male Nurse Disgusted by Female Nurses

    sevensonnets replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    If he's so sure he knows the solution to effect change, why wait for us female nurses? There are plenty of male nurses out there. He should rally his troops and do it without

  6. Grandma got run over

    sevensonnets replied to mtjoanna's topic in Nursing Humor

    Yes, Grandma's had an incredible round of bad luck every Christmas. You'd think she'd have wised up by now and have the party at her house instead. But that's just

  7. Mom Passed

    sevensonnets replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so sorry to hear about your mom, Hppy. I just lost my own mom 3 days

  8. How would you describe bedside nursing to non nursing individuals

    sevensonnets replied to Cameron2013's topic in General Nursing

    I've never felt the need to explain to anybody what I do. I'm too busy doing it. They don't have any real need for details of my

  9. What is your worst visitor story?

    sevensonnets replied to nordie's topic in General Nursing

    Patient on a morphine drip had two unbelievably obnoxious daughters, one of them armed with a cane. The doctor and I walked into the room at the same time and the one with the cane had somehow...

  10. allnurses avatars

    sevensonnets replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

    But I'm a girl Davy Do, and I have not one single curl. Nose is a little off. I have a classically Irish nose inherited from my daddy. I'm not gray either. Not yet anyway! Thank you I

  11. What is your worst visitor story?

    sevensonnets replied to nordie's topic in General Nursing

    Many years ago we had a patient whose husband climbed up on the window sill of her room and was threatening to smash the window and jump out from 5 stories up. Security stopped him. Turns out both of...

  12. allnurses avatars

    sevensonnets replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

    I keep looking for me but....I'm feeling very left

  13. What is your worst visitor story?

    sevensonnets replied to nordie's topic in General Nursing

    I've got too many stories to tell. A visitor claiming to be a med student and the patient's cousin, injected drugs into the patient's CVL causing arrest. We could not get her

  14. Why are they called, "Chucks?"

    sevensonnets replied to NPbyDay's topic in General Nursing

    Nah, not an sharp eye, Davy, it was just right there staring me in the face. You can't slip an extra N past Sonnet; she used to be a proofreader in her wild and crazy days, and second-place winner of...

  15. Why are they called, "Chucks?"

    sevensonnets replied to NPbyDay's topic in General Nursing

    The Tranquility "Euthanansia" Parlor appears to offer other services as

  16. Why are they called, "Chucks?"

    sevensonnets replied to NPbyDay's topic in General Nursing

    I think they're called chux because you chuck 'em when you're

  17. Tell on yourself, if you dare...

    sevensonnets replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    I've done that many times, Grifton! I feel like such a fool! See Door,

  18. Tell on yourself, if you dare...

    sevensonnets replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    I once gave a patient's family member the number of our unit and was quite puzzled hours later when he called me to ask about his mom. I was about to go off on a tirade at the person who gave this guy...

  19. Grandma got run over

    sevensonnets replied to mtjoanna's topic in Nursing Humor

    Yep, pick it quick and I promise never to post this again. I'm a dunce at spelling three and a complete failure at

  20. Grandma got run over

    sevensonnets replied to mtjoanna's topic in Nursing Humor

    Okay, let me see what I got in the bag. A HIPPApotamus, a coupla loose teeth, a fruitcake circa 1967 (recently reglazed and new cherries applied) and a rheww quarter length Canada Goose parka with...

  21. Grandma got run over

    sevensonnets replied to mtjoanna's topic in Nursing Humor

    Okay, let me see what I got left in the bag. A HIPPApotamus, coupla loose teeth, a fruitcake circa 1967 (recently reglazed and new green cherries added, and a Canada Goose three quarter length parka...

  22. Grandma got run over

    sevensonnets replied to mtjoanna's topic in Nursing Humor

    Why do they make Grandmas WALK home every

  23. RVN: Registered Veterinary Nurse, what do you think?

    sevensonnets replied to AllisonLeighLVT's topic in General Nursing

    No matter what YOU call yourself you are NOT a nurse. You cannot do what I

  24. Please someone help.

    sevensonnets replied to dahill01814's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I would also question why you would be confiding in a patient's family about financial

  25. ECG stickers during surgery

    sevensonnets replied to zarkasik's topic in General Nursing

    On the other hand, if you're asking because you don't know if that's part of your job, yes, it probably