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I just want to run this past some others out there as to what they would think was acceptable staffing. I was working in a small non-interventionist unit and one evening we were down to only 2 patients. In the evenings there is only 2 staff on that ...

When I was training (more years ago now than I would care to admit) there was a nurse who was the niece of the DON. She was notorious - it was she who collected all the false teeth in the ward put them on one tray and then scrubbed them and then.......

Hemorroidectomy by R. Stornaway

It happens and you have to see the OTHER end to really appreciate how compassionate and caring that nurse was. The other end is a terminal patient who is conscious with a tube down their throat (which is not only painful but causes choking/gagging s...

Maggots - can't stand maggots. I know that they clean wounds but yech:barf01: Give me the dirty wounds - vomiting patients but save me from the maggots.

one of the many reasons that there are clinical components to every nursing course is that it lets you see what the job is really about. our job is incredibly varied from place to place and from day to day. most commonly we have to deal with the bodi...

Then what should I, as a Buddhist do? Should I simply say I believe in a God? I do not worship the devil but I do not "worship" christ either.

You are correct. Theorectically (as opposed to reality lol) the air is supposed to be sucked down the blue tube and up the clear tube, which should stop the suction ports in the clear tube sucking up against the stomach wall and causing erosion. We h...

That is because rigor mortis is transient. The rigor relaxes after a while.

Suggest you read this document if you remain at all skeptical. http://www.erc.edu/index.php/doclibrary/en/viewDoc/24/3/?PHPSESSID=66012c1aa288d7274ee2a82e7772310e In todays world it is better to base your practice on a solid research foundation. ...

Some very good rationales given here. We are swabbing in hospital but not if the patient is self - administering. The rationale being that inside a hospital there is greater risk of abnormal bacteria and infection but now I have read your replies I...

Some very good rationales given here. We are swabbing in hospital but not if the patient is self - administering. The rationale being that inside a hospital there is greater risk of abnormal bacteria and infection but now I have read your replies I...

Stevierae is right. Start insisting on getting breaks because you are unable to have water at the NS and managment will suddenly find a compromise.

CRAFT syndrome - Can't Remember a F'ing Thing SOB - Silly Old Beggar FDGB Fall Down Go Boom CFOB Can't find own Bum

I thought it might be a case of "Who goes there Friend or enema?"

Somehow this just feels like nurses giving away a core business. Wound care has been an integral part of nursing since Nightingale - why are we allowing others to do our work???

Perhaps nurses just are the best at moaning about their job!!!

Are you going to share????

The pharmacists tell you that baking soda and magnaplasm are all old wives tales that don't do anything but everyone who has worked in a country hospital where grass seed boils are common will tell you different.

And the eleventh commandment is most important!! Thou shalt NOT take the keys home:rotfl::rotfl:

You know I did not expect that ending? Good one!:rotfl:

Grrrrrroooooaaaaannnn!!!

I am sending this to my computer tech friend!! :rotfl::rotfl:

Funeee!!!:rotfl:

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