nursejanedough

All of us nurses are smart. All this talk about RN, LPN, ADN, BSN, etc. has really got me down. No, I'm lying. Really, it bores me. I am an RN with an ADN. I am proud that I can watch ER and when my family members ask me, "what are they saying?"...

Shannon, you go girl. I have driven thru your town from Tulsa to Memphis many a time. I love that big nuclear plant on I-40, it means we are halfway home, almost, at least close to Conway, AR. Yes, you are right, nursing does include a whole new l...

A lot of us are concerned for Sammy. Please let us know how you are doing. We do care.

I am a happily married woman with two children, but John, I love you! We need more of you out there. Thanks for the laugh.

The nurses I know don't use algebra. Who uses those algebraic equations? I have asked doctors, lawyers, science teachers, nurses, CPA's (certified public accountants), engineers, building contractors, and more. This is ONE of my pet peeves. It has ...

Chris, I have seen no clogs here in the South for nurses, male or female. I have heard lots of jokes about males wearing clogs must be gay. I really don't know.

I did not start nursing school until my kids were older and able to stay home by themselves. I am thankful everyday that I was able to be home to hear their first "Mama", to see their first step, to have them cry for me when the strange daycare work...

I may have had too many fermented beverages but let me see if I understand correctly. OK, just one and 1/2 beers, but let's continue. You say that pay is good, no shortage, good benefits, but you say shlepy new york. Not sure what good pay, no sh...

Susy K, that is very sad. We had the same thing happened to us as nursing students in my last semester. (Maybe someone should investigate suicides or suicide attempts in nursing school). We had a new (male) student that was in our last semester of...

buck, I was not done with my story, but my computer went haywire. To make a long story short, I was terminated(fired) as a graduate nurse. It was a very traumatic experience. I was told by many friends that I did nothing wrong, that I worked with a ...

buck, I am so sorry. I know it hurts. I had a similar situation happen to me as a graduate nurse. I started on a med/surg floor and when I walked up to the nursing station on first day as a graduate nurse and said "Hi" to the 5 nurses sitting down ...

The lowest I will take is $23.00/hr. As an RN that is expected to work without a lunchbreak or any break, and most likely will be working overtime (giving up valuable family time), and having to pay for malpractice insurance, this sounds reasonable ...

jkh, that must have been a great comfort to have the nuns there singing and praying. And to mud, are you sure you are not in Tennessee? One of my favorite elderly patients was a younger (61 y/o, year old), with Alzheimer's. She would stand very clo...

Hi, Nursedeedee. I loved your story. I have worked in nursing home and had several similar situations. You are right, there is something so sad, yet so beautiful to be part of life and death. I am thrilled that early this AM, I was able to be par...

Hi, Wyldeflower, I am not sure what FAFSA means, but I think it has something to do with math from the following posts. I am very thankful that I had most of my prerequisites done before nursing school. The nursing school counted my 15 year old col...

Crystal, I will be glad to answer any questions you may have. I have worked geriatrics as a floor nurse and MDS/PPS/IAD, so feel free to e-mail me.

Hi, laugh. Those two words - digital extraction. No problem, let me triple glove, and I can dig em out. In the nursing home, those patients are called "impacted". I have a personal story to tell. My first baby was C-section. The doc sent me hom...

The older I get, the less I seem to know or understand. Charles, I had to look up "dichotomy", but I knew what succinct meant - so I thought, uh oh, if he can't do "succinct" it might be a little long. All I know is this, I can draw blood for labs...

The older I get, the less I seem to know or understand. Charles, I had to look up "dichotomy", but I knew what succinct meant - so I thought, uh oh, if he can't do "succinct" it might be a little long. All I know is this, I can draw blood for labs...

I just read my old post about the elderly man cranked up into the sitting position. I left out the funniest part. The good CNA had left his eyes open. It was a weird scene with his family surrounding him. I could not go in that room to close his ...

Yes, PINKYEl, when I was a nurse extern in surgery that cauterizing "smell" was horrible. I did not eat red meat for about a year after working there. And to Opie, I know you have better gross ER stories and even better Elvis nurse stories, either w...

The dog slurping got to me also. I just called my sis, ex ER nurse, to please post some of her stories. She told me one about a patient coming in with a horrible smell, had dead leaves in vagina (an herbal thing), that is hilarious. She was also E...

3/15/01. I was a floor nurse in a Nursing Home/LTC (Long Term Care). Breaks? LOL. (Laugh Out Loud). We were told by postings, and slips inside our paycheck envelope if we did not clock out for lunch/dinner, we would all be in big trouble. Most of ...

These are all hilarious. I am still laughing over Rex's chicken feathers! Mucus is what freaks me out. Walk9, you Respiratory Therapists are very gifted people. What used to freak me out was when I had to take this elderly lady's glass eye out eve...

Hi, GIV. You can also get some free publications from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The web site is www.ahrq.gov. There is a catalog you can order from for free publications. I have gotten a few publications which are pretty good ...