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1. Truly sad- please read and consider

   p.rabbit replied to ShannonB25's topic in General Nursing

   Shannon, First of all, no matter where you go in the world you will find people who have something bad to say about their job, and are more than willing to do their darndest to destroy your dreams....

2. nurse electrocuted

   p.rabbit replied to leslie :-D's topic in General Nursing

   Friend of zapped, What comes to my mind is what is the hospital doing to assist your friend? This incident is far more complicated than a simple workmans comp claim. Was the equipment faulty in some...

3. WHAT DO YOU HAVE PLANNED FOR THE HOLIDAYS???

   p.rabbit replied to NurseLinda's topic in General Nursing

   This is a very special Christmas for me this year. My wife of 21 months is Tibetan and she and her children (of course mine now, too) finally all made it to the U.S. in May of this year. Today we put...

4. Community College Nurse: Good to go or in the toilet bowl?

   p.rabbit replied to barrybender's topic in General Nursing

   In 1980 I was an RT, and thought OK, I'll become an RN. Divorced with 2 kids and shared custody, working full time night shift in hospital. So, after discovering that I could get a BSN which cost...

5. Are you able to provide "ideal" nursing care for your patients?

   p.rabbit replied to Anita_novice's topic in General Nursing

   Idealatry vs Idolatry? Well it all depends on what your "ideals" are. What is taught in Nursing school and spouted about by those who have time to write books, is a far cry from what happens where the...

6. Abuse of a Nurse

   p.rabbit replied to Mijourney's topic in General Nursing

   Your patient needs a psych eval and probably an anti-depressant. She is unhappy, feels depressed, abandoned by life and is attention seeking. Unfortunately, you are at the end of her gun, so to speak....

7. Bizarre stories - Believe it or not?

   p.rabbit replied to p.rabbit's topic in General Nursing

   Here's another great story, This was told to me by a Physical Therapist friend of mine who had this experience. He resides in the San Diego area. He had been seeing and treating a post-stroke...

8. Bizarre stories - Believe it or not?

   p.rabbit posted a topic in General Nursing

   Forum contributors, Here is a call out for all of those bizarre and unexplainable (miraculous?) stories and experiences that many of us have had over the years. I will start with a few of them. In my...

9. True ER stories

   p.rabbit replied to Kel Cardaras's topic in Nursing Humor

   Did I ever tell you about the time............................ The young man of about 20, who "woke up" and felt something a little strange coming out of his rectum? It's hard to believe that you...

10. Taping IV Catheters

    p.rabbit replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Zee, You could always ask your Infection Control Nurse about her "science/data". At our institution, there has been much to-do over the years about how to hold IV's and the infection topic. I think...