sanctuary

sanctuary BSN, MSN, RN

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  1. Nursing theory-Do you use it at work?

    sanctuary replied to grdstdnt's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I like and use Peplau's theory for psych. Not spiritual, but darn good concepts to base my work on. And definite help in justifying interventions,

  2. Why Take A Bath, Change Clothes, etc.

    sanctuary replied to NurseHotFlash's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Blame the clock, or the calander. "I know but it is Saturday," for the bath (give up on daily bathing, after all, she grew up on once a week, and that was when she worked hard and got sweaty.) Blame...

  3. Controversial Michael Moore Flick 'Sicko' Will Compare U.S. Health Care with Cuba's

    sanctuary replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I just want the kind of coverage that our elected officials get. .....Full and Free Coverage. No co-pay, no buy in, no cut-off, no limit. If it works for them, it works for the rest of us. They choose...

  4. ER- HELP: Dumbest reason people go to ER

    sanctuary replied to DachRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Admitted for observation??? WOW! Must have had great

  5. Pet Peeve: Poor Grammar by Nurses

    sanctuary replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes, listening to "eye-witness statements" on the news hurts. Yup, a hunnert times worser than you coulda

  6. MALE Nurse, Female Police Officer, Female Dr.

    sanctuary replied to likemike's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Not that usual, nor surprising. Many patients that I (Female Nurse) have had protested if they were assigned a male caregiver. Knew of one woman who cxl'ed a surgery when she found out that the scrub...

  7. Pet Peeve: Poor Grammar by Nurses

    sanctuary replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    By the way, us'n nurses ain't the onliest peeps what make pronouncing mistakes. There is a weather-person on a local station that says "The tempaturr will be...." MAKES ME NUTS. :smiley_abI have even...

  8. Pet Peeve: Poor Grammar by Nurses

    sanctuary replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    One lays something down and it lies there. (Thanks to Sister Mary Miserable, 6th grade, St. Martin's

  9. Pet Peeve: Poor Grammar by Nurses

    sanctuary replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    "Et" may be French, but the usage in medicine is because it means "and" in Latin, the mother tongue of medicine and other arts. German is (was) used for sciences. Are we too good to use ad lib, PRN,...

  10. Could someone help me with a sociology homework question

    sanctuary replied to Hoping4RNin2010's topic in General Nursing

    A very common conflict is one found everywhere... Shift Vs, Shift. Usually it is one shift in conflict with the preceeding one, as in PM shift gets peckish about what, or how Day shift did or did not...

  11. Pet Peeve: Poor Grammar by Nurses

    sanctuary replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    :confused::confused:WHAT?:eek:

  12. Pet Peeve: Poor Grammar by Nurses

    sanctuary replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Feeling just slightly PARANOID to post anything at all in this thread, let me add my most persistent coldchillsdowntheback experience: Nauseous vs noxious. As in, "It made me noxious (I caused...

  13. Pet Peeve: Poor Grammar by Nurses

    sanctuary replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think I love you. Beautiful explanation, rn-writer.... Yes, it

  14. Pet Peeve: Poor Grammar by Nurses

    sanctuary replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    "Would have went" gets me too, and who would guess that the correct spelling USED to be "dough nut" as in a nut (as with bolt) made of

  15. Pet Peeve: Poor Grammar by Nurses

    sanctuary replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    :lol2: Yup, that would be it, all

  16. Police Killed Our Patient

    sanctuary replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Tazers were not designed to kill people, but then, neither were automobiles. Sometimes, spit happens. Then, you re-evaluate, investigate, and use what you learned to prevent it from happening again....

  17. WHAT DO NURSES DO? --help me respond to this question

    sanctuary replied to RiaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I remember the very first "Nurses Strike in San Francisco".... About the third or forth day that the nurses were on strike, a young fellow came up to the reporters on the front steps of (a large...

  18. Things You Would Rather Not Hear During Surgery

    sanctuary replied to rianne1117's topic in Nursing Humor

    Well, he'll only be sterile on one

  19. Controversial Michael Moore Flick 'Sicko' Will Compare U.S. Health Care with Cuba's

    sanctuary replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    :rotfl::rotfl::roll:rotfl::rotfl: Love it. Can I quote

  20. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    sanctuary replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    Is Haldol Cream a gero specialty?? Have never heard of

  21. Child Protective Services--Reporting?

    sanctuary replied to Cattitude's topic in General Nursing

    I was told when the law was passed in Calif that we were obligated to report any suspected abuse, anywhere, any time. Matter of fact, most of the reports that I have made were not work

  22. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    sanctuary replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    SO cool. Wonderful that she has let you know that she is still there. Now that she has, it might be time for her to follow the light. But what a

  23. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    sanctuary replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    eeewwwwww!

  24. Please share something GOOD that happened at work!

    sanctuary replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    That is so wonderful. BIG HOORAY to you.

  25. Please share something GOOD that happened at work!

    sanctuary replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    Wonderful to have the follow-up.