No Stars In My Eyes

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

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  1. No Stars In My Eyes

    ixchel's 8/15 This Week I Have Learned...

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

    A double-hefty dose of Versed and 'laughing gas',
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    You are NOT allergic to...

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

    Reckon your MiL and mine are cousins?
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    Nurses and their pens

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

    Worked at a hospital where there was a doctor who was very bad about lifting loose pens AND stethoscopes! If we knew he was on the floor, neither of those items were set down anywhere, lest it end up...
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    ixchel's 8/15 This Week I Have Learned...

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

    Never had the opportunity or curiosity or wanted to receive a PM back from the mystery
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    Nurses and their pens

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

    What? Nobody charting with a Mont Blanc? Though I guess if you carried a Mont Blanc you wouldn't need a nursing career.And there are pens even more expensive that Mont
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    ixchel's 8/15 This Week I Have Learned...

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

    Ssshhhhhhhhhh! (Send him a PM.....if you
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    Nurses and their pens

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

    I picture you holding a pen, at the ready, at all times, to, at any moment, put tip to paper and start writing...... On your mark..... Get
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    ixchel's 8/15 This Week I Have Learned...

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

    We are not Worldly enough, not worthy, being so provincial and all. Thank the
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    Nurses and their pens

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

    I have several Cross pen sets, and love them, BUT, they are so thin, it hurts my knuckles to use a skinny per for too
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    Nurses and their pens

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

    PILOT ball-point click ink (not gel)....they come 2 to a pkg and sometimes they are immediately sold out at both CVS and Walmart, so I am not the only one who likes
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    Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

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

    Watching some cop movie from...?...the 70's or 80's. One of the cruisers in on a high speed chase goes over and downhill, and rolls over ...gad....at least 5 times. All the other cops in on the chase...
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    COB rollcall

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

    Ummmm, b'cept it is August 21st. You must be living in an entirely different time zone, eh?
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    You are NOT allergic to...

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

    You took care of my
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    Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

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

    Okay, yeah, I stand corrected; 'cause I was thinking about another ____pam.....ie diazepam. Ativan is another thing
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    ixchel's 8/15 This Week I Have Learned...

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

    I (re-)learned that 5 good name-brand blouses at Goodwill costs less than what one blouse costs on sale at
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    Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

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

    10 mg of lorazepam is going to stop them from breathing? ? ?
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    ixchel's 8/15 This Week I Have Learned...

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

    I learned a new joke: What would be the diagnosis for a chameleon who can't change colors? A Reptile
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    COB rollcall

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

    Imagine!
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    ixchel's 8/15 This Week I Have Learned...

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

    Then I reckon I must have a problem too, because I don't even understand what you are talking about! What's a screen
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    Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

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

    It burns my liver something fierce to have to watch (via PD pt's TV preference) Dr. Unbelievable, Medicine Woman. I don't buy ANY of it! A beautiful Dr. in the pioneer West, so very femininistically...
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    COB rollcall

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

    Crusty is a state of mind. That doesn't stop all those plastic surgeons and beauty product companies from trying to hook you and get your hard earned money! Save your dough! Enjoy your crinkles! I...
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    ixchel's 8/15 This Week I Have Learned...

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

    Yesterday I learned what it was like trying to talk with, and give report to, a very young someone who is simultaneously 'working' their smart-phone. (This is on a PD case.) As I was talking, she had...
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    So...What Kind of Nursing Task Do You LIKE?

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

    I also worked as an LPN for a little over 40 years, and at an LTC I was also taken to task for talking with and spending too much time with the pts! Once upon a time I was a whiz-bang, movin' and...
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    So...What Kind of Nursing Task Do You LIKE?

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

    nincompoop -- I love your screen name! Were it not for anonymity, a patient could say, "My nurse is a nincompoop!" and not be insulting. It's a neat, old-fashioned word that is not heard much anymore....
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    Nursing is becoming stupid

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

    When the 'important' thing (esp in LTC's) is how the paperwork looks, and the facility has hired some poor drudge whose only job is to comb each and every chart REPEATEDLY and spend HOURS...