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  1. They're Their and There

    sevensonnets replied to PaperPencil's topic in General Students

    Lord, don't even get me started on it's and its, im and ill. And then there are those folks who can't figure out how to make a word plural so they think they should just stick an apostrophe in there...

  2. Favorite Dr or Nurse Name

    sevensonnets replied to sethmctenn's topic in Nursing Humor

    Kathy, I think I'd have installed locks and charged per visit!

  3. Deleted thread??

    sevensonnets replied to lilaclover's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe they mooooved it like that awful thread about the danger of drinking milk. Sorry...in a silly

  4. How do you protect your license? What are common errors to avoid? Pls. HELP

    sevensonnets replied to newbiekenobe's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If you'll all forgive me for pointing out the obvious, in one of his/her previous posts the OP states he/she is an "inquiring monkey" trying to help a friend. What kind of nursing program assigns...

  5. Getting hit on at work?

    sevensonnets replied to ToughLover's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry entered before I intended to! He was arrested for assaulting his ex-wife. Flirtatiousness is not always innocent nor should a woman feel flattered about

  6. Getting hit on at work?

    sevensonnets replied to ToughLover's topic in General Nursing

    This really creepy new guy who worked in another department at my hospital (not nursing) kept trying to talk to me but I'd just say hello and go on about my business. Then when I had a day off he'd...

  7. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    sevensonnets replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think if I ever hear "sontimeters" again I'll

  8. Should second-hand smoke be illegal in a home with children?

    sevensonnets replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    I know how such a law would be enforced. DHS would be more than happy to go door-to-door to round up children living with smoking parents. Wouldn't that be a windfall for the foster care

  9. Pronounce buccal ... help

    sevensonnets replied to KitkatPRN's topic in General Nursing

    Buckle. I've never heard it pronounced any other

  10. Medical shows...

    sevensonnets replied to Jenni811's topic in Nursing Humor

    Yeah, very unrealistic like Chicago Hope was (I'm glad it's gone). The "head nurse" in the ER personally greeted patients, accompanied them to the OR, and scrubbed in to their

  11. Medical shows...

    sevensonnets replied to Jenni811's topic in Nursing Humor

    And then there's those darn monitors that go

  12. Nurses notes...Print or Cursive?

    sevensonnets replied to bassadict69's topic in General Nursing

    Legibility is not an issue if your facility uses computer charting. However, when you write orders you have an obligation to write legibly and clearly. If your cursive is difficult to decipher for...

  13. PHARMACY PROBLEMS?

    sevensonnets replied to pharmacistKAREN's topic in Patient Medications

    As somebody already said, STAT means STAT, so the nurse should never have to call 10 times to beg for a med. Another huge issue at my hospital is TPN and ABX that just don't show up at the right time...

  14. Do you have to start everyone's IV for them?

    sevensonnets replied to jimmy the P's topic in General Nursing

    I don't see the need to start an "older nurse" debate where IVs are concerned. As one of those older nurses I've been starting IVs for 30 plus years and it's been literally YEARS since anybody had to...

  15. Why are patients...?

    sevensonnets replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in Nursing Humor

    Why is that patients are struck totally dumb when the doctor is in the room? Then when he's moved on to another patient they call the nurse to their room to ask the results of their CBC or when can...

  16. Medical shows...

    sevensonnets replied to Jenni811's topic in Nursing Humor

    Yeah, on House the docs even do the ultrasounds and CT scans. My pet peeve is code blues on medical shows. Dr. Smith to the ICU. Code blue ICU. Stand back. Clear. He's gone. Whole code takes about 30...

  17. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

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

    Nurse, come quick. Somebody took my leg! (Prosthesis subsequently located in the

  18. Medical words that make you cringe.

    sevensonnets replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Students

    GI bleed. Double barreled colostomy. Hemorrhoidectomy. Enucleation (there you go,

  19. Favorite "Lay Terms" For Diagnoses

    sevensonnets replied to OleMissRN's topic in General Nursing

    My patient says she takes a Loralax every morning: a Lortab plus Miralax. Drug companies should get busy on that

  20. Favorite "Lay Terms" For Diagnoses

    sevensonnets replied to OleMissRN's topic in General Nursing

    My patient was a direct admit from the MD's office with shortness of breath but he seemed not to understand that. Denied pain, shortness of breath, lungs clear, sats 98%. I was puzzled. "Have you been...

  21. What do you do to destress?

    sevensonnets replied to MouseMichelle's topic in General Nursing

    I've been hauling all the houseplants out to the patio this morning. Pulling weeds. Planting marigolds. Best destresser in the whole world. Got up early and took the dog to the park. Wore her little...

  22. CMA posing as nurse...?

    sevensonnets replied to WannaBeNrse's topic in General Nursing

    Amen to the California BON! I was the victim of an unlicensed medical assistant who did not notify my doctor of my emergency, which nearly cost me my life. I don't allow UMC's to make medical...

  23. Why are patients...?

    sevensonnets replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in Nursing Humor

    Or the kleenex box one quarter of an inch to the left or the

  24. Why are patients...?

    sevensonnets replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in Nursing Humor

    You do realize HQ that this is the humor section? I've been a nurse for 32 years. I understand psychological/historical implications of the Great Depression. I was posing my reply in question form as...

  25. Holy Abscess! Not for the faint of heart

    sevensonnets replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Cool! Nothin' much bothers me...well, except a