MamaTheNurse

MamaTheNurse BSN, RN

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

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  1. NSQIP Clinical Nurse Reviewer

    MamaTheNurse posted a topic in Quality Improvement

    hey all I've just started a new position at my hospital as the the Surgical Clinical Nurse Reviewer for the NSQIP program - it's brand new to us so I guess I'm going to be the hospital trailblazer!!!...

  2. NSQIP Clinical Nurse Reviewer

    MamaTheNurse replied to MamaTheNurse's topic in Quality Improvement

    wow - I can't believe this thread is back in circulation!! where has the time gone?? gigisark, I am no longer a NSQIP SCNR - I worked as such for a little over a year and then went to work for the...

  3. phone calls no outsider would believe

    MamaTheNurse replied to JBudd's topic in Emergency

    when I worked OB, on stormy nights, we used to take special care double-checking all the birthing rooms to make sure they were all stocked up appropriately (especially our "precipitous delivery" kits)...

  4. Do You Have Any Favorite OB Myths?

    MamaTheNurse replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in Ob/Gyn

    what a funny thread!! I can't count how many of these I heard from patients over the years - I don't know which ones that my family believe in because fortunately, both my mother and mil are afraid of...

  5. Funniest thing a new nurse said/charted/asked...

    MamaTheNurse replied to RN12345656's topic in Nursing Humor

    my first year out of nursing school, I had a surgical patient who seemed to always be sleeping when his wife came in to visit (I think he wanted some peace and quiet because she was quite the talker)...

  6. phone calls no outsider would believe

    MamaTheNurse replied to JBudd's topic in Emergency

    I've finally stopped laughing long enough to be able to post! When I worked in OB, I had someone call and was masturbating to the answers that I was giving them about breast-feeding questions - the...

  7. Think I could get fired for this.....

    MamaTheNurse replied to luvmy2angels's topic in General Nursing

    I find this part of the original post very interesting - personally, I wouldn't be thrilled to be pulled to be a CNA (making my normal $$ would sweeten the pot, however ) but I would do it - I would...

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

    MamaTheNurse replied to JEHORAPHA's topic in General Nursing

    isn't that a word for female parts found in the Kama

  9. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    MamaTheNurse replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    wow - that's

  10. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    MamaTheNurse replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    there is a 5 day novena that you can do that involves St Therese "The Little Flower" - among other things, you say a little prayer that asks for her to "please pick a rose from the heavenly garden and...

  11. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    MamaTheNurse replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Brrrrrr...... When I regained consciousness, I probably would have had to change my pants, if you know what I

  12. What exactly ARE the wrong reasons?

    MamaTheNurse replied to Lachrymologist's topic in General Nursing

    I love it!!! I would sooooo wear that t-shirt out if I had one....... my husband once told a friend of ours "Nothing shocks my wife when it comes to the human body - she's seen more naked people than...

  13. Rules for the ER (long)

    MamaTheNurse replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    BTW, did any of those Pollyanna/do-gooder/losers who posted that this thread and the ER nurses who contributed and those of us who aren't ER nurses but laughed our butts off anyway were "mean" even...

  14. Rules for the ER (long)

    MamaTheNurse replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    You know, I have to hand it to you - in spite of the responses to your, hm, how shall I say, naive opinion, you have the guts/cojones/stupidity to post again. What determination - you obviously aren't...

  15. Rules for the ER (long)

    MamaTheNurse replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    oops

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

    MamaTheNurse replied to JEHORAPHA's topic in General Nursing

    I grew up saying "John Thomas" in Canada but my friends and I got that from the Monty Python movie "The Meaning of Life".... whether they are right or wrong, I know the "Austin Powers" movies have...

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

    MamaTheNurse replied to JEHORAPHA's topic in General Nursing

    I'm from Canada and we say "bum" (well, everyone in my part of Canada anyway) and my youngest corrected me one day and said "Um, Mama, here in the USA, we call it a "butt"!" - to which I replied "Oh...

  18. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    MamaTheNurse replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    baaaaahaahaahaahaa - that could have been me

  19. You know you're from rural Minnesota when....

    MamaTheNurse replied to chuchie's topic in General Nursing

    my brother-in-law is from ND so I thought I heard all the Ole and Lena jokes there were but this is a new (but awesome)

  20. Babies cut during c-sections?

    MamaTheNurse replied to rbytsdy's topic in Ob/Gyn

    in 4 years of L&D, I never saw a baby cut during a c-sec but I had my hand inside a patient's uterus keeping a prolapsed cord and a determined 26 weeker from sliding out (way long story........)...

  21. Good "Dancing/singing in your car before NCLEX" songs

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

    ooh my goodness - one of my best friends in high school (still one of my best friends now) was a total Adam Ant/Adam & the Ants freak!! "Stand and Deliver, your money or your

  22. Good "Dancing/singing in your car before NCLEX" songs

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

    ok - here are a few to belt out: "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" - Pat Benatar "Hey Ya" - Outkast "Livin' On A Prayer" - Bon Jovi "Mony Mony" - either Billy Idol or Tommy James & the Shondells "I'm...

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

    MamaTheNurse replied to JEHORAPHA's topic in General Nursing

    I like "booballas" - I may steal that one for

  24. Rocky Griffin LPN

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

    it's been a loooonnnnnggg

  25. Rocky Griffin LPN

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

    oh my goodness, I think I've gone blind abstracting charts.........I just realized that you are 21 and have 51 posts - not that you're 51 and have 21 posts..........LOL please disregard my previous...