Ann4

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1. Any takers? Supressed sexual frustrations of husbands of Nurses...

   Ann4 replied to Chellyse's topic in General Nursing

   Every time I think about that whole nurse as sexual object persona I get so pissed off. I have never gotten sexually aroused at work caring for patients and I doubt anyone else has either. Where do...

2. Nursing and Euthanasia?

   Ann4 replied to shelleys's topic in General Nursing

   When I was in nursing school, I did my senior paper and presentation on a similar subject. Mine was more about living wills and people's right to decide whether or not to have life support and/or...

3. What Freaks You Out?

   Ann4 replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

   Sorry about all the edits to the last post - I was playing with the

4. What Freaks You Out?

   Ann4 replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

   The one procedure that really freaked me out and almost made me pass out was watching a neurosurgeon insert a ventriculostomy drain at the bedside. The patient was fully awake (think "Hannibal")....

5. Alternative meds? You'll never believe this one!!

   Ann4 replied to darla80's topic in Nursing Humor

   This doesn't really have to do with alternative meds but more with patients from way out in the country. I had lady once ask me to unplug her IV pump during a thunderstorm. She was afraid she'd get...

6. Swallowed Coin ?

   Ann4 replied to buddyduke's topic in Nursing Humor

   Yeah, we had a woman in our ER one night who had also swallowed a quarter. She and her husband were celebrating their anniversary (without the kids around) and were playing the drinking game...

7. a student wants to know how you found your special "place" in nursing

   Ann4 replied to rona's topic in General Nursing

   You just have to go with your gut feeling. I started out in oncology due to a wonderful nursing instructor whose specialty was oncology. But there are many fields that are good for new grads -...

8. Bizarre stories - Believe it or not?

   Ann4 replied to p.rabbit's topic in General Nursing

   How about a patient in neuro ICU who was "brain dead" for days, finally extubated and allowed to die, and upon taking her last few breaths raised both arms straight up and out from under the...