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  1. Your favorite color

    sevensonnets replied to DiplomaNurseRN's topic in General Nursing

    I hated those tricolored Bic pens with a passion. You had to press very hard to make them write and after a few charts your hand would cramp. Then you couldn't read what you wrote because the ink was...

  2. Diploma RN's, any of us left?

    sevensonnets replied to DiplomaNurseRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    My CVI unit manager is a diploma nurse and is a fantastic manager. We work in a Catholic hospital and she graduated from the hospital's nursing school which is no longer in operation. She's been...

  3. Why do patients.....?

    sevensonnets replied to ArrowRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    I hate it when they dump all 18 pills out in the palm of their hand and try to toss them into their mouths but the pills end up in, around and under the bed. Then you have to crawl around in the floor...

  4. Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    sevensonnets replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    Don't you love it when the ER docs do brain surgery and heart

  5. Reasons patients turn on their call light

    sevensonnets replied to diamondp17's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Then there's the ever-popular "My mother was sent an orange popsicle on her lunch tray but she only eats the lime ones. Can you get her another one?" Or, "Can you send someone to move my Kleenex box?"...

  6. Washing scrubs?

    sevensonnets replied to dd131's topic in General Nursing

    I second Commuter's vinegar suggestion. It works for

  7. Communication Discrimination

    sevensonnets replied to WinterLilac's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I was born and raised in Indiana and have a classic Hoosier accent tempered a bit by having lived in a southern state for years. I speak a little slower than I did as a child. That has never been a...

  8. Critical issues Nurses face today?

    sevensonnets replied to MeganVlad0809's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, I don't let myself get that stressed out and I'm definitely not

  9. ICU Question about central line infection control

    sevensonnets replied to Benj2610's topic in Critical Care

    Of course we

  10. What's In Your Staff Bathroom?

    sevensonnets replied to oldpsychnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Instructions on how to wash your hands while singing happy birthday. I sure as heck hope nobody in there actually needs to be told how to wash their hands! There are always random notes like If You...

  11. Day 2: 2016 Nurses Week Fill In The Blank Contest

    sevensonnets replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    The family member who "works in the medical field" (read: works in housekeeping in a nursing home) demanding that I call the cath lab and find out what's taking them so long because "my mother needs...

  12. What makes a great ICU nurse?

    sevensonnets replied to Scottishtape's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    I've never seen what you call head butting in my 37 years in critical care. When you work in that kind of environment you've got to be a team. It's not me against all the rest of them. You learn to...

  13. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    sevensonnets replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    I go way back but I'm pretty confident I never gave pectinized

  14. Have You Ever Had to Take Care of Someone You Knew?

    sevensonnets replied to NewGradRN114's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've taken care of several physicians, my nursing school instructor, my best friend's father, coworkers, and a nursing supervisor. Something horrible happened to her and she died a tortuous death....

  15. What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

    sevensonnets replied to nirvana1's topic in Nursing Humor

    What a cast of characters! How would you call them to

  16. Inappropriate comment?

    sevensonnets replied to Gampopa's topic in Medical-Surgical

    If you had called the other nurse inappropriate in front of the patient YOU would have been inappropriate. If the patient was offended she could have said

  17. What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

    sevensonnets replied to nirvana1's topic in Nursing Humor

    Found this thread way late but I have a few additions. A urologist named Seth Pool and a pediatrician named Pandapotti. Coworker named Starr Blocker. A transporter named La Paree (Mom named him after...

  18. Where are all the "older" nurses?

    sevensonnets replied to tjcnurse2b's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm right there with you sallyrnrrt! I've been in critical care for 37 years except for a couple of years in ED and I wouldn't dream of doing anything else. Not ready to hang it up

  19. Favorite RN Position

    sevensonnets replied to KT_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not a flight nurse but I know a couple of them. They are brave souls for

  20. How do you deal with workplace drama?

    sevensonnets replied to laurennnxo26's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You deal with it by ignoring it and doing your own job. Don't ever indulge in gossip or let yourself get pulled into it. Let them fight amongst

  21. Favorite RN Position

    sevensonnets replied to KT_RN's topic in General Nursing

    CVI is my thing. I love anything

  22. AN.com's Soap Opera, "Generic Hospital"

    sevensonnets replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

    Well, I guess that's better than explosive

  23. AN.com's Soap Opera, "Generic Hospital"

    sevensonnets replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

    No you may not, meanmaryjean. I've already applied for the

  24. Mel, Nurse

    sevensonnets replied to Davey Do's topic in Men in Nursing

    A little background on Mel. After graduating from Clown College in 1972, he worked in various capacities in the clown industry, but he was met with bullying from other clowns. They stole his red nose,...

  25. First clinical in hospital

    sevensonnets replied to al3x117's topic in General Students

    I agree with everything that RNKPCE said. It's also important to introduce yourself to the patient and to address them by their