TheGooch

TheGooch

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  1. Got to use my neuro skills in real life!

    TheGooch replied to RunninNurse's topic in General Students

    This reminds me of that Holiday Inn Express Commercial. "I'm not a nurse but I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night". Or in this case still in Nursing School. The OP expected everyone to fawn...

  2. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    TheGooch replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    LOL! This one for the

  3. Crossing a line?

    TheGooch replied to nurse4littles's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    If the people where you work at have no problem with it why care what the people here

  4. Cops and Nurses

    TheGooch replied to GundeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Bothers me too. I wonder how the general public would feel if they heard this? In the first place you all shouldn't be speeding or breaking ANY laws. People here are quick to judge patients who are...

  5. Getting Thrown Under the Bus

    TheGooch replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    This applies to any work

  6. Getting Thrown Under the Bus

    TheGooch replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I understand where you are coming from. You were told one thing and had to do something that was different. You complained to other workers about it and it got back to whoever is your boss. I can...

  7. Fired from my first nursing job, before one year

    TheGooch replied to mightynurse1's topic in General Nursing

    But even if it's still in the packaging the part that is being cut is directly in contact with the scissors is what I was saying. And you don't have to apologize for anything you've posted. The OP...

  8. Fired from my first nursing job, before one year

    TheGooch replied to mightynurse1's topic in General Nursing

    But the scissors are still touching the pill where it's being

  9. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    TheGooch replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Well, here in Colorado there is a co pay for services and prescriptions in you have Medicaid. I don't judge people who are on it like some people do. There's a saying I like to pass on to those who...

  10. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    TheGooch replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    I don't know where you got the idea there is no co-pay with Medicaid because there

  11. What are your pet peeves?

    TheGooch replied to forgop's topic in Emergency

    I've had a couple of nurses like this. I told them not stick me in the hand yet they know best and did so. They hit a valve. By the time she is done it's bruised. Had one that kept digging around in...

  12. What is the worst hardship/story you have ever seen/heard in your nursing career?

    TheGooch replied to succinate's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, this is just the saddest

  13. What is the worst hardship/story you have ever seen/heard in your nursing career?

    TheGooch replied to succinate's topic in General Nursing

    NEW YORK -- On the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH KATIE COURIC on Thursday, Jan. 31 (5:30 p.m. on KIRO 7) Correspondent Byron Pitts reports the story of Sgt. Carmelo Rodriquez, a 29-year-old U.S. Marine who...

  14. Nursing makes me hate fat people

    TheGooch replied to LifeCrisis's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Twenty Five year olds complaining about their job? What else is new. The younger generation today feels that everything should be easy for them and they shouldn't have to work as hard as the older...

  15. What are your pet peeves?

    TheGooch replied to forgop's topic in Emergency

    I know the generic names but was curious as to what their GENETIC names were according to your original post,LOL.

  16. Stuttering Stupid Nurse

    TheGooch replied to pearlgarden's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I stutter-it's the result of a head injury I had when I was child. I also started having eye problems-my head took a good hit on a fireplace when I was about 3. I started kindergarten a year late...

  17. The sight of blood makes me pass out.

    TheGooch replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    At least it didn't go in or near his

  18. What are your pet peeves?

    TheGooch replied to forgop's topic in Emergency

    What is the genetic name for Tylenol and

  19. You won't believe.....

    TheGooch replied to NanikRN's topic in General Nursing

    The nurses that are offended by what the student nurse says need to grow a thicker skin. As for the OP if you could manage a mumbled "hi" then surely you could have also managed to take a second to...

  20. How to respond to rude patients/visitors?

    TheGooch replied to Elizabeth Renee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This reply

  21. A few questions about bedside manner.

    TheGooch replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I find that to be intrusive. The last thing I want when I am feeling like crap is having someone sitting on the bed next to me making idle chit chat disquised as a "caring