MamaTheNurse

MamaTheNurse BSN, RN

M/S, OB, Ortho, ICU, Diabetes, QA/PI

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  1. Rocky Griffin LPN

    MamaTheNurse replied to Rocky_LPN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    congrats to you!! I couldn't help but notice your age - is this a second career for you? hope you kick

  2. Name that part. Words patients use for their own anatomy.

    MamaTheNurse replied to JEHORAPHA's topic in General Nursing

    I think no matter what you say at home, the kids are going to hear other people out in the real world and say what they say - I grew up with my parents saying "moo moo" for girl parts and "dewey" for...

  3. Good Housekeeping Baby Book (c) 1969

    MamaTheNurse replied to minkajane's topic in Nursing Humor

    oh my goodness - I almost put my neck out of joint shaking my head over this stuff!!! LOL when I did my first L&D rotation in nursing school in the early 90's, my mom asked if they still shaved...

  4. The most embarrasing thing you've done at work!

    MamaTheNurse replied to ClaireMacl's topic in Nursing Humor

    I had a patient tell me the correct date and I tried to correct him (it was after I had a big stretch off and lost track of the days.......) -

  5. Finished Nursing School on Friday...marriage is toast

    MamaTheNurse replied to Gaelic's topic in General Nursing

    hey Marie, don't you mean 1840's.................... and Gaelic, in terms of those "girl" friends, that's just not a healthy situation - calls at 3 am? whether you got home late and had to get up...

  6. The most embarrasing thing you've done at work!

    MamaTheNurse replied to ClaireMacl's topic in Nursing Humor

    bahahahahahahaha - I'm sitting at my desk eating lunch and I almost choked I laughed so hard...............................:roll :roll

  7. Profanity in nursing notes

    MamaTheNurse replied to findingmywayRN's topic in General Nursing

    So true............. and you really do have to take the tone and context into consideration - I don't talk like this but I have relatives who use f-bombs like adjectives (my f***in' truck, that...

  8. rapid response team.anyone using this?

    MamaTheNurse replied to galfromnairobi's topic in Medical-Surgical

    we just started one at our hospital approx. 1 month ago - within the first week, it was utilized on our Peds unit and prevented what could have been a bad situation......... I do a desk job now but...

  9. Oddest things found in a patient!

    MamaTheNurse replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    good to

  10. Oddest things found in a patient!

    MamaTheNurse replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    ooh, I forgot this one: my mom has a younger sister (3 years younger than me - her older sibs call her "Oops Baby" sometimes) and when she was about 2 or 3, she started drooling and refusing to eat -...

  11. Oddest things found in a patient!

    MamaTheNurse replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    too funny! when my youngest was 4, he stuffed 2 popcorn kernels up his nose (was trying for a third but ran out of room) - his older brother alerted us to this - he was very calm about the fact they...

  12. Oddest things found in a patient!

    MamaTheNurse replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    About 10 years ago, a patient came into the ER of the hospital I worked at in rural northern Michigan with a jar of Wyler's chicken boullion cubes in his rectum - the surgeon on call was able to get...

  13. Question?? Tender hearted

    MamaTheNurse replied to MsKris24's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in Maternal/Baby and 99.99% of the time, it's the happiest place in the hospital, but your tender-heartedness is what will get you through that .01% of the time when there's a bad outcome and...

  14. New Rule on My Unit......

    MamaTheNurse replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    this is funny - it reminds me of when my friend's husband was in between jobs and worked afternoons at Wal-Mart - our store closed at 11 pm and no one was allowed to leave until every department had...

  15. Question to Michigan nurses

    MamaTheNurse replied to jenni82104's topic in Michigan Nursing

    holy moly - nothing against CNA's, but how is it that the president of the BON is not an RN (or LPN)? at least someone licensed.......... I've only ever worked in Michigan but when I hear people talk...

  16. Nursing in Nunavut

    MamaTheNurse replied to eastcoastgal's topic in International Nursing

    my parents live in Nunavut - they used to live in Pangnirtung (on Baffin Island) and now live in Arviat (on Hudson Bay, directly north of Manitoba) - I can tell you, whatever you decide to do will be...

  17. Need advice to join navy as green card holder

    MamaTheNurse replied to kelly302's topic in Government, Military

    Has it always been that you had to be a US citizen? I remember a Navy recruiter calling me at home when I was a senior in nursing school (1992-1993) and I told him I was out of the running because I...

  18. What other shcools are represented?

    MamaTheNurse replied to L&Dwant2b's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I just saw a posting in the Traverse City newspaper for a Director of the Nursing program in Cadillac so maybe you'll get your

  19. NSQIP Clinical Nurse Reviewer

    MamaTheNurse replied to MamaTheNurse's topic in Quality Improvement

    hey, I heard you on the conference call last week................ how's it going? thanks for the PM - I guess I'll get to meet you in June at the conference, eh? how are you doing so far? I just...

  20. Funny patient names by nurses

    MamaTheNurse replied to Kidrn911's topic in Emergency

    I worked with a lady years ago whose name was Sue Butt - if it wasn't enough that she spent her whole life getting butt jokes, when she announced that she was getting married, she also said...

  21. Nursing in Salt Lake City as a non-LDS??

    MamaTheNurse replied to ED_Lifer's topic in General Nursing

    too funny!!! good for you having such a cool

  22. NPs in Surgical Specialty Practices? (I have Ortho interest...)

    MamaTheNurse replied to JLynnOR's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    my first job out of Family Nurse Practitioner school was with an Ortho surgeon doing exactly what you are talking about. my biggest job was First Assisting - I wasn't an RNFA nor did I have OR...

  23. I love nursing in Canada because...

    MamaTheNurse replied to bizzymum919's topic in Canada

    regarding the cold, I think your tolerance depends on what kind of cold you are used to - just like heat, there is a difference between wet cold and dry cold - my parents live in Nunavut and when they...

  24. How do you cope with child abuse?

    MamaTheNurse replied to LNDRN19's topic in General Nursing

    for all of the reasons in the past posts in this thread, I couldn't work peds or ER - it was bad enough when I worked OB and had to send fresh clean beautiful babies home with scary people - I'd see...

  25. What other shcools are represented?

    MamaTheNurse replied to L&Dwant2b's topic in Michigan Nursing

    my friend and years later, her daughter, went to SCCC and they said that it was super