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Oh honey - I'm sure you'll pass if you haven't already. I had to take a similar test with experience as a nurse but zero experience with computers prior to my first Epic analyst job. I'm sure with your experience you will nail it! Please update us wh...

This just showed up as a memory on FB. I had to re-share because it's still one of the best explanations of a career in nursing that I've ever read!

"Pleasantly confused"

In Florida there is an OBGYN named Richard Stiff. For some odd reason he goes by Dr. R. Douglas Stiff. In my city, we have an OBGYN named Dr. Yeast. It's pronounced YEAHst or something like that, but really? Change your name or choose a different spe...

What happens when the home health pt codes and it's just you and your black bag? No code team, No doctors, No experienced nurses around to help. Sure, you could call 911, but while waiting for the ambulance you'd better be performing CPR...

If the pt is getting comfort measures only, he should not be on a rehab unit. Rehab pts are expected to do 3+ hours of PT/OT per day. If the pt cannot tolerate this or is not making progress they are not appropriate for rehab. Surely the family is aw...

Please include a section on grilling the fresh meat. New nurses covered in BBQ sauce...yum!

After a long week of dealing with worthless nursing students, my thought process was somewhere along the line of: Nurses eat their young + horror + fomites = Silence of the Lambs

It puts the lotion on It's skin, or It gets the hose again

Thank you for finally giving me some motivation and inspiration for my avatar!

There's your sign.

I often joke that I carry a magic wand that solves problems and takes care of pt's symptoms. Today, I actually said: "My magic wand can fix a lot of things, but stupid isn't one of them."

I used to LOVE people. I was a real "people person." Then I became I nurse. Now, I avoid people as much as possible.

"Of COURSE you're the Easter Bunny! I just called you Brian by mistake."

Did Ms. Manners ever write a book? If so, we need to send one to that RN STAT!

My guess is the prelimary test for Hep C is positive, but they don't have the confirmatory test back yet? His EIA could ​be a false positive d/t the other issues he has with his liver. I'll keep you in my thoughts and prayers!!!

Kinda feel like the ANA should sue him for libel if he does not post a correction and apology. Also find it interesting that the name of the facility is not mentioned...hmmmm...

nursel56 - Yo Mama so fat even Richard Simmons can't help but laugh!

Is it still considered self-medicating if it benefits others?

wooh, you're so mean!!!

Know how to tell the difference between nurses and RTs? Put both in a room and fill it to chin level with poop and then hawk a big loogie at them. The RTs stay standing and the nurses duck.

You know what else makes me absolutely crazy? People who misuse to, two, and too. Or through and threw. The list goes on and on. I understand the occasional typo - I'm guilty of that myself - but I remember these sound alike words being drilled into...

Just this morning I was thinking the entire healthcare system in the US is seriously in trouble. Having private business in healthcare is now causing massive drug shortages, unsafe staffing level (while laying nurses off), and continuing to drive the...

Just a couple of points here. 1) Hospice does not perform euthanasia on it's patients. Actually, I routinely start my pts on abx and appetite stimulants. There is no reason to try to speed up the process. The truth is the hospice will make more mone...

The good news is when you have call 911 for a resident you get to check out the EMTs!!! Not sure if it's the uniform or if there is just a disproportionately large number of hot men who are EMTs in my area. Not that I was looking, of course :loveya: