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  1. Did you get their bath done? Seriously?

    sevensonnets replied to Bezoars's topic in General Nursing

    That's okay, I'm easily led astray! I digressed from the original intent of the thread which seems to have lost way back

  2. Another Five Star Management Decision!

    sevensonnets replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    When the day comes that all 5 wornout lifts are broken down, call your 5 star management team to help you get patients out of bed. Guarantee you the policy will change in a hurry because they don't...

  3. Did you get their bath done? Seriously?

    sevensonnets replied to Bezoars's topic in General Nursing

    Esme, do I know you?? I've worked for many years in a very large Catholic hospital which was a terrific place to work until the sisters handed control over to the lay people several years ago and it...

  4. who should do the ambubagging during xray and ctscan procedures?

    sevensonnets replied to ian04's topic in General Nursing

    We use the LTV vent also but the ICU nurse is required to stay within sight of the patient during the

  5. concierge ? Really?

    sevensonnets replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    I can't get past that pet sitting business! Who's going to hand over their house and car keys to a complete

  6. Ortho test

    sevensonnets replied to ladiesman's topic in General Nursing

    How'd ya do on your dermatology test,

  7. Full Moon kinda weekend!

    sevensonnets replied to Alana211's topic in General Nursing

    Two words: Super Moon. Full moon times about

  8. Sleeping on the job.

    sevensonnets replied to swon1223's topic in General Nursing

    The answer to your question lies with HR at her facility. Sleeping on the job means immediate termination in my hospital so stated in the employment

  9. Did you get their bath done? Seriously?

    sevensonnets replied to Bezoars's topic in General Nursing

    We do "gang baths" in our ICU. Everybody pitches in; you do this half, I'll do the other and we'll meet in the middle. One nurse to wash the face and do oral care and one nurse to get the linens ready...

  10. Ortho test

    sevensonnets replied to ladiesman's topic in General Nursing

    Well, okay, maybe we're not just playing a game here, ladiesman. Cheating on a test?

  11. Ortho test

    sevensonnets replied to ladiesman's topic in General Nursing

    Ebear, thanks for providing Steinman pins. It's been at least 100 years since I did any orthopedics and I knew those things had a name I just couldn't remember

  12. Ortho test

    sevensonnets replied to ladiesman's topic in General Nursing

    If that's a pin on the inside of the knee it's skeletal tx. Buck's tx is

  13. I hate what's happening to nursing...

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

    There's nothing for me to add here. I worry about the future of nursing in general. It's so sad that newer nurses won't ever know what nursing used to be

  14. Cultural diversity help

    sevensonnets replied to OBnurse3's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I do not agree that it's up to the hospital to adapt to the religious and cultural needs of every patient. If a patient wants only female MDs and a hospital does not have female MDs, it's up to the...

  15. Impersonating a nurse

    sevensonnets replied to Elleveein's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    It's bad enough when unlicensed (or licensed) MAs start calling themselves nurses which they clearly are not, but when they hand out business cards advertising themselves as nurses they've cooked...

  16. "I'm A Good Nurse" Syndrome

    sevensonnets replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    All you gotta do is read about half the posts on AN to realize that some people spend more time whining about their coworkers than they do learning and practicing the art of nursing. There's room for...

  17. If we are supposed to be promoting gender equality in nursing

    sevensonnets replied to LPNweezy's topic in General Nursing

    I don't feel personally responsible for promoting gender equality in nursing. It doesn't bother me if the guys want to talk amongst

  18. work excuse and privacy issues

    sevensonnets replied to psu_213's topic in Emergency

    No matter what the patient's boss does with the info it's still not your issue. She'll have to handle it

  19. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    sevensonnets replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    "That's not my patient." Makes me want to rip somebody's tongue

  20. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    sevensonnets replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    Had a confused patient once call and say there was some kind of critter in her room. Well, there actually was a critter in her room: a

  21. Why do nurses feel the need to put RN on their license plates?

    sevensonnets replied to 3dayRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I saw a tag one day that said BM2D. Somebody in my neighborhood has one that says SPUTUM. Now there's a coupla folks proud of what they

  22. Reprimanded for giving glucagon?!!!

    sevensonnets replied to dblpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    If this patient hadn't been eating all day, they knew this was coming! Your DON's just ticked off because you handled things correctly without consulting her first. She doesn't want you as an LPN to...

  23. Do Nurses Still Make *Real* Beds?

    sevensonnets replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    I was making a postop bed one day and someone said What in the heck are you

  24. The Roll of a LVN in California Hospitals.

    sevensonnets replied to Weebee's topic in California Nursing

    I'm not an LVN or in California but in my hospital there are still many LVN/LPNs working on the floors as well as in the OR. Never heard any talk about getting rid of them; in fact the hospital is...

  25. Anyone ever heard of anything like this?

    sevensonnets replied to JusBeinANur's topic in General Nursing

    A good friend of mine is DON in LTC and he said that the administrator tells new hires in orientation that if they get fired from there they will be blacklisted and never work in health care again....