No Stars In My Eyes

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

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    Unusual treatments

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    How can you tell if a rat has a fever? I have personally known several rats (domesticated/pets) but not well enough to chance getting bit while taking a rectal temp on
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    Become a Nurse without Nursing School

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

    Curious:
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    Another chapter for the book

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The ​least he could do is wear a mask so ya wouldn't have to LOOK at the noseplugs
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    You should know better

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

    Dentists. Gads. I would go 8-10 years w/o going. Only time I ever showed up was if I had an abcessed tooth..One dentist zonked me with 'laughing gas', another would have me take 50 mg of Seconal an...
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    The Worst Hospital Visitor I've Ever Seen

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Trixie Belden!!! Did a doubletake when I saw your screen name! I used to read those books when I was a kid! (P.S. Welcome to
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    WELL, WOULD YOU???

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to nurse2211's topic in General Nursing

    I think a bunch of professionals willing to make a point is not necessarily unprofessional. In this day and age you have to do SOMETHING kind of radical to garner attention to your
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    Unusual treatments

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    Oh! I know that in certain regions this would not be considered unusual, but I was instructed by a nice ol' Southern boy on how to use tobacco medicinally. So I put that knowledge to use on myself...
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    New Grad...Is this typical?

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

    Do hospitals even require you, upon being hired, to fill out a skills checklist anymore? Used to have to do that, and begin working on goals to be "passed off on" and get skills under your belt. Most...
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    WELL, WOULD YOU???

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to nurse2211's topic in General Nursing

    The answer for me is 'no!' Unless they offered to pay off my mortgage. Then I think I'd find a way to live with posing (back to the camera,
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    Case study - what would you do?

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

    When I read OP, my very first instinct was to be like Cher in MOONSTRUCK and give the patient (standing in as Nic Cage) a hearty slap in the face and yell, "GET OVER IT!" But then I kept reading...
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    WELL, WOULD YOU???

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to nurse2211's topic in General Nursing

    What is the name of that female fertility symbol that looks like a mis-shapen tuber? I would make a tiny set of underwear to go on it and say it's me. (close
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    You should know better

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

    I could read this thread all day long! It makes me feel soooo much better about myself. I appreciate having comrades-in-arms in the "You-Should Know Better" aspect of
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    Unusual treatments

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    So I'm wondering what criteria there is to ascertain that a particular bear is
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    Notes in 3rd person style

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

    No nurse has ever gone into nursing for the
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    Notes in 3rd person style

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

    Not quite the same problem in PD cases. Our legal charting goes on a designated form and is turned in to the office. We also keep a shift log narrative for just us caregivers, otherwise continuity is...
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    You should know better

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

    Partial confessions; not going to lay ALL my faults and vices out for all to 'tsk' over, even if this is an anonymous site. Got to maintain a small amount of dignity! I gave up full-strength Pepsi two...
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    Does everyone have a conscience?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    Troll or not, the OP surely lives in a very different world than most of
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    What's the meanest thing a patient has said to you?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to fangirl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If they told you you should be a kindergarten teacher, maybe it was because THEY were being infantile/childish and having a difficult time acting and dealing with things like grown-ups. Maybe THEY...
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    How many jobs/units until you found your "niche"

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

    AMEN!
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    Unusual treatments

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    Well, regardless of what chiggers do or don't do to our skin, the nail polish trick on the raised, red, itchiness....kills the itchiness. I know from personal experience. It is nothing short of a...
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    Unusual treatments

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    "Okay, Mr. Smith, Time to take your Poop Pili; your Ca-ca Capsule; your Shift-/without-the-'f'/-Swish-n-Swallow; that fine Fecal Finish will soon be lining your guts!" OH, WHAT A RELIEF IT
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    Two CVICU nurses singing about ACLS!

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Loved both very clever songs. I used to do this kind of thing (re-writing lyrics to songs) in the 1990's. Wish I'd been persistent enough to keep doing it, and brave enough to put it on youtube now....
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    Unusual treatments

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    It's much easier and less smelly than 'natural' TAG-AWAY!! That stuff stinks, plus you are supposed to put it on three times a day! Waste of money. I'll just dab the 'dries in 60 seconds!' clear nail...
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    Unusual treatments

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    Have started this AM to 'test-drive' the nail polish on a skin-tag treatment. Will report back at a later
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    Become a Nurse without Nursing School

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

    If Mr. Feynman was still alive, I'd be his groupie. I love a brain like his! First time I read his stuff I crushed something