PPL

PPL BSN, RN

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  1. Nurses Still on Strike

    PPL replied to markbeer's topic in General Nursing

    PLEASE! Throwing eggs? How is this going to help our cause? It makes us seem like a bunch of idiots. If this is not so, please tell me how it helps us? I do not plan on throwing ANYTHING during the...

  2. Hand pain from opening medication wrappers??

    PPL replied to EJB's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly! Not only hand and wrist pain, but psychic pain! I'm just waiting for the psychiatric diagnosis to appear; maybe something like SDS; SHRINKWRAP DYSPHORIC

  3. suing board of nurses

    PPL replied to meemken's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Hi meemken, this is an interesting topic and there's some good advice here too. One more thing that might be helpful; there's an RN named Steve Lee that may be able to offer some suggestions. His...

  4. Difficult patients and families

    PPL replied to bunky's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    And don't forget glasses and dentures; they're always disappearing! I had a patient the other night and when I helped her with her dentures, she informed me they were fifty years old. I said fivteen?...

  5. Difficult patients and families

    PPL replied to bunky's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Stop Bunky, you're giving me cramps! yeah, I thought everybody knew Keller and Keller, but you get the idea! And no, Snickers question/comment re satisfaction surveys was NOT lost on me! LOL! Keep her...

  6. Difficult patients and families

    PPL replied to bunky's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You people are absolutely cracking me up! I have thoroughly enjoyed these posts, and I can totally relate! How many times have I answered my patient's trivial complaint with, "oh-oh, better call...

  7. Ward Clerk in Med/Surg Unit

    PPL replied to NVsGirl's topic in Medical-Surgical

    At our hospital, ward clerks transcribe doctors orders into the computer and otherwise, answer phones, transfer calls, answer patient call system, alert the nurse that patient has called, if nurse is...