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  1. I am a male RN, now bow down.

    anonymurse replied to Trauma1RN's topic in General Nursing

    I think if there is a male edge on career progression it all starts with teamwork at home. I have the typical dude work ethic, the breadwinner thing. That gives anyone the career edge, being able to...

  2. Suggestive ways of how you handled difficult patients/family

    anonymurse replied to burnoutward's topic in General Nursing

    When there's a complaint, I'm approachable enough that a patient will tell me, so I deal with things on the spot with the patient. Among other things, the patient is feeling things out to see if he...

  3. Classic Patient Statements

    anonymurse replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Dang, had that once after dinner, flaming with coffee beans at the bottom of the shot glass. Great finish to a great

  4. Working while sick- what do you think?

    anonymurse replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

    Even if I'm halfway to dead, I'm draggin' my semi-carcass in to employee health (or the nursing sup if they're not in), leaning in close, letting my nose run all over the desk and askin' 'em "Do I...

  5. Praying with your patient

    anonymurse replied to MShell's topic in General Nursing

    I pray for my patients every night on the way to work. I figure God knows what my patient assignment will be even if I have to wait around 15 minutes after I get there for the day charge to figure it...

  6. SOOO over it!

    anonymurse replied to Williss2's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I was just as energetic in the home stretch. But I have a family to

  7. Agency nurses with attitude, who toot own horns, dis your hospital

    anonymurse replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I love my unit. It's my unit. Maybe that comes from 28 years in the military, I don't know. But the PRN nurses who don't have a unit seem to be more susceptible to bad attitudes about my unit. Maybe...

  8. Is The Housing Bubble Going To Pop???

    anonymurse replied to crazylilkelly's topic in California Nursing

    Rent or buy? Try the CEPR housing cost calculator:

  9. Where should the BUBBLE Be

    anonymurse replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    Instead of saying "don't expel the air bubble before the injection" they ought to say "when wasting some for a partial dosage, keep the needle pointed down to preserve the air bubble." Easier to...

  10. Feeling a little blue (kinda long)

    anonymurse replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    You probably already did this, but I've seen a lot of interns lately d/c'ing meds on admission that old folks have been on for YEARS and have become dependent on for comfort, particularly benzos. So...

  11. Protonix - Why?

    anonymurse replied to rockermom's topic in General Nursing

    Keeps things simple on cardiac units. Reduces the possibility of mistaking upper GI pain for cardiac-related

  12. Homan's Sign: Useful or Useless? What's your opinion?

    anonymurse replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I've read it's fairly useless, but it's on our flow sheet so I do it all the time, and the one time I got a positive it was right on the

  13. Nurses writing up nurses?

    anonymurse replied to txRN07's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly why I go to my charge FIRST. She needs to be in the loop on every potential problem, frequently knows things we may not, and may have the quickest resolution. This stop turns most things into...

  14. Insensitive Nurses

    anonymurse replied to tatarn2b2007's topic in General Nursing

    http://highlytrainedmonkey.blogspot.com/2008/02/letter-to-frequent-flyer-with-actual.html

  15. Positive Aspects of Nursing?

    anonymurse replied to BeachyRNn08's topic in General Nursing

    Talk about clinicals, one of the CRNAs I spoke with had to do 2000 cases before graduation. I thought I heard wrong and asked "hours?" and she said "no, cases." And she was paying for the privilege of...

  16. Nurses writing up nurses?

    anonymurse replied to txRN07's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with lindarn. There are so many things that happen, and the most frequent and serious ones I see are transcription errors by the pharmacy and secretaries. And yet these don't get written up....

  17. Is it RN,BSN or BSN,RN

    anonymurse replied to ava'smomRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    In signing, be relevant. Authority to take orders over the phone, plan care, supervise, etc is granted by the licensing state and represented by the letters RN. Academic credentials are relevant in...

  18. Is it RN,BSN or BSN,RN

    anonymurse replied to ava'smomRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Let's see, an RN with a BSN. I'd put the whole signature in alphanumeric order, except for real estate, which is realer than imitation sheepskin. Jane Doe who is a RN with a BSN, an IQ of 20 and had a...

  19. "Weekends aren't a shift!"

    anonymurse replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    We get delivery on nights, usually Italian or Chinese. Day shift usually orders Greek, unless the boss springs for

  20. Dealing with The Yellers

    anonymurse replied to Ms Kylee's topic in General Nursing

    There's a nursing research article out there somewhere that I ran across dealing with verbal ("help me"; "oh lordy") versus nonverbal ("aaaah") yellers. Out of curiosity, the researchers later tracked...

  21. Are nurses unsupportive spouse magnets??

    anonymurse replied to sticknurse's topic in General Nursing

    No, my wife is

  22. Funniest thing a confused pt. has told you...

    anonymurse replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    I had 2 Vietnam vets thinking I was a Vietnamese hospital dude and a Korean War vet thinking I was a Japanese hospital dude. They seemed happy to be in the hospital and were behaving appropriately for...

  23. How do you convice elderly people of certain things?

    anonymurse replied to justme1972's topic in General Nursing

    What's interesting is how drug companies come up with shelf life. This little study on aspirin found a 5% decomposition was the basis for a 2-to-3 year manufacturer's aspirin shelf life:...

  24. Name hospital and salary--everywhere

    anonymurse replied to mistydave's topic in General Nursing

    Less than they're making over at the other major system in town. But I figure there must be good reason they have to pay more over there.

  25. How do you convice elderly people of certain things?

    anonymurse replied to justme1972's topic in General Nursing

    Not at all dumb. Ever wonder why murple surple and jelly never go bad? If hypertonic IVFs like D5NS can be enough to crenellate RBCs, then what happens to living cells if you take even more water out...