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    2/6 What I Learned This Week: If you annoy them, they will order

    smf0903 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I learned this week that patients who want their PRN pain meds--specific pain meds--don't give a rat's patoot if their BP is in the toilet, even when you explain why you can't give those meds and...
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    People who don't look before flushing (#2)

    smf0903 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    LOL I just asked my husband if he looks at his poop before he flushes. His answer was "Uh...noooo...who does that?" This was in addition to the horrified look he gave me LOL!! Shows me, I thought...
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    Report vent turned mega vent

    smf0903 replied to loveoutloud's topic in General Nursing

    Posts/responses like this are part of the reason I love how we give report on our floor. We have a 5-10 minutes report on every patient on the floor (granted, we are a small community hospital so we...
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    I don't like pediatric patients, am I normal?

    smf0903 replied to Wonder RN's topic in General Nursing

    Give me a 90-year-old any day over peds or
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    12/5: What I've learned this week - No, I don't have "just a second" to help you

    smf0903 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Don't do your assessments while you are receiving report! That is so rude that I have no words for it! The person giving you report has been there for over 12 hours and may have to be back in less...
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    Is it possible to get the holidays off?

    smf0903 replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    We have a 3 year rotating schedule, which is super nice because no one gets stuck working all or most of the holidays. The schedule is very fair and schedules the day before, the holiday, and the day...
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    HESI NCLEX-RN Review Book

    smf0903 replied to jfantacone09's topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    I can't speak to how others feel about it, but HESI review book and the RN NCLEX Mastery app were the only things I used to prep for NCLEX (and passed on first try with 75
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    They Will Never Leave!

    smf0903 replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital has smart TVs with cable and Internet access. As a plus to this, we also have programmable educational videos accessible on the TVs (which is super nice!). We have very few patients who...
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    Cath & Sterile Field Check off Help

    smf0903 replied to Ajcapri's topic in General Students

    Practice, practice, practice. The more you practice, the more comfortable you are with the steps. Any check-off requiring maintaining sterility practice with someone. They can watch you while you go...
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    Fentanyl Related Overdose Deaths Significantly Rise in Ohio

    smf0903 replied to mindofmidwifery's topic in Ohio Nursing

    We've had a rash of fentanyl-related deaths in our area. Dealers were lacing heroin with fentanyl unbeknownst to buyers. There were arrests made in our area after a rash of fentanyl overdoses and the...
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    This week, I have learned... (8/8)

    smf0903 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    (I have loved reading these each week!!) What I learned this week: -I learned what a Clagett window is. I never knew someone could walk around with a ginormous hole covered with a simple dressing and...
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    This week, I have learned... (8/8)

    smf0903 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    You've got that
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    Taking 20 credit hours?

    smf0903 replied to Kaylle's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I respectfully disagree. I took 22 credit hours and had a 3.82 for that semester. Organization is the key, whether taking 9, 15, or 22 hours. I had plenty of time to enjoy family and
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    Taking 20 credit hours?

    smf0903 replied to Kaylle's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It's doable. I took 22 credits with permission and that included genetics and molecular biology. The key is to stay organized. If you're not organized then it's a disaster waiting to happen. Good...
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    Whatdaya think this is?

    smf0903 replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    No skull fracture...high
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    Delay Ohio ATT

    smf0903 replied to Jussnellmk's topic in General Students

    ATTs take f-o-r-e-v-e-r from Ohio BON. Well, maybe not forever, but it sure seems like it when you're waiting for that number! It took 2-21/2 months from graduation to get ours. Good luck to
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    An actual case of NETY

    smf0903 replied to springchick1's topic in General Nursing

    Gomerblog is the best! And I agree, the comments are golden. I loved the Ativan diffuser story, and the people who argued about how the dosing was regulated in a diffused
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    Older edition books

    smf0903 replied to Nikpond's topic in General Students

    I used older editions for most of my classes. The price difference was enormous, and I never had an issue using an older version. Like a PP said, I wouldn't have used an edition from 20 years ago, but...
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    So why are you here, really?

    smf0903 replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    "Looking at you NOADLS" I love a good sense of humor, and NOADLS never
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    clinicals

    smf0903 replied to futurepsychrn's topic in General Students

    Ours was not like that. We could leave, go sit in the car, stay in the break room, go to the cafeteria or whatever. We tried to go as a group when we could, but that wasn't always feasible.
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    This is a placenta...

    smf0903 replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    I would rather see someone cut open from top to bottom than see a placenta Or genital warts, funky toenails, pustules, you name it...placentas not so much!!
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    Lucky he was constipated, or he'd be dead

    smf0903 replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    My dad was admitted for pneumonia and had his AAA dissect right after admission. We also had a person from our area in for some sort of a routine work-up (I don't remember what exactly the deal was,...
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    Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    smf0903 replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    Thought of another one...checking for a pulse by wrapping a hand around the front of the neck and pressing on the ol' carotids. And speaking of checking for a pulse, the times when they feel for a...
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    Enhanced pay for staffing crisis

    smf0903 replied to Barnstormin' PMHNP's topic in General Nursing

    A hospital near me is paying RNs triple pay (employees and contract) to help cover their needs. I don't know if the RNs have to sign a contract? They can't even get people to work for triple pay...
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    Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    smf0903 replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    These are hilarious When we got to watch surgery during one of our clinical rotations, all I could think of was the Junior Mint episode from Seinfeld Not TV, but I always love how in the movies epi...