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  1. I am sick and tired of being asked "Who is watching your kids?"

    mtymom replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    When people ask me that I say she is at Home Alone (Home Alone Kids Club-the name of her daycare). They look at me like I am out of my mind and I just smile and walk

  2. Giving meds

    mtymom replied to jen42's topic in School

    I can understand having a doctors note. For one thing it protects my license and for another; sometimes the parents don't accurately measure the dose so they really don't know how much to tell you to...

  3. Deadly Housekeeper

    mtymom replied to StevenRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    I was going to say that the story is fake. I saw it on a TV show about Urban legends. By the way, most vents have a backup battery and alert someone when it is shut

  4. Misplaced license

    mtymom replied to Indierenee's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree with keeping the license at home. What if you come upon a car accident or something and need to verify that you are a nurse. Especially to prove that something you did was in your scope of...

  5. Would you have a child because you thought you would regret it later on if you didn't

    mtymom replied to smack050505's topic in General Nursing

    That should not be the only reason to have a child. It takes a lot of patience and love to be a parent and you have to be ready. I have seen too much child abuse from parents who had children that...

  6. Share Your Saying

    mtymom replied to angelique777's topic in Nursing Humor

    I had a T-Shirt once that said: The Nurses day: A needle in the butt, a tube down a nose, some poopy in a pan, so our day goes. Don't know what ever happened to that T-Shirt but I loved the saying. It...

  7. Are LPN's/LVN's real nurses?

    mtymom replied to Faeriewand's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Recently I volunteered for the local disaster program. When I told them I was a nurse they did not ask if I was an RN of LPN. They were just glad to get a nurse. They needed people to do triage and to...

  8. Warm mist vaporizer or cool mist humidifier?

    mtymom replied to austin heart's topic in Pediatric

    I suggest the cool mist vaporizor. I work for a Head Start program and we have a lot of children with asthma. When they have an attack in the winter time I have someone take the child outside while I...

  9. I shaved off a patient's mustache. Was I wrong?

    mtymom replied to NebbyLPN's topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry this happened to you but something to consider is if the man had a stroke why didn't you find out if there was some dimentia caused by the stroke? Did you try to use shampoo to get the...

  10. What punishment should this nurse get?

    mtymom replied to Daytonite's topic in General Nursing

    First of all; why didn't anybody come looking for her sooner. That was 2 hours that she was in there, surely someone would have missed her before then. Also, I don't see where this could not have been...

  11. Hasten end so wife won't doubt DNR decision????

    mtymom replied to markm739's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I whole heartedly believe in using MS for comfort at the end of life. Both of my parents died of cancer. My dad had lung cancer and my mom had ovarian cancer. We had hospice come in and we gave them...

  12. school nursing

    mtymom posted a topic in School

    Hello, I am a nurse for a Head Start Program here in OK. I just had a child broght to my office with a fever of 102.8 and he also complained of leg pain and a sore throat. He has been complaining...

  13. school nursing

    mtymom replied to mtymom's topic in School

    This child is 4 years old. The pain is mild right now. He is not limping and it is not keeping him awake. Someone suggested Kawasaki disease but I have not heard much about that. The family is taking...

  14. Shoes???

    mtymom replied to MarylandNsgStudent's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The two I have found that are the best are New Balance and Rockport. Rockport are more expensive but they are

  15. Funny Names for Nurses

    mtymom replied to randomnamees's topic in Nursing Humor

    When I was a teenager the doctor that did my mom's histerectomy was Dr. Rumph (pronounced Rump).

  16. male CNA fired for "I love YOU"

    mtymom replied to edgreen's topic in Men in Nursing

    I'm sorry this happened to you. I just don't get some people. That is very childish if you ask me. I say I'll love you for it all the time; male or female. Maybe I better watch what I say. In my state...

  17. Are the curtains between beds ever cleaned?

    mtymom replied to MedicalZebra's topic in General Nursing

    EWWWW! I will never touch one of those curtains

  18. Nursing Issue - Medication Aides

    mtymom replied to M&MRN2005's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Are you saying you can draw blood also? Please clarify b/c if you do then that is

  19. Nursing Issue - Medication Aides

    mtymom replied to M&MRN2005's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    How can she say she is a "charge nurse" when she is not a nurse? If there is a nurse over her then that nurse is the "charge nurse"; not

  20. No She/he Did Not!!!

    mtymom replied to Maggie in NC's topic in General Students

    No he didn't ask the instructor if you dig out an impaction with a spoon. (This was told to us by one of our instructors; this was 2 weeks into the year. He never lived that one down)

  21. Funny things you have said but wish you didn't

    mtymom replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    My name is Jennifer, sometimes I answer my phone "Jen's mule barn, head mule speaking. I get a lot of laughs from that one.

  22. Help for new student, please

    mtymom replied to Babyblue10's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I do know what you mean. I was afraid of the needle thing at first too but now I know that I am doing it to help the patient. You can get a job as an LPN without being IV certified. Most nursing homes...

  23. looking for home-based triage position

    mtymom replied to Jana Stephens's topic in Telephone Triage

    Hello, I have a question. What is home based triage and how does it work. I would love to have a job I can do at home that has to do with nursing. I know this doesn't apply to the original post but I...

  24. Help for new student, please

    mtymom replied to Babyblue10's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Hello! I am mtymom and I am an LPN. I live in OK. In OK you have to be IV certified as an LPN to start an IV. LPN's cannot hang blood where RN's can. I worked in a nursing home as charge nurse for the...

  25. Sexual health and the elderly

    mtymom replied to Antikigirl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I used to work in a nursing home. The rule was that if they requested privacy you gave it to them. If you walk by and see it happening then you shut the door and go on. Not only should those nurses be...