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  1. IV Site Prep

    Pattiecake replied to NeuroNP's topic in General Nursing

    Alcohol to actually clean the skin first. You'd be surprised at how dirty that alcohol pad looks after you clean the skin. Betadine to disinfect the skin...allow to dry, then do the venipuncture. I...

  2. Hi Suzanne and others, i need your help please !!!

    Pattiecake replied to Flomee's topic in International Nursing

    There are so many RN positions available in Vermont. The Vermont RN license is fairly inexpensive. I am not positive, but I think it is around $80 every 2 years. There are jobs galore in the city and...

  3. What Medicines (or treatments) Do You Take for Your Cold or Flu Symptoms?

    Pattiecake replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    :chuckle Just have to ask, how did you get pregnant with bronchitis and an ear infection?. On a more serious note, I always use ecchinachae at the onset of a cold. Boosts the immune system and the...

  4. Nursesin Tennessee

    Pattiecake replied to Pattiecake's topic in Correctional

    Thanks for your repliesfolks. I really needed to know if this fellow was from another planet or if TN had no shortage. Seems he's from another

  5. A Shaving Mishap

    Pattiecake posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    One day while shaving her armpits, Susan sneezed and accidentally lopped off her left nipple. The blood loss was phenomenal. She quickly bandaged herself up and rushed to the ER. She was seen...

  6. What happens to your integrity when you go into management?

    Pattiecake replied to olympiad27's topic in Nurse Management

    Why would you feel you should judge an entire group because of some bad experiences you may have had. Let me assure you, I am in management, and my integrity and all the other qualities you question...

  7. Right to die

    Pattiecake replied to webblarsk's topic in General Nursing

    I personally do not believe in euthanasia. I believe I have been put her to fulfill a purpose, and who am I to question it? I will go when my time expires, not when man (not even myself)

  8. stupid er tricks

    Pattiecake replied to canoehead's topic in Emergency

    Had a guy come into the ER with a toilet seat firmly secured to his butt. He painted prior to going to bed, got up in the middle of the night to use the throne, and couldn't get it off him, so he...

  9. stupid er tricks

    Pattiecake replied to canoehead's topic in Emergency

    Had a guy come into the ER with a toilet seat firmly secured to his butt. He painted prior to going to bed, got up in the middle of the night to use the throne, and couldn't get it off him, so he...

  10. med question

    Pattiecake replied to Spider Cat's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Spidercat, it would be easier to answer if you could also mention the actual MD order/doses, the patient's condition, the pain scale, just a little more clinical

  11. Near Death Experiences

    Pattiecake replied to brigaily2000's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in ICU a man coded. We were able to recussitate him and the next day he gave an account of what it was like for him. He said he fell, but it was upwards. He arrived at two doors. He had...

  12. How do you handle that "crazy" patient?

    Pattiecake replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    To tell the truth, working in a prison, it seems every other inmate says he is going to sue for whatever way you look at him, or whatever it is he wants and doesn't have. Been there 4 years. Nobody...

  13. How do you handle that "crazy" patient?

    Pattiecake replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Sounds like someone has taken one of her "goodies" and switchd it for dig. I guess there's another one just like her rattling around out

  14. does anyone get to wear fun scrubs

    Pattiecake replied to S5777's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a prison and I wear "Garden of angels" printed little cows with halos doing their gardening, and singing melodious little tunes in a charming and perversely happy manner. My grown sons...

  15. Looking for advice on a case

    Pattiecake replied to ICUnowOHN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with anurysm, or check her out for cholecystitis. If she is a nurse and Murphy's law is still in existence, it'll be an anurysm. The worst things happen to medical staff. And medical staff...

  16. What other careers did you consider before nursing?

    Pattiecake replied to SNURSEG_2B's topic in General Nursing

    There has never been anything I ever wanted to be, but a nurse. When I was a little girl I got a nurse's kit for Christmas. I was too young to write. I made my mother write "Nurse Abby" on the side of...

  17. Condoms

    Pattiecake replied to Farkinott's topic in Nursing Humor

    I loved your condom story. It really tickled my funny bone. :rotfl: :chuckle I don't mean to take over your thread, but it jarred my memory and reminded me of a condom incident that I had. A few( ok,...

  18. 1,000 inmates 4 night nurses.......

    Pattiecake replied to dazzle256's topic in Correctional

    We currently run one RN and one LNA on 3rd shift. PHS has taken over the contract and is getting rid of the RN and LNA. They have decded, in their great wisdom, that only an LPN is needed on 3rd shift...

  19. What is your most outrageous medical emergency repsonse in a correctional facility

    Pattiecake replied to sierranurse's topic in Correctional

    Nurse is doing the intake screening on a new guy at 2330 hours and he starts seizuring. No known seizure disorder stated so far in the intake process, so long story short, he goes to the ER. They have...

  20. Who's Zoomin' Who?

    Pattiecake replied to Nursebaby23's topic in General Nursing

    I too worked in a situation where the prego wife came in. The LNA and CNA who he was fooling around with were stunned to find he had a wife. On that same night they both became aware that each was...

  21. Thankless at times, downright mean others!

    Pattiecake replied to Antikigirl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Believe it or not, during the Crimean War, Florence Nightingale (a classmate and personal friend of mine) saw to ALL :imbar her patients' needs. This is why she died of VD.:imbar Just another piece of...

  22. Nurses Stabbing each other

    Pattiecake replied to RN1999's topic in General Nursing

    As a manager, I see it as my job to focus on team building. I do this by recognizing and acknowledging the employees strengths, and assisting them in acknowledging the strengths of their peers. Of...

  23. What about breaks?

    Pattiecake replied to avahsmiles's topic in General Nursing

    This must be a union job! Is

  24. Offended by Prayer

    Pattiecake replied to CCU NRS's topic in General Nursing

    I have no feelings about being prayed over when I'm dead, because dead people do not feel. The nurses should do whatever makes them feel personally comfortable with the situation at hand. I think...

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

    Pattiecake replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Some of us did work before the days of goggles and masks. When I graduated from nursing (1967) we used to sharpen and sterilize our needles for re-use. All students had to do a rotation in CSR, where...