No Stars In My Eyes

Med nurse in med-surg., float, HH, and PDN

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    Why do patients.....?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to ArrowRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    "But this is the way I alwaystake them at home..." (May I have a dollar for every time I've heard this one? After 40+ years, I could buy a new car on this comment alone.) "I don't have any red pills!...
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    Pet Peeve Friday

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to SaltineQueen's topic in School

    When I make a remark, and the person I said it to just stands there and looks at me like I was reading to them from a 1952 Chinese
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    Tell on yourself, if you dare...

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    I've told this one before on another thread, and it has to do with my brain and mouth not necessarily being in sync. I was the 3-11 med nurse on the step-down unit/med-surg overflow in a small...
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    Tell on yourself, if you dare...

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    This isn't telling on ME, but it happened early in my career and when I saw it, my mouth dropped open. Large, large, very well-known Urban Hospital...the meds were on an open cart. Yes...open cart....
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    Tell on yourself, if you dare...

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    Years ago I was working a PDN case, my guy had a g-tube. I learned that you NEVER should add cough syrup to the formula disappearing down the tube , because when those two liquids meet they turn to a...
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    Tell on yourself, if you dare...

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    OMG, EKUGRAD, I think your post wins the thread! Reading it was traumatically disgusting at a very deep level. But to have LIVED it?
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    Why do patients.....?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to ArrowRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Had a patient years ago, who took 18 & 1/2 pills every 8 AM med pass. She took them one. at. a. time. while I stood at the med cart watching all my patients yet to receive their 8 AM's, walk into...
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    Jacob Rockstar-RN Psych Nurse Action Figure

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Davey Do's topic in Psychiatric

    I've got nice penmanship. Most of the thyme I spell correctly. AND I also have more "Likes" than Davey-Do. (Burns his orifice, it does.
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    Senior centers try robotic cats to soothe agitated elders

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Nursing News

    I didn't find it creepy. I think it would be more enjoyable than an inert 'baby doll' wrapped in a swaddling blanket or towel. I see that a lot in nursing homes everywhere. Only time it might not...
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    What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to nirvana1's topic in Nursing Humor

    Right you are, Double-Helix! Maybe somebody has named their pets those names, but even that's a
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    Sleeping Nurse = No Agency?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to HisTreasure's topic in Private Duty

    We used to have shift and W/E differential pay, once upon a time. They cut that out when they instituted a 2.3% pay cut across the board. Pfffttt! And there are certain cases where you are NOT ALLOWED...
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    Sleeping Nurse = No Agency?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to HisTreasure's topic in Private Duty

    When my Mom did PDN/nights, one of her elderly patients wanted her to go across the hall and lay down on the guest room bed; the patient's idea was to have my Mom tie a loooong string to her big toe...
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    What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to nirvana1's topic in Nursing Humor

    Uh-oh, I need new glasses! I was looking at a list of names I'd written down and saw the name Cherri and thought, "What kind of a name is Chem?". . . I also read John T. as
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    Jacob Rockstar-RN Psych Nurse Action Figure

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Davey Do's topic in Psychiatric

    I think POTUS might cause a psychiatrist to begin
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    What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to nirvana1's topic in Nursing Humor

    Someday, far in the future, we'll run across an "Ebola" and a "Zika" because someone thinks they are such cute
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    What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to nirvana1's topic in Nursing Humor

    I knew I had the newspaper clipping with these names ("survived by" ie: children of the deceased, in an obit) and I have FINALLY found it! Enjoy! * Understanding Knowledge Allah * Queen Dezire Earth *...
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    Jacob Rockstar-RN Psych Nurse Action Figure

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Davey Do's topic in Psychiatric

    So, you're saying you feel free to express yourself, that's
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    Jacob Rockstar-RN Psych Nurse Action Figure

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Davey Do's topic in Psychiatric

    Quite honestly I can't say that I have. My mustache is not as long as yours, and I never wear
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    Jacob Rockstar-RN Psych Nurse Action Figure

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Davey Do's topic in Psychiatric

    I spent 2 days in hospital once, with a name/ID band that had my last name spelled wrong, making it another name entirely. Every time I told someone their response was "Oh, okay. Well be sure to tell...
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    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

    Warning: Appendeage-less People At
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    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

    Mebbe they were dubious about the inference that you may have ripped AN a new
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    Jacob Rockstar-RN Psych Nurse Action Figure

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Davey Do's topic in Psychiatric

    American College Dictionary, 1948: blat - blatted, blatting. --v. i. 1.) to cry out, as a calf or a sheep. -- 2.) Colloq. ​to utter loudly and indiscreetly; blurt. [imit. Cf. BLEAT.] (you have...
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    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

    Oh. It's Tom that wore the upside-down funnel on his head, not the dog. Memory can be such a
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    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

    Is Davey Do Dog kin to 1950's "Mighty Manfred, the Wonder Dog?" Didn't Mighty Manfred wear as a hat, an upside-down funnel on his
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    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

    Cat: Just because I'm a feline, they think I like sardines. What a