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  1. Article re: tx of Nurse in Glamour mag

    lapappey replied to catinthebox's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in the hospital, I can't say I enjoyed having a roommate. However, working in PACU, and dealing with "bed situations" on a qd basis lets me see the other side of the issue ... "So they...

  2. Are side rails considered restraints?

    lapappey replied to Sassy1's topic in General Nursing

    And yet do all nsg schools not fail you for not putting up siderails? Sheesh. I work in the PACU, where this is a non-issue (and where I shudder to think what would happen if we did not use side-rails...

  3. Creative terminology for dosages

    lapappey posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    Verbal orders in settings where nurses have a lot of discretion, or giving report on pts with drips can get pretty informal :chuckle "A taste of fentanyl" "Just a social amount of morphine in that...

  4. Got any funny acronyms at your ER???

    lapappey replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    ATTE: Actively Trying To Expire OLPO: One Line Per Opening (natural openings and then some ...) LOLFDGB: Little Old Lady, Fall Down, Go Boom Proctalgia (not an acronym, but cute): pain in the

  5. physical restains?

    lapappey replied to hxs181's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely; whenver the pt is in danger of hurting himself or others. Yes, on an almost daily basis in the PACU (recovery room), to protect (generally confused) patients from themselves...

  6. When physician's act up/out

    lapappey replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

    Passed a resident the suction once, seems that it just wasn't screwed on to the tubing correctly; my bad, sure ... but before I could say that, said suction was airborne in my direction. Hits the...

  7. How many hours in your shift?

    lapappey replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

    Whenever school is not in session it's sixteens five days a week; eight scrubbin and eight as a PCA in the PACU. Leaves no social life and on weekends I do nothing but sleep ... but the money is good...

  8. Stupid People Award

    lapappey replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    Not as bad as some of the above, but ... Had a kid (teenager) c/o "I swallowed a pill box full of pills [narcotics]." No, not a pill box's worth of pills, but a metal box with pills inside it. He was...

  9. Possible exposure to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

    lapappey replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

    If I am correct, a prion is a misshapen protein that induces other proteins in the body to conform it's shape to theirs. Unlike all other pathogens, there is no genetic information in a prion (like...