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  1. When patients attack

    sevensonnets replied to Ciale's topic in Emergency

    This did not happen to me but I witnessed it. We had this guy on the vent who even restrained managed to grab his nurse's breast and was twisting it. We were all trying to pry his fingers loose but he...

  2. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    sevensonnets replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    We had this guy who'd been trached and on the vent a long time. One day he was really agitated and kept grabbing at my clothes. Suctioned, still agitated and waving his arms. Was about to get himself...

  3. If we had a conservative nurses forum

    sevensonnets replied to FLmomof5's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm a straight up conservative but my sons have taught me to keep my opinions to myself unless I'm really sure of my audience! I do have a less conservative opinion or two which causes my son to say...

  4. When patients attack

    sevensonnets replied to Ciale's topic in Emergency

    Twice in 32 years. The first time a confused patient (actually a retired MD) punched me in the abdomen. Took a long time to get another breath. The other time my dialysis patient punched me in the...

  5. CMA posing as nurse...?

    sevensonnets replied to WannaBeNrse's topic in General Nursing

    Yes it is illegal for medical assistants to call themselves nurses because they are NOT nurses. But when they start trying to dispense medical advice,bad or otherwise they're also guilty of practicing...

  6. worst death you've seen

    sevensonnets replied to Darkfield's topic in General Nursing

    The worst death I've been witness to I'm not emotionally ready to talk about yet. However, in the wake of Katrina hospitals in neighboring states were called upon to take in patients from New Orleans...

  7. Favorite Dr or Nurse Name

    sevensonnets replied to sethmctenn's topic in Nursing Humor

    Oh, one more. A chiropractor named Reg Hug. I'm in a silly mood. Passed a truck on the way home today carrying Pickle's Portable Potties. Say that 3

  8. Stop yelling! (vent)

    sevensonnets replied to nursej22's topic in General Nursing

    Whether it's in the water or a full moon, I don't know. All the yellers and screamers need is an audience. I was taking care of a previously NPO patient in SICU with a new order for CL sparingly,...

  9. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

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

    Patient called once to say, "I need some phenergan right away please." Got to the room and he had eaten no joke half of a coconut

  10. Favorite Dr or Nurse Name

    sevensonnets replied to sethmctenn's topic in Nursing Humor

    My grandson was delivered by Dr. Pandapotti. He said the switchboard once overhead paged Dr.

  11. Older nurses taking forever to computer chart

    sevensonnets replied to Giga's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with Heron. It's way past time to put this one to bed. A new and inexperienced nurse should be learning how to be the best nurse she can be. She is instead focusing on getting her coworkers in...

  12. 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

    No, maam, I don't have any control over the color of the jello and by the way I didn't cook your eggs. No thank you I don't want your cake. It's okay to leave it on the tray if you don't want to eat...

  13. Terms we will not admit to using

    sevensonnets replied to gwenith's topic in Nursing Humor

    CTD: circling the

  14. 10 things to never say to a nurse

    sevensonnets replied to lolalolacherrycola's topic in Nursing Humor

    You look like you know what you're doing. Have you been doing this

  15. No She/he Did Not!!!

    sevensonnets replied to Maggie in NC's topic in General Students

    Oh no she didn't fold up the med sheet and take it home in her pocket. A nursing student years ago did this. We spent 3 shifts looking for it and ended up making a new one. She came walking in the...

  16. Older nurses taking forever to computer chart

    sevensonnets replied to Giga's topic in General Nursing

    So you are frustrated (your word) about older nurses who take forever to computer chart. Now that you have 9 months of nursing experience and your own time management has improved you are so bothered...

  17. Older nurses taking forever to computer chart

    sevensonnets replied to Giga's topic in General Nursing

    "Nurses eating their young" is becoming so pervasive an attitude that it's accepted as truth. Newer and less experienced nurses would never recognize the reverse attitude in themselves. Perhaps...

  18. Things colleagues have taught me NOT to do...

    sevensonnets replied to talaxandra's topic in Nursing Humor

    Never put the syringe in your mouth to pull the top off. Worked with a nurse once who did this during a code and pulled her tooth

  19. Ridiculous, overbearing restrictions on volunteers

    sevensonnets replied to Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Ax, I have a suggestion for you. Give up volunteering and get a job. Creative writing is a wide open

  20. How to teach an experienced nurse

    sevensonnets replied to canesdukegirl's topic in General Nursing

    How do you know she actually has 17 years of experience? Maybe she's exaggerating her experience. It sounds to me like she's hesitant because she doesn't actually know what to do and doesn't want to...

  21. Did your Docs get you a Christmas gift or recognize your work?

    sevensonnets replied to rkitty198's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of our doctors send fruit baskets or popcorn, etc., but not all. All of them however take the time to say Merry Christmas. One MD is the only Jewish member of his practice and he always works on...

  22. Murphy's Laws of Nursing | Life of a Nurse

    sevensonnets replied to Roy Fokker's topic in Nursing Humor

    Right after you bathe the patient, give her meds and water, and assess her pain (0/10), the family arrives and she hasn't had a bath for a week, hasn't had pills today, is dying of thirst, and has...

  23. 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

    No maam I don't know how your mother slept last night. I wasn't here because I was asleep myself. Since it is now 2 pm you might try asking her yourself. No maam I don't think anyone else is around...

  24. 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

    Ah, so you're the niece who's in the Medical Field. RN or LPN? Well, you work in a nursing home? What kind of unit? Oh,

  25. 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

    I could care less about your