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  1. Nurses week Cheap gifts from admin.

    semstr replied to nilepoc's topic in General Nursing

    in May we always get our "13th month of pay", aka "vacationmoney". This is a month's pay (------taxes!), but since all employees get this, is has got nothing to do with nursing really. We get nothing...

  2. Bubble gum myth or truth?

    semstr replied to proud2bme's topic in General Nursing

    I was told the same thing about the bread crusts: big boobs. Well, I didn't eat enough apparently, LOL About eating seeds, no matter from what fruits, they might start growing in your belly and the...

  3. Pot Smoking and Nursing

    semstr replied to MrsNurseCA's topic in General Nursing

    Suzannesue, OK, I'll try to learn it, will you? I am talking real life and real, every day experiences. Going into LTC a lot these days with my students and there are lots and lots of former...

  4. Pot Smoking and Nursing

    semstr replied to MrsNurseCA's topic in General Nursing

    Suzannasue, Told you wrong time, wrong place. I still have big problems with the use of your words (or anybody elses in this context) It seems to me that in using the word Nazi that easily, it may be...

  5. Pot Smoking and Nursing

    semstr replied to MrsNurseCA's topic in General Nursing

    Reply to post 28 Susannasue: Please, please don't use the word "nurse-Nazi" in this context! Read your historybooks and have a look about what "they" (Nazis and some nurses) really did. Sorry I am...

  6. Pot Smoking and Nursing

    semstr replied to MrsNurseCA's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, TraumaRUs, same thing

  7. Just Go Pee!

    semstr replied to Huganurse's topic in General Nursing

    Working OR, we once made a game, who could hold the longest and the most: My bladder hold 1270 ml!! I' ll never forget that! And at that time of my life, it didn't hurt that much really! Couldn't do...

  8. Lethal injection nurse???

    semstr replied to Zhakrin's topic in General Nursing

    Never, I am deadly (LOL) against death penalty. (We don't have it here, thank God) Take care,

  9. Separating work from home life

    semstr replied to BrandyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    OK, Brandy some days it's not a problem at all, and on other days I just can't stop thinking about my work. I have a long ride to and from work, that helps a bit and I alway wear my discman (I travel...

  10. Is getting married in nursing school a bad idea?

    semstr replied to teresab_2000's topic in General Nursing

    Got married in first year and divorced in the last year. Too much stress, too young, not enough money, husband not really supportive, he was 10 years my senior, wanted to start a...

  11. Filipino Nurses

    semstr replied to Oscar's topic in Philippines

    Agree with the Tagalog and problem here is, a lot of Philipinnes nurses have a hard time learning German. I know nurses who have been here since the 70 and still can't talk the language very well. One...

  12. ER vs. LTC Facility staff

    semstr replied to nursedawn67's topic in General Nursing

    ok, stupid questions probably, but i don't quite understand: 1 when you work ER, do you get reports of all the people who walk in? 2 Aren't there any doctors in LTC? 3 Why are the habitants brought to...

  13. Please join me in a toast....

    semstr replied to hoolahan's topic in General Nursing

    PROST!! May she enjoy her retirement! Take care,

  14. Need ideas for pinning ceremony

    semstr replied to NurseDixie's topic in General Students

    Hi there, Here we do it a bit different. The official side of the ceremony is in the townhall, with mayor etc., national item is played, very nice!! The "common" ceremony is planned by the...

  15. pediatric- neurosurgeon wanted!!

    semstr replied to semstr's topic in Pediatric

    Thanks you so much for these adresses, I send them to my friends already! I saw something about this dr. Ben Carson too, he operated a siamesetwin from Germany a few years ago, he was awsome!! Again...

  16. intestinal virus...

    semstr replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

    See, that's why we drink a lot of Schnaps here!! Kills the beasts from the inside! LOL Take care and keep on "schnapsing",

  17. What Freaks You Out?

    semstr replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    sorry, yes lepra is leprosy of course! Take care,

  18. What Freaks You Out?

    semstr replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I actually had a female patient with lepra, she looked like something from a horrormovie! Nose was gone, as were her ears and her toes too, her fingers started to go. She was an old Indonesian woman...

  19. Developmentally disabled nursing

    semstr replied to DAB's topic in General Nursing

    We've got special trainingprograms here, where you can become a nursing specialist for disabled (in what was ever) people. btw, that is what my daughter (she is almost 14) wants to do when she...

  20. Nurses Capes (not caps)

    semstr replied to Ariko's topic in General Nursing

    I still got one!! It's at least 20 to 25 years old and we found it as our nursingschool was closing and we went up cleaning out the cellars. We found a lot of real old stuff there! Had great fun doing...

  21. Do you get wriiten up for calling in sick with a doctor's note?

    semstr replied to grouchy's topic in General Nursing

    That's right Fergus, well a bit different though, doctors note for kids, only when they have a paper or test on one of the days they are sick. (that's pretty new, but the school autorities had to act,...

  22. Do you get wriiten up for calling in sick with a doctor's note?

    semstr replied to grouchy's topic in General Nursing

    Hi there, The first three days are without a doctors note, then you have to get one. This is not just hospital politics, it is the federal law here and it is the same for everybody, regardless of job...

  23. Pallitive care-can anyone help??

    semstr replied to sam10's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Hi, since when is Kübler-Ross outdated? what on earth for? and who is the guru now? Even the Husebö from Sweden accepts her theories and a lot of other ethical and palliativ thinkers do. Take care,...

  24. AHHH! A Warm Blanket!

    semstr replied to sarjeetgill's topic in Nursing Humor

    isn't she right? and you can sleep all night long, without hands creeping on spots you absolutely don't want

  25. Gallbladder problems?

    semstr replied to BrandyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, know something........ this could come from your spine! i had similar pains, a bit higher though, my doctor and I both thought I was having another kidney-problem coming on, but no, I had nerv...