xtxrn

xtxrn ASN, RN

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  1. The dumbest thing you've ever heard...

    xtxrn replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm impressed she could finagle a position to get her hand that far

  2. The dumbest thing you've ever heard...

    xtxrn replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oy vey Nothing like a little "sympathy

  3. Nurses and cancer....

    xtxrn replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

    It's OK to find funny things about people with cancer- CA doesn't suck out all of the humor cells !!! It's not a funny (or fun) disease, but gotta make some lemonade

  4. The dumbest thing you've ever heard...

    xtxrn replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My dog says she's to tell your dog I'm

  5. Med/surg? Different at different places?

    xtxrn replied to L8RRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think it did make a difference in different facilities. You're never going to feel like you did 'enough' because there's always something you 'could' do... If you like the patients in med-surg, it...

  6. The dumbest thing you've ever heard...

    xtxrn replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Official Latin term for some such individuals..... 'dingus

  7. Anybody ever have an MD actively campaign to have you fired?

    xtxrn replied to imintrouble's topic in General Nursing

    I hope it all works out for you, too.... ever wonder if the docs think that they'd be dragging their patients home with them if we hadn't shown up for work???

  8. The dumbest thing you've ever heard...

    xtxrn replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    :rotfl: My favorite from my working years was actually my first hospital job....a CT clearly showed a bullet in 'mom's' head...the family said she'd never been shot (who's covering for whom????-...

  9. Pearson Vue Trick - Does it Work Every Time? Part 2

    xtxrn replied to Silverdragon102's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    OMG..... 125 questions is passing (congrats to OP for sure, but...) ????? What happened to 4 sections of tests (approx 1000 questions total) over 2 days (I know they've been computerized for...

  10. Nurses and cancer....

    xtxrn replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

    thank

  11. does edema hurt?

    xtxrn replied to blackbird singing's topic in General Nursing

    OMG- that had to be so hard to handle Diabetes here, too- and even moderate edema (I have my own measuring system based on how many of my tendons are visible; knees don't bend well enough to poke a...

  12. Anybody ever have an MD actively campaign to have you fired?

    xtxrn replied to imintrouble's topic in General Nursing

    I began working at a hospital I'd worked at before, but with a different unit manager. One of the docs told her that she 'knew' that I'd been caught diverting drugs from the home health company I...

  13. The Right Way to Collect a Urine Specimen from a Patients with an Indwelling Catheter

    xtxrn replied to thehipcrip's topic in General Nursing

    Ohhhhh.... we're being graded....:) Then I want to clarify my rationale for not clamping the catheter.... In case I can't (couldn't) get back d/t some unforeseen situation, I don't have to worry...

  14. should i give up my nursing career?

    xtxrn replied to Ms.RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    First : QUIT calling yourself stupid :):):):):):):) (or using 'stupidicity -- that didn't help- LOL...- but everybody makes typos- so don't sweat it ) You are NOT stupid...You got through...

  15. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    xtxrn replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Anybody had a pt ask how to get their 'diabetical'

  16. hospital subacute unit

    xtxrn replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in a freestanding subacute hospital-- basically the patients were too sick for nursing homes, but essentially stable- had a lot of dialysis patients (complicated medical history- not 'just'...

  17. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    xtxrn replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Is that sugar from outer

  18. does edema hurt?

    xtxrn replied to blackbird singing's topic in General Nursing

    Poor

  19. Abdominal TB v. Histoplasmosis

    xtxrn replied to canesdukegirl's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know if I'm remembering the right thing (eh?... what's my name?? )... but I think I saw some subQ TB that was essentially a section of skin that had crepitus so bad it was like malignant rice...

  20. does edema hurt?

    xtxrn replied to blackbird singing's topic in General Nursing

    For some, I've seen the edema drip into puddles on the floor.... and which ever way they are positioned, the edema is worse on the dependent side, like a water balloon. Not

  21. The Right Way to Collect a Urine Specimen from a Patients with an Indwelling Catheter

    xtxrn replied to thehipcrip's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I hate when the patients start to

  22. The Right Way to Collect a Urine Specimen from a Patients with an Indwelling Catheter

    xtxrn replied to thehipcrip's topic in General Nursing

    sputter....gasp....retch a little Nothing like some chunky urine for a UA

  23. does edema hurt?

    xtxrn replied to blackbird singing's topic in General Nursing

    It can. They may also have peripheral neuropathy, or if the edema is severe enough, some compression

  24. The Right Way to Collect a Urine Specimen from a Patients with an Indwelling Catheter

    xtxrn replied to thehipcrip's topic in General Nursing

    My :two cents: Drain visible urine from the tubing into the bag- no old juice, please :). Coil tubing back on bed, and wait for 15-20 minutes. Wipe port of Foley with alcohol. Aspirate urine from...

  25. Nurses and cancer....

    xtxrn replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

    :smackingf