Rhi007

Rhi007

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  1. Fitness and nursing

    Rhi007 posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    Hey kids. So my pondering is how many of you play a sport/hit the gym before and/or after work? I'm a solid build and only 5'7" so I tend to play basketball during the week and hit the gym for a few...

  2. Grossest thing to happen to you in your nursing career;)

    Rhi007 replied to daviex's topic in Emergency

    Washing a lady when I was a student who had pus oozing from her

  3. What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

    Rhi007 replied to nirvana1's topic in Nursing Humor

    I was in a youth advisory team with a girl named Pixie Stardust...apparently her parents are hippies with a huge fascination for ziggurat stardust so the changed their last name to

  4. Walk me through your ER

    Rhi007 replied to Sassy5d's topic in Emergency

    Level one trauma centre so we get everything from cat 5 paper cut on the finger to patients being flown in by helicopter with fatal crush injuries, MIs,

  5. Stage 2 wound...

    Rhi007 replied to MessyMomma's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    DO NOT EVER rip off a dressing on an elderly patient!!! Did you fall asleep during the part of your education that dealt with Aged Care and the frailty of their skin??

  6. Is nursing as bad as some say???

    Rhi007 replied to #scrubs's topic in General Nursing

    Nah, but that's not to say you don't have bad days.make sure you have a support network that you can chat to when you need

  7. How good is your food?

    Rhi007 replied to xoemmylouox's topic in General Nursing

    I lost 10kg just eating either fried rice from the cafeteria for dinner, sandwiches for lunch and toast for breakie. It made for an expensive 4wk 3day

  8. "It's been 2 HOURS!"

    Rhi007 replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in Emergency

    I have never waited longer than 20mins to be taken through....due to the type of condition I have

  9. Can they force me to work weekends during jury duty???

    Rhi007 replied to luv2dive's topic in General Nursing

    You can get exemptions from jury duty with a letter from your DON or

  10. Guys, what do you like best about being a nurse?

    Rhi007 replied to FSUNurse2b's topic in Men in Nursing

    Hot male doctors= neurosurgery, urology, ED and

  11. Hospital sued for faces drawn on surgical patient

    Rhi007 replied to Esme12's topic in General Nursing

    Hang on, if she was fully under how would she have known what they were doing and that they took a photo?? Did said co-workers post it in the tea room, FB, tell her??? This story has enough holes that...

  12. Er predictions

    Rhi007 replied to Sassy5d's topic in Emergency

    I think only people that work in the health care system understand that this is

  13. Er predictions

    Rhi007 replied to Sassy5d's topic in Emergency

    The drunkards come in 7am for breakfast, 12pm for lunch and 6pm for dinner....not a minute before or a minute

  14. Stooopid

    Rhi007 replied to Ciale's topic in Emergency

    Jack, jim and Johnny do a great job

  15. FLACC vs. Wong-Baker FACES

    Rhi007 replied to pyroknight's topic in General Nursing

    I volunteer for an ambulance and at events we use the Wong baker pain scale with

  16. Tegaderm and tape dressing on VERY diaphoretic patient

    Rhi007 replied to Beanyamean's topic in General Nursing

    IV 3000 and

  17. Charge nurse in the ED

    Rhi007 replied to floridaRN38's topic in Emergency

    Communication is the

  18. Orientee Horror Stories?

    Rhi007 replied to megank5183's topic in General Nursing

    It all comes down to interpretation of instructions I

  19. Family refuses to put safety measures in place

    Rhi007 replied to ladybug888today's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's like an

  20. Question about triage

    Rhi007 replied to Nod born's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You need to get more information! A GSW could be anything from a BB Gun to an AK-47 so depending on where the patient was shot, what type of gun was used, are they breathing or has CPR commenced, can...

  21. New residents in the ER (wee rant)

    Rhi007 replied to MassED's topic in Emergency

    One of the docs I had was very detached from both patients and nursing staff, House officer, bit unsure, got stuck with me....I had him baking cookies and cakes for the nursing staff in 3wks and all...

  22. Triage complaints- the good, the bad, and the shocking.

    Rhi007 replied to canoehead's topic in Emergency

    Just an FYI, the pain from a tattoo gun is nothing compared to having a cannula placed! I have had 4 IVs placed in my foot, it's a whole new pain

  23. Do you have a nickname at work?

    Rhi007 posted a topic in General Nursing

    One of my coworkers has for some reason nicknamed me 'sexy knickers'...I don't mind coz he's gay...would be a different story if he was straight!! I also have been called 'the lion tamer' (we had an...

  24. scolded for reading a book at work

    Rhi007 replied to kismetRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm in two minds about this; on one hand you could spend idle time reading/studying etc but on the other hand if your a ward nurse why not do your charting in your idle time so it's done and you can...

  25. What is your Achilles heel?

    Rhi007 replied to cjdmomma's topic in General Nursing

    No, I'm yet to come across anything that can make me