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  1. What Freaks You Out?

    finn55 replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    In my nursing school clinicals, one happy "surgical experience" was in ENT surgery. The patient was a fellow who'd been in one or more bar fights and had an obvious deviation of his nose. I thought...

  2. What Freaks You Out?

    finn55 replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    How about

  3. What Freaks You Out?

    finn55 replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Back at the LTC again, we also had a lady with a glass eye. As she got more debilitated, she didn't want to wear the eye anymore. We kept the eye in a lidded specimen cup in the med room. All of us...

  4. What Freaks You Out?

    finn55 replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    My very first day of clinicals in LPN school . . .there I was all crisp and pressed in the long term care facility, believing I was going to be the best nurse ever. Get the picture? This little old...

  5. Charting Bloopers

    finn55 replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    While working in a SNF, I had a truly delightful gentleman who was an insulin dependent diabetic. It was quite common for this guy's pre-breakfast blood sugar to be in the basement. He was not...

  6. WHY does a B.S. + RN not equal BSN

    finn55 replied to jlpsu's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I am an ADN who has a BS in Psychology. Not a day went by that I didn't use that Psych background along with my nursing. I've seen way too many BSN's who love to push paper, but not do hands-on...

  7. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    finn55 replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    EEEEEEWWWWW!

  8. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    finn55 replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    The quote at the first nursing home I worked at was,"You know you're really a nurse when you can clean up a poopy (the other word starting with S was usually used) butt with one hand and eat a...

  9. Funniest/strangest dementia patient stories

    finn55 replied to Angie O'Plasty's topic in Nursing Humor

    My best friend and I worked as CNA's at the same LTC. We have decided that we want to be roomies when we get to the point of needing such a facility. Pity the poor staff when we get there . . . we...

  10. Incompetent nursing assistants

    finn55 replied to ICU, RN, BSN, B.S.'s topic in General Nursing

    Who the heck passed this person in her NA program, first of all?? Secondly, how did she become CERTIFIED??? The last I knew, literacy is an important element in health care. How (or who) filled out...

  11. Help!! Sticky situation relating to "abuse"

    finn55 replied to RNwithquestions's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I remember the first day of LPN school, and the first day of ADN school. The very first lesson was CYA ( cover your a--). If ever there was a situation to CYA, this was it. Good luck to