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  1. Funny Names

    DemonWings replied to nurserynurse55's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Ok, I was bored and pulled up this old thread =) I went to school with a Peter Cox Also went to school with boy/girl twins names Leather and Lace I am just shocked at these

  2. CNA's passing meds?

    DemonWings replied to aachavez's topic in General Nursing

    My cousin does this, she works assisted living and passed a two day course on medication administration. She now tells the family she does everything I do, but I just get paid more. We are in...

  3. The Wisest Thing I've Ever Heard on Allnurses ...

    DemonWings replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in General Nursing

    Weirdest thing I've heard? Hmm maybe when people come on here saying "no one told me that there is no nursing shortage:eek:" It never fails to surprise me how people can go through nursing school and...

  4. Help! I really messed up and don't know what to do

    DemonWings replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in General Nursing

    Oh ok, I had no idea that they had a facebook! I am behind the times I

  5. Help! I really messed up and don't know what to do

    DemonWings replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in General Nursing

    You posted this question on facebook? EEk, I wouldn't do that my

  6. Funny & Cute Things Our Demented Patients Say

    DemonWings replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    When I was doing my clinical rotation at on a dementia unit, I was assigned to this little old lady who was probably all of 4.5 feet tall, and cursed me to high heaven every time I entered the room. I...

  7. Funniest Things Doctors say!

    DemonWings replied to RNdiva505's topic in Nursing Humor

    Resident in LTC wrote "elderly woman clearly psychotic today, states she has "frog in her throat" *Stole this from somewhere, don't recall where exactly I saw it but I thought it was

  8. Fainting... so dramatic

    DemonWings replied to Double-Helix's topic in General Nursing

    While mine wasnt dramatic per say, my daughter likes to tell everyone and its pretty embarassing. I have hypotension also, usually when it strikes I am upright and can just sit down and gather myself...

  9. What was the longest code you have been in?

    DemonWings replied to turnforthenurse's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Not the longest, we coded her for about an hour and got her back, but through out the night we coded her 8 times and kept getting her back with the second epi, only for her to code again a little...

  10. Particular Patient Populations - Do You Struggle?

    DemonWings replied to Nurse SMS's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The non-compliants, not the ones who just don't follow diet or exercise routines because those are difficult. However, the ones who come to the hospital and refuse treatment for the very reason the...

  11. Stupid things that nurses say

    DemonWings replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Geeze, I say and do stupid things all the time. I have posted this story before, so some may remember...I was getting a check up at my doctors (who works with me mind you) and he was listening to my...

  12. Nurses please try to look a little more polished at work

    DemonWings replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in General Nursing

    I dont think the OP is saying she wants everyone to have manicured nails, my take on it was manicured in the sense of trimmed, neat and clean not from the salon. Kind of like a manicured lawn? I know...

  13. ACLS Megacode

    DemonWings replied to whichone'spink's topic in General Nursing

    When we ran our mega codes, we had a manikin that had real vital signs and a monitor to display the rhythm. We each ran our own code and no one was able to hint anything to us. They were fairly simple...

  14. Something for all you school nurses...

    DemonWings replied to caregiver1977's topic in School

    I agree that she needs the proper documentation from the doctor, but why would the nurse not keep it in her office? Im not a school nurse so I am just curious. My child has medical issues and they...

  15. These just seems so gross to me

    DemonWings replied to horrorxgirl's topic in General Nursing

    To those who are mentioning resturant forks, I worked at a very popular resturant and to wash their forks they would put them in luke warm water, and then let them air dry......Now thats gross, many...

  16. Have been in the ER for 3 hrs now....

    DemonWings replied to MadpeysRN's topic in Emergency

    If you guys were cracking up, they probably knew she was ok and not actively trying to croak :) When my daughter had a febrile seizure, we were given ib profin in triage, and by the time we got a bed...

  17. Does your personal doctor work where you work?

    DemonWings replied to Calder's topic in General Nursing

    I choose my doctor after we already worked together. I picked him because he is probably the smartest man I know, and goes to great lengths for his patients. I have never had an issue with it in the...

  18. Is attending a patient's funeral overstepping "the" boundary?

    DemonWings replied to BostonTerrierLover's topic in General Nursing

    An ICU nurse who took care of my grandpa came to his funeral. She was the one who brushed his hair, gave him a shave and filed his nails during his stay. We were very

  19. Things we think that we do not say... humorous...

    DemonWings replied to Baubo516's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    He SHOT them BOTH off??? One two different

  20. Things we think that we do not say... humorous...

    DemonWings replied to Baubo516's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Wow I never knew testicles could be so big and a member could be so small on the same

  21. Is this nitpicking or does the instructor dislike her?...

    DemonWings replied to Pneumothorax's topic in General Students

    When I was in school, a student was supposed to give a patient oral benadryl. They mistakenly drew it up in a IV syringe and were ready to give it IVP. The instructor caught the mistake and the...

  22. Hospital Won't Hire Obese Workers

    DemonWings replied to chevyv's topic in General Nursing

    I read that they are not going to hire obese people, but the morbidly obese people are considered disabled, which are a protected group that can not be discriminated against. I dont really see how it...

  23. Some days I just wanna bang my head against a wall

    DemonWings replied to Nascar nurse's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    This is so sad. My grandpa was a DNR, signed all the papers at the SNF but somehow someway they sent him to the ER, ER was not aware of code status, he was coding and they tubed him ect ect. Papa...

  24. What disorders did you diagnose yourself with in Nursing School?

    DemonWings replied to BostonTerrierLover's topic in General Nursing

    Anxiety, Breast cancer (is that a lump, nope just a regular boob:D) DVT, PE, arthritis, ectopic pregnancy, colon cancer, hyperthyroidism, OCD (this is true, well from my expert opinion), abdomenal...

  25. Pregnancy and hospital nursing

    DemonWings replied to Good Morning, Gil's topic in General Nursing

    There will always be the risk of exposure for a pregnant nurse. But if you were not a nurse, you could still pick up those same germs in walmart, or at the grocery store. I always thought it was weird...