polgaras

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1. funniest thing you saw a nurse do.......

   polgaras replied to cre8tivRN's topic in General Nursing

   Actually I question whether some of these "dark humor" situations really happened, or if they are just people trying to out do other's stories. For some of them, I truly hope it is their imagination only. nursing is an extremely stressful job. we al...

2. funniest thing you saw a nurse do.......

   polgaras replied to cre8tivRN's topic in General Nursing

   i cried and laughed when i read this! we spend an entire evening laughing about "50 things to do in wal-mart" the night my husband passed away. and i know he would have laughed with us (maybe he was!) at some of the dumb things suggested! like gett...

3. funniest thing you saw a nurse do.......

   polgaras replied to cre8tivRN's topic in General Nursing

   i was counting out with the outgoing shift one night when an elderly resident came up to me and asked if we were going. i asked him where, and he replied, "are we going to bed or to make love?" and then he looked at me and said "but you're not that ...

4. funniest thing you saw a nurse do.......

   polgaras replied to cre8tivRN's topic in General Nursing

   we were opening a brand new facility, no residents had been admitted when i told a co-worker about putting a snickers or baby ruth bar in a clean disposable diaper, heating it for a few seconds in the microwave, and then placing it in a location wher...

5. Fear Factor, Nurse Style, Five Stunts... lol

   polgaras replied to NurCrystal22's topic in Humor

   been there, done that. lost position! got new one next day! 8) eating poop from a disposable diaper in fromt of a co-worker

6. staffing tried to trick/bully me in today!

   polgaras replied to hock1's topic in General Nursing

   unfortunately, a "good place" can go bad overnight. and employees at all levels seem to play round-robin job hopping. the area i currently live in is doing just that now. it's like we get fed up with the current situation and move to the new one.....

7. I made a med error

   polgaras replied to southern_rn_brat's topic in Geriatric

   NO, SHE CAN'T. that is an issue at my facility. ONLY the state board of nursing can reprimand a nurse by removing her license from her. it has to be VERY serious offense to lose her license the first time she is called before the board. what she ...

8. staffing tried to trick/bully me in today!

   polgaras replied to hock1's topic in General Nursing

   up until a month ago, our schedule at the nurses station was accurate...now it is not. unless we work 0800-1630 we have no way of knowing the correct staffing schedule. but even with an accurate schedule i too, have similar experiences with someone...