Jellibum

Jellibum

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  1. You A Nurse When !!!

    Jellibum replied to RN2149's topic in Nursing Humor

    32) you've used micropore tape to wrap presents for loved

  2. Thank you's - memorable ones you've received?

    Jellibum replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm not overly religious, although i was brought up in a highly Christian household. I cared for this wonderful man who was one of God's onward Christian soldiers in the Salvation Army, post-op from...

  3. "You need to learn to tolerate abuse"

    Jellibum replied to anynurseanywhere's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you caliotter3, yet i too agree with the OP, that the statement "Learn to tolerate abuse" is a poorly worded and i personally find it somewhat offensive (as does the OP, by the seems of...

  4. Skin care question

    Jellibum replied to MedSurgeNewbie's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    i'm not sure if they sell it in the US but QV make a product called QV intensive lotion - it is a 50/50% soft white parifin/liquid parifin creme that is real good for the chronically dry. Also have...

  5. Wound Care--"It itches!" Patient scratches around wound

    Jellibum replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I have a glue allergy and i recommened top lignocaine (use the gel for foley insertion) 1% or 2% whichever - for instant relief from the scratching and a Rx for phenergan which will also help the...

  6. How would you make inpatient rooms better?

    Jellibum replied to Email4KH's topic in General Nursing

    Can they make a volume switch on those pumps and call bells for O/N?? sometimes they're so LOUD!! Make a day room for ambulant pts and their families to go and sit/do stuff (TV, DVD, Playstation...

  7. HELP! I DON"T WANT TO GO THROUGH CNA first...

    Jellibum replied to lookingforward's topic in General Nursing

    i understand what it's like to feel that your skills as an rn are potentially being wasted by changing ppl in & out of day/nite clothes, pads & other such seemly small tasks. in saying this...

  8. HELP! I DON"T WANT TO GO THROUGH CNA first...

    Jellibum replied to lookingforward's topic in General Nursing

    RNsRWe, thank you for putting it so eloquently - it's the point i was attempting to make... I just hope that LookingForward can do exactly that and ask the hard questions, make the tough (and often...

  9. HELP! I DON"T WANT TO GO THROUGH CNA first...

    Jellibum replied to lookingforward's topic in General Nursing

    Looking forward,as ppl & as nurses,we all agree that poop smells and cleaning it up (without looking at the person behind it) can suck...but it is something that is BASIC NURSING CARE! Sure,some...

  10. HELP! I DON"T WANT TO GO THROUGH CNA first...

    Jellibum replied to lookingforward's topic in General Nursing

    I'm just wondering what are some of the tasks specifically that "horrified" you?? What have you heard? Are these from the course coordinator or a lecturer or just your fellow classmates? Also, what...

  11. USA, UK, Australia, Canada or Switzerland- I need your opinion on this

    Jellibum replied to Oneasia19's topic in International Nursing

    This may be so and many of the guys/girls that i work with in the same boat... but this has taken them many years. Many (not all - just some bad eggs) undertake sponsorship programs that hold you for...

  12. FELLOW Nurses please help with this dilema. I am so upset!

    Jellibum replied to sweetnurse2006's topic in General Nursing

    The first thing i can say to is WELL DONE!!! for hanging on so long in a place with so little insight. They obviously had no idea what they had! Being a mum who has been in a VERY similar position to...

  13. HELP! I DON"T WANT TO GO THROUGH CNA first...

    Jellibum replied to lookingforward's topic in General Nursing

    This attitude is not helpful!! Ignore this sad person. It's true that your attitude at the present may not the presently ideal... because your scared of the 'gross element' of cleaning up bodily...

  14. HELP! I DON"T WANT TO GO THROUGH CNA first...

    Jellibum replied to lookingforward's topic in General Nursing

    Hi there, it is a small part of the job and the more that you focus on it the more gross it can get. Rather than focus on the $hite, focus on the poor embarrassed person you needs help and that your...

  15. Name that part. Words patients use for their own anatomy.

    Jellibum replied to JEHORAPHA's topic in General Nursing

    i have a co-worker that refers to genitalia as "girl bits" or "boy bits"- i.e "don't forget to wash your girlie bits". i have also heard of a young 20 somethings female state she had a USB port -...

  16. The geniuses in Engineering

    Jellibum replied to TiffyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Tell me about it! Whilst working in Neurosurg HDU we had a blackout of all our equipment and our O2 & suction stopped working all of a sudden! We called Engineering and they told us it's ok -...

  17. Question?? Tender hearted

    Jellibum replied to MsKris24's topic in General Nursing

    It is okay that you cried. We all cry over the loss of somebody every now and then - whether we knew them or not. Death is apart of the job. I can be ome sad/happy,long/short,expected/unexpected etc....

  18. Nursing is taking over my life!!!!

    Jellibum replied to Samantha2000's topic in General Nursing

    i understand what your saying but, i don't think that stating that she has to just "let it go" isn't overally helpful. whilst it has worked for some of us out there in the nursing world, the orginal...

  19. How to work in Japan?

    Jellibum posted a topic in General World

    hi, i'm going to japan for my hunnymoon next year and i want to extend the trip it if can and work. however, my friend tells me that japan does not accept foriegn nursing staff. is this true or is...

  20. A patient pulled a knife on me today.

    Jellibum replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    few! gald to hear that you all made it safe and sound. i work in a dementia facitlity that gets aggressive pts. we have emergency buttons in each room but when you have two pt's linked togeter in a...

  21. Do you tell nurses ands Dr's that you are a nurse when you are the pt?

    Jellibum replied to FlyLady's topic in General Nursing

    i normally don't say anything about being a nurse until i'm really angry! (which doesn't happen often). i normally state that i work in the health care industry if anyone asks what i do for a crust. i...

  22. Nursing is taking over my life!!!!

    Jellibum replied to Samantha2000's topic in General Nursing

    samantha, i'm sorry to say that you will never really go a day without taking your work home with you, in saying this however, the way in which you will take it home/to heart will change. is what's...

  23. Messing with the lab tests.

    Jellibum replied to Akura's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked in both the hospital network and private practice (GP's and the like). I'm not too sure how it works there - but in Oz you can just mark/add what test you want and the pathologist/nurse...

  24. Tips for nurses in their first year of nursing

    Jellibum replied to Brian's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Just remember that nursing someone is a 24/7 job. If you can't do everything but help the next person on the next shift by giving them options and help them to understand where your care for your pts...

  25. horizontal violence towards grads

    Jellibum replied to disappointed's topic in International Nursing

    unfortuantly, this is all too common - i find anyway. the students are left to cope on their own without supports while the staff on the unit/ward are left to carry the burden without help either! the...