lupin

lupin

ER/Nuero/PHN/LTC/Skilled/Alzheimer's

Member

  • Content

    153

  • Visitors

    4,042

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    4

All Content by lupin

  1. Learning thread (ER medicine)

    lupin replied to TraumaInTheSlot's topic in Emergency

    I might have an answer for the strep and appy presentation question. Could it be that untreated strep has migrated to a vessel or an organ in the abdomen much like it will migrate to the cells of...

  2. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    lupin replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    From my new ER experiences: Lack of female hygiene almost always leads to an ER trip and a pelvic exam of some sort. No, you don't get percocet before hand either. If the Doc hasn't seen you yet, I...

  3. Things You Would Rather Not Hear During Surgery

    lupin replied to rianne1117's topic in Nursing Humor

    Well, medical student so-and so, I think you're ready to fly on your own for this one. Call me at home if you get stumped. Ah, sh*t, the manual is all in Korean. Can someone get the translation line...

  4. I am a nurse, but I dream of....

    lupin replied to Elisheva's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm... In my alternate reality I am: An intrepid female pirate captain-ARRRGH! An independently wealthy beach bum Princess Leiagh A used bookstore/coffee house owner Skinny and look...

  5. When has your intuition saved the day?

    lupin replied to deeDawntee's topic in General Nursing

    Once in a while when I worked gero or LTC at night, I'd get a feeling to go check such-and-such pt and usually find them either falling out of bed or trying to get out of bed and had disconnected the...

  6. New ER nurse

    lupin replied to lupin's topic in Emergency

    Thanks for the suggestions! Please keep 'em

  7. New ER nurse

    lupin posted a topic in Emergency

    Hello, I am an RN who is leaving my current position as an orthopedic nurse on the floor and will be starting in the ER next month. I was wondering if anyone out there had any suggestions for...

  8. Nurses are Pathetic!!

    lupin replied to lorster's topic in General Nursing

    Lorster, Honey, if you think a doctor yelling at you is bad, try working Walmart during the Christmas season. You will find whole new ways of hating the human race. Looking back at some of the things...

  9. A phantom poo

    lupin replied to vrhodes's topic in Nursing Humor

    When I worked on the Alzheimer's units, we would find poo in the strangest places, closets, trashcans, planters. I found a lady climbing out of one of the huge laundry baskets where she had left a...

  10. What's the funniest thing your patient has been scared of before?

    lupin replied to UnidentifiedNurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    Had a pt today that was in for mult. superficial blood clots in r leg. Had been caught mult. times the night before masterbating by the CNAs. Today he whips out his little friend to show me a...

  11. I don't think I hate Med-surg, but I think I do.

    lupin replied to Wheaties's topic in General Nursing

    WHy are you doing do much of the LVN/LPN's work? They can do what they are responsible for and if it isn't done for the next shift, it will be their responsibility. You should only be doing for...

  12. Does anyone else see discrimination? Long Post but please read!

    lupin replied to SoontobeAdrienneRN's topic in General Nursing

    AS has been said before, write everything down, including exact dates, names, situations, etc. Talk to a legal aide person or an outside lawyer. Then talk to your school. If they do clinicals there or...

  13. Cure for whiny negative nurses - PET PEEVE game. Always read first post before entry.

    lupin replied to UKRNinUSA's topic in Nursing Humor

    Ok, let me try! Pet Peeve: Pts who complain about everything in your hospital and how they got staph from this very hospital when they had surgery last year and the reason they're back is because...

  14. The most heartbreaking thing ive ever had to do :(

    lupin replied to *Peanut*Vennie*'s topic in General Nursing

    One of my nursing instructors handed out a poem our first day in class and one line in particular read about how this career will make you cry and break your heart and if it doesn't then you weren't...

  15. Funniest Write Up You have Every Recieved?!

    lupin replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    Never been written up for anything in my nursing career so far (where's the "knock on wood" smiley?) but in my other jobs, let's see: When I worked in daycare I was told I fed/played with the children...

  16. Agency Nurse doesn't know how to start IVs?

    lupin replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry gotta stick my two cents in. As a former agency nurse, yes I did have to fill out a competency list. I was right out of RN school, but had one year's experience as an LPN before getting hired...

  17. Your Favorite one liner used with patients

    lupin replied to scaredofshots's topic in Nursing Humor

    For removing tape from my extra hairy pt: "I'm just going to give you a free waxing for the summertime." For flatus-passing pts (or coworkers): "Fire in the hole!" As far as oneliners go, one I'm...

  18. The Circumcision Discussion

    lupin replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Just kidding. I'll take anything healthy. I'll just make up my mind about circs

  19. The Circumcision Discussion

    lupin replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    God I just hope I have

  20. What would you have said to this??

    lupin replied to DebRN06's topic in General Nursing

    According to my supervisor, (at least where I work) chart exactly what was said in the nurses' notes, write what the nurse did to follow up (ie: D/c'd Foley per doctor's order, above incident...

  21. Funniest Complaint on Press Ganey Scores

    lupin replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    If there is anyone going to He** it is the creator of the Press Gainey Survey. On our Discharge sheets there is actually a place to mark off saying we have "discussed" PG with the pt and made them...

  22. Nursing schools around Brunswick/Portland area?

    lupin replied to Imissthefall's topic in General Nursing

    Hello, I am a Central Maine Community College ADN grad. I personally would advise you to look at CMCC or SMCC. They are both about a 35-40 minute drive away from the Brunswick area and last time I...

  23. Self inflicted

    lupin replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    I had a guy once who had an itch in his rectum, and so naturally he scratched it with a steak knife. Heee heee, well what else would you scratch it with? Just finished taking care of a 23yr old...

  24. Happy Nurses? Anyone???

    lupin replied to dmarie (GA)'s topic in General Nursing

    I can say for myself that I am a content nurse. I like my coworkers, I work on a challenging spinal floor, there are great pt education oppurtunities, my manager doesn't hang over our shoulders like...

  25. think before you speak ........

    lupin replied to PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Ya know, I hate it when people look down on me for being "just the nurse", I don't want anyone else to feel like that. I've worked as a daycare aide, retail manager, cashier, bagger, secretary, CNA,...