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    Fragmin (heparin) and cerebral bleeds/headache

    Jay-Jay replied to Jay-Jay's topic in General Nursing

    Wildtyme: The headache is back today. She did not go to ER because she CHOSE not to go, also she would have had to go by ambulance, as she's unable to weight bear, or even sit up (can't bend her hips...
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    Fragmin (heparin) and cerebral bleeds/headache

    Jay-Jay posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have a patient right now who's on total bedrest for 6 weeks following dislocation of her hip after hip replacement surgery. She's on Fragmin (low molecular wt. heparin) as prophylaxis agains blood...
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    Where's The Bottle?

    Jay-Jay posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    I read somewhere about a rookie paramedic, an 18 yr. old boy who was working with an ambulance crew during the summer. They were called to pick up a lady who had slipped and fallen while carrying a...
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    Help I need info!!!

    Jay-Jay replied to Tania's topic in General Nursing

    Tania, you have asked a very complex question, one that can only be answered by finding books/articles written by someone who has researched this particular area. Most nurses work in big city...
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    Please help a student out!

    Jay-Jay replied to coolnurse21's topic in General Nursing

    Basically, the training of any of these nurses would be the same. After graduation, they may chose to take extra courses in their specialist area. For example, the LTC nurse might want to study...
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    What Freaks You Out?

    Jay-Jay replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Laura: ROFLMAO!! Only a nurse could laugh at something so gross! And only a nurse would respond as that one did..."sorry, couldn't measure the contents of the cansiter!" Hope you gave her some sort...
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    What Freaks You Out?

    Jay-Jay replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Yup, that would do it for me, I'm sure! Snot I can handle, trachs don't bother me at all, poop, pee, most of the time, NO problem. But roaches hiding in someone's bandages/hair/clothing, etc...lemme...
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    Do you miss lunch or dinner breaks routinely?

    Jay-Jay replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I work in homecare, and we are not paid for any breaks. Rarely do I get to sit and eat my lunch like a civilized human being. I usually grab a sandwich from the takeout window of a coffee shop, and...
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    45 yo Physician ISO Single Nurse

    Jay-Jay replied to NROSRGN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh myohmy!! You guys are a riot!! I'd hate to be the poor man who tried to pick you up in a bar. Yes, we nurses may "eat our young", but any unwary physicians who cross our paths had better look out...
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    What Freaks You Out?

    Jay-Jay replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    The closest I came to losing it was when I was assisting a veterinarian pin a cat's dislocated leg. He was a BIG man, ex-football player, and he took this little kitty's leg, and twisted it around...
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    Embarassing question to all experienced nurses.

    Jay-Jay replied to micknmel's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, it's part of nursing! Luckily, I don't have a hard time with poop or pee, I've cleaned up after too many pets. Vomit is another story, however, though the closest I've come to losing my lunch...
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    Flatulence Humor

    Jay-Jay replied to bstreit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Bstreit: I know a young mother of two who is currently undergoing chemo for Ca. of the bowel with mets. to the liver. I've passed your story on to a mutual friend for her entertainment. Knowing her...
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    Funny Names for Nurses

    Jay-Jay replied to randomnamees's topic in Nursing Humor

    LOL! The one about Sister Fuchs made me howl! Up here we have a nurse with the last name of "Butcher"...and, no, she does not work in the O.R., but in palliative care! When I was a kid, we went to: a...
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    Alternative meds? You'll never believe this one!!

    Jay-Jay replied to darla80's topic in Nursing Humor

    Had a patient from Romania with very severe back pain due to spinal stenosis. He rated it at 7/10, and neither Tylenol #3 or Oxycet seemed to help. His wife had read somewhere in a book by a doctor...
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    Hand pain from opening medication wrappers??

    Jay-Jay replied to EJB's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't had that much trouble with med wrappers, except for the pills occasionally becoming airborn on me ( I call this the "reverse mousetrap" packaging, when it happens!) However, I sure have had...
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    Do the squeamish survive?

    Jay-Jay replied to ArleneD's topic in Nursing Career

    You made me laugh, Mona! Also, it brought back some bitter-sweet memories of the first s.c. injection I ever did. My best friend was diabetic, and a nurse. One day, after supper, she plunked her...
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    Do the squeamish survive?

    Jay-Jay replied to ArleneD's topic in Nursing Career

    Yes, the squeamish DO survive! The first time I had to change a dirty adult diaper as a nursing student, my partner ran out of the room gagging! I thought to myself, what'smatter, don't you have...
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    True ER stories

    Jay-Jay replied to Kel Cardaras's topic in Nursing Humor

    The above story reminds me of an incident that happened to me a few months ago. I was seeing this 70 yr. old gentleman for followup after chemotherapy. He was a devout Muslim, with pictures of the...
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    Layman's Medical Dictionary

    Jay-Jay posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    I got this item from the wife of a patient of mine. It was originally titled "Bill Clinton's Medical Dictionary", so some of you may have seen it already. It made me howl! Artery - the study of...