diva rn

diva rn BSN, RN

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  1. My patient aspirated during surgery!

    diva rn replied to SweetNothings's topic in General Nursing

    and that reminds me of the time a doctor wrote on an admission form (which he hated to fill out) under address...he lives in the nursery because he was just

  2. Pre-authorization position.

    diva rn replied to Been there,done that's topic in Case Management

    This is what I do now..I work for a private company that does medical review for 80 different labor unions insurance funds all across the country. They are all self insured but use BC/BS for their PPO...

  3. If I see one more post titled....

    diva rn replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in General Nursing

    "Are you saying coconuts migrate??":) and in another vein.... "I don't like your cuffs, I don't like your cuffs, I don't like your cuffs!" "A gentleman's cuffs should hang down to the tip of their...

  4. If I see one more post titled....

    diva rn replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, very underrated and I think perhaps that was because it was not broad enough. Too subtle for the American audiences? The brits (and the Aussies) get the softer

  5. Taking pain medications while working?

    diva rn replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in General Nursing

    By the way..it's Norco..not Narco and what you are describing is definitely a "high"...there is a reason it's called "feeling NO PAIN"....... You would be impaired and that is a violation of the nurse...

  6. If I Said on Here What I Wanted to Say.

    diva rn replied to DixieRedHead's topic in General Nursing

    Another member of the demerit club here...it is rather disheartening to get that "private message" asking you to please cease and desist....or something like that... I have reigned it in quite a bit...

  7. If I see one more post titled....

    diva rn replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in General Nursing

    Talax....I love that line too....I also love (just before yours) "are we awake?"... "I don't know, are we black?".. "why, yes we are".... "then we're awake but we're very puzzled!".......

  8. If I see one more post titled....

    diva rn replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in General Nursing

    BUZZ KILL........................!!! (I happen to agree, but we were so having fun with Blazing and Rocky and then you came along and spoiled

  9. If I see one more post titled....

    diva rn replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, he's still around. He starred in Spamalot on Broadway when it opened as King Arthur...HILARIOUS!!! That was in 2009. He was in it with David Hyde Pierce (also one of my favorites) and Hank...

  10. If I see one more post titled....

    diva rn replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in General Nursing

    Touch-a, touch-a, touch-a, touch me I want to be

  11. If I see one more post titled....

    diva rn replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in General Nursing

    It's just a jump to the left.... and then a step to the

  12. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    diva rn replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I have to say that my hat is off to your mother. I find that refreshing in this day and age of text speak and poor grammar and mispronunciation. One thousand Kudos to your mother. I also...

  13. If I see one more post titled....

    diva rn replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in General Nursing

    I was in college...and it's still going strong in a lot of places, on the weekends, complete with the shadow casts that act it out in front of the movie..I haven't gone in years, but it was loads of...

  14. If I see one more post titled....

    diva rn replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in General Nursing

    I am so glad you said that...because that is exactly what I was going for!!!!! Uh, "How'd you do, I see you met my faithful handyman, he's just a little brought down, because, when you knocked, He...

  15. If I see one more post titled....

    diva rn replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in General Nursing

    Yea, that "Nurse Creed"...almost put me right over the edge:uhoh3:.......oh, please, chile...I did not pledge to Love, Honor Obey, and Nurse....or any thing of that sort...Jeez, I didn't even say...

  16. Switching my major from nursing to FACS

    diva rn replied to Aiesram's topic in General Nursing

    I am still not clear on one point. Do you wish to become a case manager in social work/nursing? as in family services? Or just case management in the hospital? Case management in the hospital does not...

  17. If I see one more post titled....

    diva rn replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in General Nursing

  18. Switching my major from nursing to FACS

    diva rn replied to Aiesram's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, if you wish to do social work, you will really need a MSW. THe pay is very low and the work is unrelenting. It is also very different from pure nursing. If you want to be a nurse, then just...

  19. How to stop visitors from using empty bed???

    diva rn replied to AJPV's topic in General Nursing

    If it is an issue in a particular room, can you just remove the second bed and place it in your clean storage/utility room? We did this frequently out on the floors. No bed, No chance to sit...

  20. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    diva rn replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    HaHa... I have actually heard both the "warshed" ...and the "rinched"...but not used together!!! Both of the people were from the deep south. Oh, yes, by the way..the Mofeen thing is totally an Urban...

  21. Do you find this article insulting?

    diva rn replied to cacentralvalley's topic in General Nursing

    The way it works for the private insurance companies I case manage for, is first there is a PT and OT eval done and the patient must meet criteria. They must be able to attend PT so many hours daily...

  22. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    diva rn replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, dear god..........This is one of the worst malaproprisms I have ever heard. I am really speechless over this...And.... Please do not glorify this person with the title "Professor"....If she/he is...

  23. Nurses eat their Young

    diva rn replied to NYLiz's topic in General Nursing

    I believe this is directly related to survival of the fittist and has worked well in evolution....so, the weakest...who continually ask the stupidest questions..will get eaten the quickest, allowing...

  24. Nurses eat their Young

    diva rn replied to NYLiz's topic in General Nursing

    HAHA... The last time I mentioned this topic re eating/young...and I said something "delicate" like "please stop beating this dead horse"...and I also alluded to the fact that I thought this idiom was...

  25. PICU without wearing a gown?

    diva rn replied to darren_callcareer18's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    PICU was my specialty. I worked it for many, many years...NONE of the Nurses, RTs or our Intensivists ever gowned UNLESS it was for contact isolation. In that case, we would gown, mask, glove, booty...