sevensonnets

sevensonnets

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  1. Grandma got run over

    sevensonnets replied to mtjoanna's topic in Nursing Humor

    Don't know that one but Grandma and Frosty need to stay off the street till December

  2. I GOTTA KNOW!!!!!

    sevensonnets replied to qaqueen's topic in General Nursing

    A cardboard urinal? Is it lined with plastic or coated with wax like a milk carton to keep it from leaking? Never heard of such a

  3. Coffee marketed to nurses. Would you buy it?

    sevensonnets replied to ResumeRN's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital has a Starbuck's in the building. If I want a decent cup of coffee instead of the nasty glop that comes out of the unit's coffee pot, which never gets cleaned, I can go there. I'm not too...

  4. Grandma got run over

    sevensonnets replied to mtjoanna's topic in Nursing Humor

    Grandma's been getting hit by that doggone reindeer every Christmas since about 1982! Talk about a frequent

  5. I GOTTA KNOW!!!!!

    sevensonnets replied to qaqueen's topic in General Nursing

    Well, are bedpans

  6. How do you feel about having other nurses as patients?

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

    I've taken care of many nurses over the years (and more than a few MDs). As long as you are confident in your skills there's no reason to treat them any differently than any other

  7. Family Feud: What would a nurse want to do to a hot male patient

    sevensonnets replied to bruins79's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't call Family Feud sleazy, I'd call it just plain

  8. Night time cough

    sevensonnets replied to obehi123's topic in General Nursing

    I vote for the fly. Happens to me all the time. I hate

  9. Nurse Bullying

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

    It is interesting to learn that bullying can be a result of 'jealously.' Who

  10. Abandonment

    sevensonnets replied to farmdog's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand why if you thought something someone else did on your day off would compromise your license, you compromised itself by abandoning your patients. You should have thought that through...

  11. Inane scripting

    sevensonnets replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    There is an old guy, a clerk at CVS, who always says, "Howdy neighbor! Are you countin your blessins?" He says it to literally everybody who walks in the

  12. Inane scripting

    sevensonnets replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    We were ordered to say ' CVICU/Open Heart Unit. This is Sonnet RN. How may I help you?' Seems simple enough till you have to say it 50 times a day and you're in the middle of a code or some other...

  13. What keeps you going as a nurse?

    sevensonnets replied to NurseEnvision's topic in General Nursing

    Well, for me it's simple: I actually like what I do for a living, and I love my coworkers, some of whom I have known for 22

  14. Why I had reconsidered being a nurse

    sevensonnets replied to FutureRNCris's topic in General Nursing

    In regard to having doors shut in your face, you need to realize that nurses are giving sensitive care to patients that you can't witness. I've had to reach over with one foot many times to shut the...

  15. Being Ordered to Give Whiskey

    sevensonnets replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    It's a whole lot better to give it to them now than to deal with the DTs that will come in a couple of

  16. Coffee marketed to nurses. Would you buy it?

    sevensonnets replied to ResumeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm with Klone; McDonald's makes some decent coffee, alright, and anybody can drink

  17. What do you think?

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

    Okay, we went from a 'little confused and worried about my career' in his first post to 'Donald Trump on steroids' in about a week. OP writes a good story but I don't believe a word of

  18. I am not proud of my track record.

    sevensonnets replied to STARL's topic in General Nursing

    Finance, just as this thing is finally winding down and the OP says she's getting help, you come along with your burned out husk and nurses eat their young nonsense. The OP's dilemma has nothing...

  19. What do you think?

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

    Excellent response,

  20. Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    sevensonnets replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    And don't you love the deathbed scenes where the patient is entirely lucid and talking coherently for a long time, and then they just close their eyes and

  21. Thankful To Be A Nurse On Thanksgiving

    sevensonnets replied to TheCommuter's topic in Nurses Rock

    Fran, you covered it all! I'm thankful for all that and my two beautiful sons, one of whom produced the 2 best grandsons ever! Oh, and my dog who will turn 13 in a few

  22. Do your colleagues know you appreciate them?

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

    I have worked for many years in an 22-bed CVICU and we are fortunate to have a great manager who supports us in all we do. On 7a to 7p we work well together and understand that good relationships...

  23. School Bus Tragedy

    sevensonnets replied to fawnmarie's topic in School

    As a former resident of Chattanooga while attending UTC, I am grieved by this, and find it difficult to watch on TV. May God comfort the parents of these precious children. Since we really don't know...

  24. I am not proud of my track record.

    sevensonnets replied to STARL's topic in General Nursing

    Nursinggetway, this is a person who has only been a nurse 10 months, had 5 jobs, and has been fired from most of them. She makes serious med errors, does not follow up when she is supposed to take a...

  25. Whether I should or not

    sevensonnets replied to Sarah2018's topic in General Nursing

    If you can't handle your patient assignments, you feel your patients will suffer, and you're afraid to ask questions, of course you need some training and a mentor. If your patients suffer because you...