laurasc

laurasc

Gen Surg, Peds, family med, geriatrics

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  1. Most Embarassing Moment Created By Your Kids & Grandchildren

    laurasc replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    My youngest (who is now 11 y/o BTW) has always been my biggest source of embarassment. When he was about a year old we were having lunch in a very busy restaurant. We were getting ready to leave and...

  2. "Stupid Nurse Tricks"

    laurasc replied to mistersleepy's topic in Nursing Humor

    I used to work on a very busy General Surgery floor where bowel preps were very common. One late evening one of the new nurses came up to me and asked what the doctor meant by "tap water enema to...

  3. Thoughts on the flu shot

    laurasc replied to mario_ragucci's topic in General Nursing

    FluMist? I've never heard of that one before. Is it new?

  4. Pray for me! It's FLU SHOT SEASON!

    laurasc replied to laurasc's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Three years ago I worked with the local health department in their public flu shot clinics. We used to set up in school gyms and the lineup usually went clear outside. Many people waited for over an...

  5. Pray for me! It's FLU SHOT SEASON!

    laurasc replied to laurasc's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    You know what I'm discovering? Most docs really don't know much about the flu shot. I worked with a pediatrician for 5 years before starting here. He knew a lot about the flu shot, and I learned a...

  6. What do you make? if I may ask!

    laurasc replied to jaxnRN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I'm VASTLY underpaid.....I just got a 50 cent raise, I now earn $17 an hour in a very busy family practice in Canada.

  7. 14 Nurses Fired and 9 disciplined in Kentucky

    laurasc replied to nurseattorney's topic in General Nursing

    That's exactly what I was thinking. When I worked in a med/surg ICU we had standing orders for a variety of drugs including sedation for ventilated patients. Something sounds really fishy there....

  8. I'm begging for advise

    laurasc replied to Sheryl H's topic in General Nursing

    In terms of the math, at least in my experience, it's pretty basic. I have no problems with it and I'm really hopeless when it comes to math. I usually carry a little metric conversion calculator...

  9. Not nursing related, can I post this anyway?(long)

    laurasc posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm really upset by this and just need to vent. I hope it's allowed here. If it's not, I apologize in advance and the moderators here can delete it. My soon to be 14 year old son is in 8th grade....

  10. Not nursing related, can I post this anyway?(long)

    laurasc replied to laurasc's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your kind words. :) I am proud of him, and told him so. And yes, both dh and I have reinforced that when something like that comes up the best thing to do is to go to an adult. But he...

  11. Thoughts on Flu Shots

    laurasc replied to colleen10's topic in General Nursing

    Having had the flu (yes, influenza, not a gastro) 3 times I now get my flu shot. In fact, here in Ontario we have a government funded flu shot program and anyone who lives here can get the flu shot....

  12. "Clean" areas of nursing? Need advice.

    laurasc replied to ideastoday's topic in General Nursing

    You mean there's such a thing as "clean" nursing?? :chuckle I work in a family practice office and there's lots and lots of "ewwww" to go around....and it's not even a hospital. To be honest the...

  13. Elderly patients: First name or Mr/Mrs?

    laurasc posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was raised that you should NEVER call a person who is older than you by his or her first name unless that person says otherwise. It's something that even now, at the age of 40, I still maintain and...

  14. Elderly patients: First name or Mr/Mrs?

    laurasc replied to laurasc's topic in General Nursing

    I'm really glad that I'm not alone on this. For the record, I am the only nurse in that office and aside from the doctors the rest of the staff consists of receptionists aged from 18 to about 30....

  15. How are Canadian nurses paid compared to American nurses?

    laurasc replied to DMR1's topic in General Nursing

    Ah! I stand corrected! Sorry. :imbar :)

  16. How are Canadian nurses paid compared to American nurses?

    laurasc replied to DMR1's topic in General Nursing

    No, sorry, that's not quite correct. Salaries vary from province to province just like healthcare varies from province to province. The site that disher posted above shows what the salaries are....

  17. Receptionist drawing meds

    laurasc posted a topic in General Nursing

    Okay nurses, here's the story. I recently started working in a family practice centre that has been without a nurse for I figure 2 years. In that time, one of the receptionists (no medical training...

  18. Receptionist drawing meds

    laurasc replied to laurasc's topic in General Nursing

    Well, maybe THIS office. My previous office job was great and the doctor was above board. I think I'm going to start looking for something else. Thanks for letting me vent!

  19. Receptionist drawing meds

    laurasc replied to laurasc's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I spoke with the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) which is my governing body. According to the standard of practice set up the CNO, I am perfectly correct not to give any medication that has...

  20. Syringing ears, a question

    laurasc posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just started working in a family practice office and one of my jobs is ear syringing. They have several big metal ear syringes. They are big, leaky, cumbersome and not air tight. (lots of bubbles)...

  21. Leaving my job and question about patients

    laurasc replied to laurasc's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Thank you for all your advice. I read them all a few days ago and have been brooding over it. I decided that I would tell those that I saw or spoke to but not the ones that I didn't see in the...

  22. Anyone ever had a kidney stone?? Yowzer!

    laurasc replied to hoolahan's topic in General Nursing

    Oh YES! It was in April 1986 and I was 23 years old. My experience in the hospital was no where near as nice as yours was. I spent 12 hours in the ER hallway. Several hours of that time was with...

  23. IS THIS YOU?

    laurasc replied to SUBQ's topic in General Nursing

    I worked with two nurses on one unit once...one bathed maybe once a week...maybe and the other regularly wore so much of some really expensive perfume that we could smell her at the other end of the...

  24. ketogenic diet and infantile spasms/seizures

    laurasc posted a topic in Pediatric

    I'm looking for information online about using a ketogenic diet to treat infantile spasms and/or seizures. One of our little patients just started on it and it really seems to have reduced the amount...

  25. Professional Attire for Nurses

    laurasc replied to RNforLongTime's topic in General Nursing

    When I started this present job in the peds office, I VOWED that I would never, ever again wear white or pastel...especially light pink and green...GAK! I won't even wear a white lab coat! I have...