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  1. 1:21am on the west side of Chicago...

    grandee3 replied to woody436's topic in Emergency

    I love these posts, this is the first time I've seen this and have been on here since 04'. BTW, been off the weekend, its !:59pm here in Picayune, Ms and I'm just waking up! Good Mornin everybody!...

  2. How long before i get my RN license?

    grandee3 replied to almoret's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats!!!!:monkeydance:

  3. Liquid Gold

    grandee3 replied to Cmariehart's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats!!!!! Now you are ready for the contracted female. I almost died the first time I saw it done (entering from the rear).When I had to insert a foley on one of those poor, contracted little old...

  4. Share Your Nursing Horror Stories

    grandee3 replied to antidote's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto!

  5. I must be getting old: A rant

    grandee3 replied to SharonH, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Our Louisiana down home girl Britney Spears always has a mouth full of gum. In her intervews you can see it sticking out between her teeth when she smiles. Nasty, nasty, nasty an

  6. Share Your Nursing Horror Stories

    grandee3 replied to antidote's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto!

  7. follow up to "switching to per diem" post

    grandee3 replied to Agent99's topic in General Nursing

    I did the same thing last week. I will work 2 more weeks at fulltime status and then cut back to as needed. This was a big choice for me as I really need to have medical and term insurance. I plan to...

  8. need help with injections

    grandee3 replied to rays of sunlight's topic in General Nursing

    I always thought it is 3cc larger muscles and 1cc in deltoid. Im glad you brought this up. We had a discussion the other night about IM Inj to abdomen. One of my fellow workers said that she...

  9. ethical dilemma....nurse lied.

    grandee3 replied to snowflake123's topic in General Nursing

    This is not the way to start off your nursing career. Please take everyone's advise and do the right thing. Good luck, I wish you the best. You are going to feel so much better and this will be a...

  10. just to say hello, i guess

    grandee3 replied to cybernurse81's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome Cyb, I to sit hear for hours reading the forums. I even find that I have withdrawal when I don't have the time to check out allnurses. Ha Ha You will find the most friendly, knowledgeable...

  11. Want to quit smoking!!

    grandee3 replied to creature's topic in General Nursing

    Have you tried American Lung's online program to quit? I started it a few years back. They have you pick a stop date and other techniques like writing down negative things about smoking and some other...

  12. Thanks, nurses!

    grandee3 replied to krenee's topic in General Nursing

    Tripler in

  13. Scrubs?

    grandee3 replied to moncj66's topic in General Nursing

    I'm 5ft and have to cut off about 6inches of the petite size. Seriously, all the uniform pants seem to be very long. How about a catalog, they may have the long ones. Good

  14. Do you love your managers?

    grandee3 replied to NoeIssa's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Positive things about my manager: She is extremely knowledgeable with extensive ER/ICU background. She is mostly available when we need her. She believes in continued education and always has a few...

  15. Ummmm..are they ALLOWED to do that?

    grandee3 replied to NurseJacqui's topic in Emergency

    I have a question for the Super's on this board. If you have the pts best interest in mind, then is it really safe to send that pt back down to the ER and turn he/she over to a nurse that already has...

  16. Ummmm..are they ALLOWED to do that?

    grandee3 replied to NurseJacqui's topic in Emergency

    That pt was sent to ER from MS because they were poss. having an MI? That means the pt needed to be 1:1 or 2:1, giving you this pt would have been extremely dangerous! Someone needs to go above the...

  17. What do you do when a teacher lies?

    grandee3 replied to SaraLee's topic in General Nursing

    Sara, I am so sorry that this is happening to you. I noticed that you are 53 years old. I was 50 when I was in LPN school. I had a similar problem with an instructor. This teacher did not like me and...

  18. Strange S.O.

    grandee3 replied to joeb1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Sounds like he's the one that needed to be thrown out. That poor woman and

  19. have you ever lost it at work?

    grandee3 replied to lannisz's topic in General Nursing

    guilty:angryfire :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire

  20. Question

    grandee3 posted a topic in Infectious Disease

    I am an LPN at a LTAC facility. We had a patient the other night who was confused and pulled on her Groshong seperating the outer tubing approx 1/2 inch above the wing and cap. It did not look broken...

  21. Senario Help

    grandee3 replied to paradise22's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you Miranda, I learned something too, LR is also called Hartman's in some parts of the country. I have learned so much from this site over the last few

  22. Senario Help

    grandee3 replied to paradise22's topic in General Nursing

    TOTALLY OUT OF LINE!!!!! and the name calling is childish.:angryfire :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire...

  23. Warning: Long...Need to bounce something off you guys re: administrative occurance.

    grandee3 replied to BBFRN's topic in General Nursing

    If this person is a nurse, how did she get into nursing

  24. If you won the lottery, would you still do your job?

    grandee3 replied to SK-222's topic in General Nursing

    Crazy, but I would not quit nursing. I would open an agency or some kind of private duty service for pt's not covered by insurance in the home setting. I would take pledges and challenge other...

  25. Is current thinking on pain control creating drug addicts?

    grandee3 replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Jessica, my heart goes out to you. Please keep us posted on your progress. Like I said earlier, the docs give the seekers all they need and then some and the poor post CABG gets Tylenol. I think you...