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Melena was the name for the special lucky girl. Even when I explained to the mother what it meant, she still insisted.

Old fella said to me the other night "I don't see very well. I have vernacular disorganization" what's really funny though is that I knew what he meant.

Well, I just have to respond to that! Micropore tape saved my son's wedding. The tuxedos didn't arrive until midnight. For some reason the rental company confused the arm measurements with the leg measurements. (Did they think the groom and his best ...

Move on and broaden your horizons. Your tele unit sounds like a comfortable old shoe. Think of how it feels to have something new in your wardrobe. Think of this new ER job as that.

I've been a working nurse for 40 years and am still doing new stuff every day

When I worked in the prison it always amused me that the big mean brutes with the multiple tattoos were the ones that fainted when a blood test was done

Here's one from my mother. An old man should never sleep with his grandchild because he will sap the energy right out of him.

In September I will have been working as a nurse for 40 years. We certainly never had gloves for patient care back then. As a student in CSR I had to wash the intact used surgeon's gloves, dry 'em, powder 'em and rewrap and sterilize them for reuse. ...

I'd like to know who the great mastermind was that made the call bell, the TV remote and the bed controller all one unit!!! If I had a nickle for the number of times I've answered an attempt at a TV channel change...or a bed adjustment, I'd be a ric...

One time I was working in a prison where the written word is often outside the inmate's grasp. I had done an assessment for complaints of hematuria and asked the inmate for a urine sample. He wrote a formal complaint (grievance) stating that to do a ...

How about the signs and symptoms of angina. Easy to teach, lots to say, and many seniors have no clue about the symptoms

Recently I went to the local clinic to have blood drawn. I was horrified that the phlebotomist did not once wash her hands between patients, nor wear gloves. She even kept reusing the same bloody vacutainer sleeve and and a bloody tourniquet. OK so n...

Well, some of my coworkers and I have been posting off and on to find out about PHS. Now we know first hand. Their benefits suck...very costly. Their time off is limited...12 days a year. They do not take the time to answer their new employees' quest...

I live in Quebec, and 13 miles from my house is Newport Vermont, where I work. There is an acute care hospital with a 6 bed ICU, several nursing homes in a 20 mile radius, a large prison with a 25 member nursing staff, a large home health agency that...

59, working full time, and lovin' it. Never gonna quit. Each day is so unique.

"There were tears in the eyes of those nurses for a woman who was not their family, not their friend....but who might have been. There were prayers going up for you and your sister, her friend, boyfriend and family that you might not have heard--but ...

Hey, I just tried, and I'm not there either. Came up with a "no matches found":saint: Must mean I'm too good for them????:chuckle :chuckle

When I worked in CCU a patient had a standby bag of D5W with Epiniephrine. It was labelled with a red sticker that Epi had been added. All patients in CCU not on IV had a lock, with a standby bag of plain D5W. All plain bags were also labeled with a ...

Is there not a nursing shortage in Tenn.? Today I heard a PHS executive staff member said "there is no nursing shortage. Nurses are a dime a dozen." Is this the situation in Tenn, or what? I was under the impression that the nsg shortage was across t...

My husband is a farmer, artist, computer programmer, web site designer, all at the same time. He also makes all the family meals at home. I dare not complain about who works the hardest. :chuckle :chuckle

In a normal situation apical and radial pulse equal each other. The apical and radial pulse is best taken by two people, one on the pulse and one on the stethesope. You both start at the same time and finish at the same time and should come up with t...

Angela There is no way I can answer all the questions you ask. If this was my Home Health patient and she was on the meds as stated by you, I would assess the following. Edema: how are the lungs? any rales? if so, notify the MD. if not, recommend a l...

Sounds delicious! Who needs a cold?! Lets party!

Our pharmacy has a KOP system that will label each med seperately with bubble pack cards, regardless of cost. The problem is the BON says each inmate must keep his meds in his own locked box, to which only he has the key. Ya, right, like D.O.C. is go...