No Stars In My Eyes

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

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  1. No Stars In My Eyes

    Always Complaints, Never an Attaboy

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

    If some organization was willing to pay me, I'd do all kinds of "DUH!" evidence-based research. Just gimme the bucks and I'll draw up all kinds of graphs and
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    some people might not like this, but I though it was funny...

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to psu_213's topic in Nursing Humor

    I thought it was cute. They should 'honor' Gwyneth Paltrow,
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    What is your crazy?

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

    There is a guy here in town who owns a car dealership who is SUCH a pen-hoarder, and he locks up the multiple mugsful of pens before he leaves his office for the day. If you borrow a pen from him, he...
  4. No Stars In My Eyes

    Oooh Ick! Has this happened to you?

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

    When I went back to school at age 30, for non-nursing classes, I was frequently approached by young students saying, "You're a nurse, right?" Why they wouldn't just go to the student healthcare dept.,...
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    At risk for pressure ulcers...

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

    When I worked at MGH in the early '70's, Dietary Dept. made up fresh, REAL ingredients Milk Shakes and Egg-Nogs every single morning. We'd get quarts and quarts of them delivered to our floor fridge....
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    Always Complaints, Never an Attaboy

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

    Worked for a company that had printed up "PAT-ON-THE-BACK!" blank forms for all of us to put up on a bulletin board, by way of thanking co-workers for whatever...... This was years before c/o sexism...
  7. No Stars In My Eyes

    Always Complaints, Never an Attaboy

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

    Should have added the word WELL to the 'just pay
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    Im terrified of elevators and im trying to be a nurse...

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to nurselou04's topic in Nursing Humor

    I used to have nightmares about being in an elevator and the cables snapped, plummeting me down,down, down, faster and faster, bumping against the elevator shaft walls as it went. (sorry, I realize...
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    Oooh Ick! Has this happened to you?

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

    Hasn't Dr. Oz done shows about nearly everything? I love the segments where 'civilians' put on gloves and handle preserved
  10. No Stars In My Eyes

    Oooh Ick! Has this happened to you?

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

    EGADS!
  11. No Stars In My Eyes

    Please stop! Little things that are just bad practice.

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to JBudd's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Interesting! Come to think of it, way back in time, isolation was more or less a privacy issue than de rigueur for certain diseases. I mean, even TB patients were housed in wards. We never croaked...
  12. No Stars In My Eyes

    What is your crazy?

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

    I'm like both phaniea69 and amoLucia! When I worked at a hospital, I kept a worksheet just for me and labeled it "NSIME's Brain". The way the facility worksheet was 'organized' (as if!) by patients,...
  13. No Stars In My Eyes

    Oooh Ick! Has this happened to you?

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

    Absolutely! Have at it! The minute it came out of my mouth, I felt it was pure classic. Happy to
  14. No Stars In My Eyes

    Oooh Ick! Has this happened to you?

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

    I once worked with a chronic 'baby-talker' ; in addition to 'ick!, it was also very 'aarrrrrgggghhhh! Didn't exactly cure this person of the habit, but was steered clear of after this brief...
  15. No Stars In My Eyes

    Oooh Ick! Has this happened to you?

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

    Back in the day, I was shopping at Woolworth's for Christmas decorations with my husband. In the checkout line behind us was a couple who had seen me at the hospital while they were visiting with a...
  16. No Stars In My Eyes

    Please stop! Little things that are just bad practice.

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to JBudd's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Once again PR/'customer' satisfaction trumps common sense and safety. "C'mon in folks, spread those germs far and wide!" Boy, let one of US go into a room without the proper gear on and we'd be strung...
  17. No Stars In My Eyes

    Please stop! Little things that are just bad practice.

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to JBudd's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    That is weird beyond
  18. No Stars In My Eyes

    Please stop! Little things that are just bad practice.

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to JBudd's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Thereby negating the idea of ISOLATION
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    Please stop! Little things that are just bad practice.

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to JBudd's topic in Nursing Professionalism

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    Please stop! Little things that are just bad practice.

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to JBudd's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Regarding the TP: As my 93 year old mother used to say, 'You are SUCH A GOOD
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    WHY OH WHY? Every year-------competencies!!!!!

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

    I go in to my agency office, they give me the booklets and the competency tests ( no computers); I fill out the test answers quickly as it is the same ones from year to year. Like y'all said: do it in...
  22. No Stars In My Eyes

    Please stop! Little things that are just bad practice.

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to JBudd's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I can see it all now: toilet paper count at shift change! More
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    Please stop! Little things that are just bad practice.

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to JBudd's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    How about leaving the stinky suction receptacle so full it slops over whenyou​ have to empty it.
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    Giving versus taking...lol

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

    I had a colonoscopy under Versed, in-office, and the gastroenterologist said it was HORRIBLE and he would never put me through that again! Apparently I required 5 times the 'normal' dose of Versed to...
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    Giving versus taking...lol

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

    ABSOLUTELY AGREE!!!!!!! And give me a mirror, I will cath myself, if you