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  1. 60 arrested across 5 states in 'Appalachia' opioid takedown, including physicians and nurse practitioners.

    sevensonnets replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Nursing News

    Actually, only eight of those arrested are in Alabama. The remaining 52 are in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia and

  2. Career Advice from Barbie (yes, THAT Barbie)

    sevensonnets replied to Alex_RN's topic in Nursing Humor

    I just want to know when did Barbie get teeth? Mine didn't even have lips till I painted her some with a red ballpoint

  3. Nurses that “only do it for the money”

    sevensonnets replied to AFJ32780's topic in General Nursing

    I find that disrespectful, osceteacher. I am manager of the same 24-bed CVICU/ Open Heart unit where I practiced compassionate nursing for 20 years before becoming manager. My face has nothing to do...

  4. Nurses that “only do it for the money”

    sevensonnets replied to AFJ32780's topic in General Nursing

    Take away the paycheck and not a single one of us would show up on a volunteer

  5. Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    sevensonnets replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    There was one episode of Chicago Hope where a patient was found stone-cold rigor mortis dead and the doctor had a come apart at the nurse. "Why did nobody check on this patient for hours?" The nurse...

  6. Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    sevensonnets replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    I happened into the middle of a show just yesterday (soap opera maybe?) where a nurse was accused of swiping her badge to gain entrance into the personnel files of every employee in the hospital! Okay...

  7. Are We Too PC?

    sevensonnets replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    Well that's funny because I heard that geometricians (or whoever they are, who oversee such sensitive topics) were highly offended by eggs being called spheres, because geometrically speaking they're...

  8. Are We Too PC?

    sevensonnets replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    The daughter of the man who wrote Baby It's Cold Outside has stated that her dad wrote the song for her mother and that they used to sing it together at Christmas parties for friends. They would no...

  9. What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

    sevensonnets replied to nirvana1's topic in Nursing Humor

    La-a (Ladasha). LaParee, a young man named after the French restaurant where his mom

  10. Habits you picked up from work...

    sevensonnets replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I always knock on my own bathroom door before

  11. Thankfulness - What's Yours?

    sevensonnets replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    Life

  12. Any Mormon/LDS nurses here? I need help?

    sevensonnets replied to MaryFutureRN's topic in General Nursing

    OP, I am LDS and I can relate to your dilemma. Is there any possibility you could change to a ward or branch with a different block schedule? Ask the Bishop for a different calling that would work...

  13. Roll Call - Who's Been Around the Longest and Your Accomplishments

    sevensonnets replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    I don't even know how long I've been on AN (10 maybe?). I take an occasional hiatus. I'm in my 40th year of nursing--every single one of them in critical care except for 1 year in cardiac surgery. MY...

  14. Crap! Am I a crusty old bat nurse?? Carrying pens...

    sevensonnets replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    I used to keep my pen behind my ear so nobody would ever dream of assaulting me for my pen. Once I dropped my pen and it promptly got run over by a chair. I just picked it up and stuck it back behind...

  15. Crap! Am I a crusty old bat nurse?? Carrying pens...

    sevensonnets replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    I got a little confused about that one too except I thought "Why would a server be drawing blood?" (Sorry Hurricanekat, it's been a long long

  16. Crap! Am I a crusty old bat nurse?? Carrying pens...

    sevensonnets replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Before washing hands 478 times a day became a thing, I used the palm of my hand and sometimes the back of my hand like a memo board. Can't do that anymore. A lot of vital info goes down the drain that...

  17. Patients Say the Darnedest Things - WIN $250! Nurses Week Contest 2018

    sevensonnets replied to Brian S.'s topic in General Nursing

    Back in the days of the "precordial thump" I had to thump this older guy several times. The last time he looked up at me and says, "Lady, what the devil do you keep hittin' me

  18. Patients Say the Darnedest Things - WIN $250! Nurses Week Contest 2018

    sevensonnets replied to Brian S.'s topic in General Nursing

    I once took care of an Irish priest who was in ICU because this a Catholic hospital and priests are like VIP'S. He was a very messy eater and one particular morning he had scrambled eggs and toast...

  19. Unfair Fundamentals Clinical Testing?

    sevensonnets replied to jbernardo's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    When nothing about a story makes sense, it usually isn't

  20. Patients Say the Darnedest Things - WIN $250! Nurses Week Contest 2018

    sevensonnets replied to Brian S.'s topic in General Nursing

    One time I worked 7P/7A, a rarity for me. This one patient had multiple solusets to hang so I was in and out of the room all night, but even with the light from the hall she didn't stir all night....

  21. Patients Say the Darnedest Things - WIN $250! Nurses Week Contest 2018

    sevensonnets replied to Brian S.'s topic in General Nursing

    One of my favorite patients was deaf and blind. He kept the call button in his hand at all times but never ever used it. He could feel the vibrations of people walking past in the hall and call out...

  22. Patients Say the Darnedest Things - WIN $250! Nurses Week Contest 2018

    sevensonnets replied to Brian S.'s topic in General Nursing

    This patient kept trying to get out of bed forgetting the fact that he had no legs. So he spent a lot of time in a heap on the floor. One time he just reached up and got his pillow and blanket and...

  23. Patients Say the Darnedest Things - WIN $250! Nurses Week Contest 2018

    sevensonnets replied to Brian S.'s topic in General Nursing

    We had a 90 something year old lady in ICU with a serious head injury. She was totally unresponsive but you still have to do the neuro checks q4 anyway. One morning I asked her, "Mrs. Smith, do you...

  24. Patients Say the Darnedest Things - WIN $250! Nurses Week Contest 2018

    sevensonnets replied to Brian S.'s topic in General Nursing

    Once I had a patient who didn't do well after a total knee and was sent to us in ICU. Nice older man, totally with it and easy to talk to. I came in one morning and he told me the nurses had been...

  25. Inappropriate Conversations in the Workplace

    sevensonnets replied to Shookclays's topic in General Nursing

    You had to take a bathroom break to prevent a heated outburst of your own. Might not a heated outburst have been unprofessional as