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  1. EEK! There's a woman in my room!

    tiggerforhim replied to 58flyer's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I graduated in 2002 and that was NEVER taught to us. The issue was mentioned, but we were taught to step out for a minute and give the patient time to compose himself, or just keep going on...

  2. Nursing School Bloopers

    tiggerforhim replied to Jabber964's topic in Nursing Humor

    Posted this on another forum: It's not actually my mistake as I didn't give the med, but anywhoo.... I was a nursing intern, in between junior and senior year of nursing school, and I was assigned...

  3. Evil Nursing Student (Thanks for posting the link gypsie!)

    tiggerforhim replied to MQ Edna's topic in Nursing Humor

    I was a nursing intern, in between junior and senior year of nursing school, and I was assigned this patient who didn't belong usually on the floor (vascular surgery). She was unresponsive from a...

  4. Funny things that pts say

    tiggerforhim replied to jRN4now's topic in Nursing Humor

    I was about 8 months pregnant and working on the floor. Had to squeeze (very difficult at this point) past the first bed (it was an odd-shaped room that created a bottleneck) to get to my patient in...

  5. Funny Names for Nurses

    tiggerforhim replied to randomnamees's topic in Nursing Humor

    One of my patients' doctor is Dr.

  6. ER- HELP: Dumbest reason people go to ER

    tiggerforhim replied to DachRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Well, I've heard oysters ARE an aphrodesiac, you

  7. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    tiggerforhim replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    If we don't laugh at them, we'll end up crying. I too have a strong faith, but that doesn't mean I don't have a laugh at what I hear or see. If one has a problem with the thread, then one has a choice...

  8. Vomit phobia help!

    tiggerforhim replied to buffalowing81's topic in Nevada Nursing

    I posted this on another vomit thread. Hope it helps. The sound gets me sometimes, but it's the smell of vomit that gets me for sure. It comes from being in my first trimester when I was a new nurse...

  9. Should I be THIS freaked out over vomit????

    tiggerforhim replied to Tysmommy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The sound gets me sometimes, but it's the smell of vomit that gets me for sure. It comes from being in my first trimester when I was a new nurse and got a woman on the liver-transplant floor (I was a...

  10. So I'm fired. Again.

    tiggerforhim replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    Suesquatch, I agree with all other posters here. I enjoy reading your posts. You are a most wonderful nurse and I hope you can feel a most massive hug from me. I too will lift you up to God. Hang...

  11. Nursing pins

    tiggerforhim replied to RNmom08's topic in General Nursing

    I did the 55$ Sterling silver - I'm not a gold kind of gal, and it's just

  12. embarrassed myself! Need to vent....

    tiggerforhim replied to Anjann's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Major congrats! I remember when I was pregnant with my first one, I was working 12s and had not comprehended how necessary it was to keep my blood sugars up. I had what my midwife called 'a sinkin'...

  13. Nurses who DON'T work in a hospital, what do you do?

    tiggerforhim replied to RNfaster's topic in General Nursing

    I work as a disease manager for an insurance company. We assess pts q 3 mos, do teaching, education on disease/drugs/issues, and it's all over the phone, no patient

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

    tiggerforhim replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    I had a patient at a major research facility come in with a very, very, very RARE condition, and I can't remember the name of it, sorry. His skin was bright pink and it flaked off in sheets, not...

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

    tiggerforhim replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Oh Lordy. He was a Hep C/HIV + patient, R hemipelvectomy, double-ended ostomy (never seen one like it since) on R lower abdomen with a massive abdominal wound covered in wound vac. His abdomen was...

  16. Pt demanded a stronger pain med

    tiggerforhim replied to AstrosFan's topic in Emergency

    AMEN to that!!!! I am one of those for whom the triptans don't work and yes, I've been to the ED for migraine pain before, no, I didn't ask for narcs. HOWEVER narcs are the only thing I've been...

  17. Humorous Introspection

    tiggerforhim replied to stillpressingon's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely the swearing thing. I've managed not to do in front of my parents (who are both pastors), and my kid, but not my husband. Also, I used to work Peds and got into the habit of calling...

  18. sexual harrassment

    tiggerforhim replied to ChristinaV's topic in General Nursing

    I agree completely. I also live in the South and "he needed killin'" is somewhat

  19. Out of nursing program cause i am smoker!!!

    tiggerforhim replied to misstaz25's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry, but this is an absolutely terrible attitude to have going in to health care. Your habit, unlike going to the buffet 3 times or eating 4 Big Macs for lunch everyday and just hurts you, can...

  20. license to breed

    tiggerforhim replied to medsurgnurse's topic in Emergency

    Exactly. As a peds nurse, I have had parents of chronic severely mentally challenged kids put them to sleep in the car seat in the hospital because that was the safest thing to keep them from hurting...

  21. If not bedside, where do you work?

    tiggerforhim replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Angie, I'm a disease manager working for an insurance company. We work with chronic diseases (16) including some you've never heard of. We are not Ask-a-Nurse, we actually call the members every 3...

  22. heplock needle size

    tiggerforhim replied to greenbean's topic in General Nursing

    Heparin is also used for locking pediatric IVs because the little buggers are so much more likely to clot off, so it's not a completely outdated

  23. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    tiggerforhim replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Yes, supposedly if they don't fall off the couch before they are a year old they will be killed later in life by a terrible fall. At least that's the way I've heard

  24. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    tiggerforhim replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Never push your less-than-a-year-old child off the couch/bed/chair, etc. so they will fall before they're a year old. You may have to spend time with your child admitted to the hospital for a severe...

  25. Do you have to write a lot of papers?

    tiggerforhim replied to tofutti's topic in General Students

    Graduated from a BSN program (not that that makes much difference), but yes, we wrote lots of papers. On the flip side, most of my classmates were not that skilled in writing, grammar, spelling, and...