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  1. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

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

    Sir, (and I'm calling you sir because no matter how many times you ask I'm not calling you by your first name) you are ambulatory and can take yourself to the BR. PUT SOME CLOTHES ON! Do not put on...

  2. So... how do you deflect family members when you're busy?

    sevensonnets replied to nenabee's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I can relate OCN. We were in the middle of an emergency (not quite a code but headed that way). I dashed out to make a quick call to the MD and the mother of another patient demanded that I call...

  3. Our ADON says that ICU is boring... Is it true.

    sevensonnets replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    I think Sunny California RN works where I do. Yep, it's boring all right sitting around watching ATWT and sipping lattes. Sometimes we watch Jerry Springer to liven it up a bit. Vents watch themselves...

  4. scrub tech= scrub nurse? hmmm....

    sevensonnets replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've never heard of her. It's a pretty safe bet the BON hasn't

  5. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

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

    Thank you but I really don't want that speckled brown banana on your bedside table any more than I want the chocolate cake you left on your lunch tray. And no, I won't "take it home to the kids." No,...

  6. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    sevensonnets replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Our US always pronounces phone "foam" and it drives us all

  7. Unit secretary turned tele tech

    sevensonnets replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    One more example of dumbing down patient care! Measuring is one thing; being able to recognize a lethal rhythm and what leads up to it is not something a secretary who knows absolutely nothing about...

  8. Funny things patients say !

    sevensonnets replied to TAM's topic in Nursing Humor

    A patient told me his grandma lived to be 112. Then he says, "I don't know what she died of." Well, honey, I do, and I didn't even know your

  9. student assigned pt with respiratory MRSA

    sevensonnets replied to jane850's topic in General Nursing

    What a great opportunity to learn about MRSA and precautions. Just tackle it and get it over with and from now on it won't seem so

  10. Already an LPN would that give me a leg up if I went to school to be a surgical tech

    sevensonnets replied to cfpalmer's topic in General Nursing

    All the surgery techs I know are LPN's trained as techs after being hired into the OR. They've all been working OR for

  11. Funny Names for Nurses

    sevensonnets replied to randomnamees's topic in Nursing Humor

    Knew a dialysis nurse named Alice. She called herself Alysis

  12. What does nursing mean to you?

    sevensonnets replied to xInspiredx's topic in General Nursing

    As nurses we hold other people's lives in our hands so we have to know what we're doing and do it right every time. Nursing is on par with raising children and saving souls in terms of

  13. Fired By Patient Family

    sevensonnets replied to SolaireSolstice's topic in General Nursing

    I got fired by family once over the color of a popsicle! No joke! I had been taking care of this lady in ICU for weeks and we had a good rapport. Nephew who she had rarely seen in years came from out...

  14. Do your ancillary depts annoy you (security, transport)?

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

    Sorry about no.2 above. Hit enter accidentally when GB

  15. Do your ancillary depts annoy you (security, transport)?

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

    We had a transporter whose time was more valuable than anybody else's. Brought a patient back from xray and because nobody rushed to the room immediately to take the patient off the stretcher for her,...

  16. Do your ancillary depts annoy you (security, transport)?

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

    We had a transporter who seemed to think her time was more valuable than anybody else's. Brought a patient

  17. LOL moments at work

    sevensonnets replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in Nursing Humor

    My friend works in the hospital's inpatient dialysis unit. She arrived in a hurry one morning and put her lunch and her purse on the counter. She had set up the first patient and was busy with the...

  18. ammonia capsules for fainting?

    sevensonnets replied to brownbook's topic in General Nursing

    I have asthma and ammonia is a major trigger for me. I'd end up on the vent if somebody stuck that under my nose just because I got a little light-headed. Not a good idea at all. I've never used...

  19. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

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

    Yes, I can see your hand is bleeding but next time you go to the bathroom that bag up there on the pole has to go with

  20. In your "perfect nursing world" what would you have?

    sevensonnets replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Unit secretaries who take off orders; nursing assistants who take care of the patient including baths, beds, and toileting; housekeeping staff who do the floors and empty trash; phlebotomists who draw...

  21. In your "perfect nursing world" what would you have?

    sevensonnets replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in General Nursing

    One extra nurse per shift to help wherever needed. An entire floor of CNA's to well, take care of patients. Mandated and strictly enforced break and lunch times. A nice little break room just for us...

  22. What to do when co-workers can't keep up any more?

    sevensonnets replied to pawsomepooch47's topic in General Nursing

    I can see where this one's heading. Let's send the old folks out to

  23. Nursing..a middle age career?

    sevensonnets replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I had a dear sweet friend who was an RN for 60 years. She "retired" from ortho late in life but came back and worked a couple shifts a week with us in SICU. Couldn't take the vents at first but she...

  24. Nursing..a middle age career?

    sevensonnets replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I don't find it startling at all. They probably just didn't publish statistics on the age of nurses until recently when Aging Baby Boomers became a media buzz word. Not sure what heavy lifting...

  25. Joint Commission choose me...question!

    sevensonnets replied to melisgood's topic in General Nursing

    Has qpm ceased to mean every evening or have I wandered into another world? Failing that I guess it could mean quantized pulse