sevensonnets

sevensonnets

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  1. *Vent* RN's make toast?!?!?!

    sevensonnets replied to WickedRedRN's topic in General Nursing

    Is Bagel

  2. What does your username mean?

    sevensonnets replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

    Mine comes from a line in a poem by the Irish poet WB

  3. Advice about Co-Worker

    sevensonnets replied to bellagreeneyz's topic in General Nursing

    OP, you go into great detail about why you don't like your coworker including the fact that she's proud of the initials behind her name. She has every right to be proud of herself and hold her head up...

  4. Aides being "nurses"

    sevensonnets replied to raebabelvn's topic in General Nursing

    A CNA performing tasks outside their scope of practice is NOT called

  5. Gross MD!

    sevensonnets replied to prettyinblu's topic in General Nursing

    Well, all I can say is

  6. Pet Peeve: Poor Grammar by Nurses

    sevensonnets replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    CaLLaCoDe, I actually do live in the South and have never heard a nurse refer to a patient as alert and orientated. No point in being

  7. Am I in trouble?

    sevensonnets replied to nursiestariray's topic in General Nursing

    I hope the lesson you've learned is that YOU must assess the patient yourself. Somebody else's nurses notes do not count as an

  8. Plz read!!! Nurse using drugs what should i do???

    sevensonnets replied to J-Star's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, I'm ready for some Christmas cheer. Every other post seems to be the nurse stinks or the nurse goes to work stoned. No coincidence the kiddoes are out of school for the

  9. Plz read!!! Nurse using drugs what should i do???

    sevensonnets replied to J-Star's topic in General Nursing

    Terminal

  10. Ridiculous, overbearing restrictions on volunteers

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

    FYI hospital volunteers have no scope of practice. They are allowed to perform only those unskilled tasks which do not require a nursing degree and knowledge such as filling water pitchers, delivering...

  11. Plz read!!! Nurse using drugs what should i do???

    sevensonnets replied to J-Star's topic in General Nursing

    If you have a nagging feeling that doing nothing is the wrong thing to do why haven't you done something? Our opinions professional or personal don't matter. If you think the children are neglected or...

  12. Nurse with Body Odor

    sevensonnets replied to prettyinblu's topic in General Nursing

    Ask your HR manager to talk to

  13. Help. Is my outrage justified?

    sevensonnets replied to fairandbalanced's topic in General Students

    No, not new to the internet or nursing (32 years now). That's why I used the word

  14. Help. Is my outrage justified?

    sevensonnets replied to fairandbalanced's topic in General Students

    Boy, does this one roll ever on!! I'm not going to say out loud what I really think but something's missing from this story. Wonder if the student who allegedly failed is

  15. Pet Peeve: Poor Grammar by Nurses

    sevensonnets replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'd just have to chill on that one. Couldn't be worse that the brainiac on craigslist looking to sale 2 datsun

  16. What do your hands say about you?

    sevensonnets replied to AltaEnfermera's topic in General Nursing

    Well here goes: cracked red cuticles from washing my hands 463 times a day, a big bump on my right middle finger (a charting tumor that's been there since 3rd grade and keeps getting bigger), a carpal...

  17. Are You a Member of the allnurses.com Grammar Police?

    sevensonnets replied to PacoUSA's topic in Nursing Humor

    And then there are the folks on Craigslist rehoming puppy's and

  18. Do you/ did you have a Nurses Cap? Pin?

    sevensonnets replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I still wear my pin every day. It's one of the prettiest I've ever seen. 14 Karat gold, round with scalloped edges, green circle with the lamp in the center. I've been wearing it for 32 years and...

  19. How do you de-stress?

    sevensonnets replied to fordgrl76's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I walk my dog first, then it's a cup of hot tea, a good book and some Celtic

  20. Leaving Meds at the Bedside?

    sevensonnets replied to joanna73's topic in Patient Medications

    We are ALL taught in nursing school not to leave meds at the bedside. I guarantee you that one of these days you'll be standing at the desk talking to your manager when a panicked family member will...

  21. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    sevensonnets replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    Years ago we had a patient with a central line who was to be transferred back to the nursing home. The charge nurse pulled the central line and put a BANDAID on the site. I came back from lunch to...

  22. What Freaks You Out?

    sevensonnets replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely a colostomy. Give me any other kind or color of poop but not what comes out of a

  23. home remedies you would NEVER try

    sevensonnets replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    My mother swears that white shoe polish cures poison ivy. She used to paint my little brother with it. Didn't kill him or cure him either. My ex husband always put a dot of toothpaste on a pimple...

  24. Help. Is my outrage justified?

    sevensonnets replied to fairandbalanced's topic in General Students

    Nowhere in your post do you say that your friend is outraged. Just out of curiosity, why are you so outraged on your friend's behalf that you call the instructor a mean and unhappy woman who's just on...

  25. retaliation after resignation?

    sevensonnets replied to nursecass's topic in General Nursing

    Hostile working environment forcing you out?