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    Break room and refrigerators

    prmenrs replied to nursinadream's topic in Operating Room

    My personal pet peeve is when I go to use the microwave to heat water, and the person in there before me cooked FISH!! Like I want my coffee/tea whatever to taste like fish? Not really. It is a...
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    Public Service Announcement

    prmenrs replied to ThrowEdNurse's topic in Emergency

    OUCH!! I hoped that helped! Truely, I feel for you, and, no, I haven't even done a "wimpy 8 hr shadow". I'm convinced. And it's too darn bad that the PTB don't get "it", and probably never
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    US RN's what is your opinion on Foreign trained RN's

    prmenrs replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Just like American-born and trained RNs--some are great, some are mediocre, but get the job done, some will drive you the rest of the way
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    Octuplets

    prmenrs replied to Sweeper933's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29163803
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    Octuplets

    prmenrs replied to Sweeper933's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I've gone thru the entire thread, and the one I keep thinking of when I hear her talk [to Ann Curry, et al] is: NARCISSIM!!! She said, "Yes, I had them all put in, they're mine." Looney
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    501 ways to know you've been on allnurses.com too long!

    prmenrs replied to Roy Fokker's topic in Nursing Humor

    #198: When you come home from work, your son (who likes dark rooms w/no ventilation), turns on the light, turns on the fan, and brings allnurses.com up on the monitor. If I'm really lucky, he gets...
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    Yes, I work full time!

    prmenrs replied to Otessa's topic in General Nursing

    Comes under the heading of "For what reason do you need to know?". OR: NONE of your
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    Sooo tired of patients complaining about foreign nurses' accents....

    prmenrs replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    There are methods of reducing accents. Some speech pathologists work w/accents. There is a company, Lindamoodbell ( http://www.lindamoodbell.com/ ) uses a method based on "phonemic awareness" to...
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    Sooo tired of patients complaining about foreign nurses' accents....

    prmenrs replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    While no one should be treated rudely by anyone, sometimes the complaint is legitimate. I often have a hard time understanding folks w/accents @ drive-thrus. I think part of it may be that I think...
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    Volunteer Cuddling

    prmenrs replied to scrabblern's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    The level 3 unit @ which I used to work had a well-established cuddler program; there is always a long waiting list. The program is administered thru the Volunter Dep't. The prospective cuddler...
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    Please date all food items in refrigerator or it will be tossed, after 3 days

    prmenrs replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    If you get stuck w/this thankless task, you will definitely NOT open up a closed container that seems to "growing", nor will you want to clean it out for the owner. That's beyond disgusting. I'd...
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    Please date all food items in refrigerator or it will be tossed, after 3 days

    prmenrs replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    If I saw that sign on the unit fridge, esp if there had been recent problems, I'd grab a label and a marker, and mark my stuff. And I might start leaving marker and labels in my locker for easy...
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    How to prevent fleas coming to you?

    prmenrs replied to Titanium888's topic in General Nursing

    You definitely need to report the situation to housekeeping. Most hospitals have a "vector control" person who is tasked w/taking care of insects and rodents, etc., you should be able to access...
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    MCI RN scrubs (navy blue)

    prmenrs replied to 24bluemoons's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Please wash after every clinical day. You can get a LOT of germs in those
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    A new watch??

    prmenrs replied to sh1901's topic in General Students

    I don't like wearing a wrist watches @ work--I have a "lapel" watch. Same thing as pharmgirl mentioned--I don't want to scratch one of my babies, and I don't want to wash "around" my watch. Just...
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    This is really getting under my skin

    prmenrs replied to jennjen512's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat: :smackingf If she's calling herself a "nurse", but is not licensed, she's committing fraud. Report her. And her boss. Check w/your states BON. Any chance you can go get your sis and...
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    Fall from weighing scale

    prmenrs replied to johan john's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Once upon a time, in the "bad" old days, if a kid had a major blowout (you know the kind, poop up his back all the way to his ears), the nurse would take him over to the sink and clean up the mess...
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    What's the deal with black?

    prmenrs replied to SCUnursie06's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Clowns, balloons, and cartoons are VERY approriate in a pediatric setting. I would not like to have to wear all black scrubs, altho I have some black pants. I tend to prefer pastel prints...
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    Fall from weighing scale

    prmenrs replied to johan john's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Why are they putting oil on the baby? Seems unnecessary--how do you get the leads to stick after that? We advise the parents not to use oils or powders on the babies skin, just diaper cream if...
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    Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    prmenrs replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    We had an incident a while back where a guy had been grabbed by a police dog, managed to pick this big German Shepard up, and jump himself and the dog off the bridge. He did not die. The dog was not...
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    No gifts from the Drs???

    prmenrs replied to racing-mom4's topic in General Nursing

    I've never expected the docs to give us anything, nor do I expect to get them anything. The L&D nurses got a huge plasma TV from one of the OB docs one year. Their OR tech came over to our unit...
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    Excellent piece on Walt Whitman's life (civil war nurse and poet)

    prmenrs replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Men in Nursing

    I think it's this one: http://www.whitmanarchive.org/biography/walt_whitman/index.html#battlefield . Walt Whitman is buried across the street from my nursing school in a lovely, wooded old cemetery....
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    Nurses, where do you see yourself in 5-10 years?

    prmenrs replied to learning08's topic in General Nursing

    retired!!!!!!!
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    What are the smallest diapers available?

    prmenrs replied to HealthShepherd's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Which did you
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    Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    prmenrs replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    When I was 5, my dad got orders, so we moved from CA to MD. That made me late for the start of school (1st grade). Already a bit disoriented, when the teacher called the roll, I said "here" @ my...