danissa LPN, LVN

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    Assignment Karma!

    danissa replied to elizabells's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    liz..that screams of "check me out, i'm famous"... A NICU is a NICU...no priviledge for fame, all the babies are equal, at least until they leave
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    Eww white uniforms??

    danissa replied to jla623's topic in General Students

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    Crazy Tampon Commercial

    danissa replied to nightfall2099's topic in Nursing Humor

    Dutch..you are so right! Thats just way too weird! Can you imagine actually wearin
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    Eww white uniforms??

    danissa replied to jla623's topic in General Students

    OMG, memories indeed! When I trained, and after I qualified, we still wore white dresses. They were thick enough though, that you could get away with wearing thick black tights , nothing showed...
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    Crazy Tampon Commercial

    danissa replied to nightfall2099's topic in Nursing Humor

    :lol2:
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    Crazy Tampon Commercial

    danissa replied to nightfall2099's topic in Nursing Humor

    Great idea actually, just bad, bad wording, especially to a female with PMS! Did a man think that slogan up? (never saw the ad btw, am not in the
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    cold feet

    danissa replied to lamplighter's topic in General Nursing

    babies extremities always feel cold. Feel the nape of his neck, if its cold, then hes cold, if the neck feels clammy, he's too
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    Are you allowed to wear Makeup ?

    danissa replied to AspiringNurse7's topic in General Nursing

    :lol2:
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    Families from Hell

    danissa replied to traumamomtx30's topic in General Nursing

    Know exactly what you mean Blackcat, about the showing up to be seen stuff! My Mum had a major surgery on 6th November, was in hospital for a week. my Brother visited all the time, as he did back in...
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    Now I'm Paralyzed

    danissa replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    (((((Hugs)))))...Best of Love and Luck to you Sue! I'm sure you will do great! Get a big hug from Noogie before you breathe out and start
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    Foley and how to prevent infection

    danissa replied to TinkRN8's topic in General Nursing

    How long was the foley in
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    pinning speech

    danissa replied to MissDoodaw's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    ,..Ok...."Cheers, thanks to everyone who loved us, supported us, put up with the flack! We're now off to the pub, all you who fall into the groups I mentioned...please feel free to join us and...
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    care of patients with a loss

    danissa replied to jrring1019's topic in Ob/Gyn

    jrring, I'm so sorry honey, for the loss of your dreams. I know how it feels, I miscarried, into the toilet at around eight-nine weeks gestation, after the birth of my son, which was probably way too...
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    Spinoff : What We Do, What We Used to Do

    danissa replied to NursingAgainstdaOdds's topic in General Nursing

    hey Liz, we do that too! Love that the simplest ideas are used across the ocean and
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    Is the past going to hurt my chances???

    danissa replied to jpgmavs's topic in Nursing Career

    Jeremy, I work with a nurse who recently celebrated 20 years of sobriety,(shes 41 yrs old btw!!!) She did indeed celebrate the fact, but is such a strong person,( no alcohol required to party!) What...
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    EEK! There's a woman in my room!

    danissa replied to 58flyer's topic in General Nursing

    : OMG, 58flyer, I'm so sorry. I just wish you all the best in life, whatever happens. This saddens me so much, I have a son, please whoever, that nothing like this ever happens to him. Hope the...
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    Need Advise regarding my highschool girl mentoree

    danissa replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    jls..I admire how you have backed up your opinions on this thread, and justified your feelings regarding this young life you mentor. There have been some great points made here, yours being strong...
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    consent for surgery - who's job is it

    danissa replied to MIRockstarRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    ALWAYS the Docs job to get consent for surgery! big responsibility to take on and not enough pay as a nurse to do
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    Worried about blood exposure

    danissa replied to aphillipsrn's topic in General Nursing

    Ain't hindsight a great thing! I'm sure we have all been there, done that etc! I know that I have. Just look after yourself more in the future...your health is the most important thing to you. hey, we...
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    EEK! There's a woman in my room!

    danissa replied to 58flyer's topic in General Nursing

    58flyer...I'm not being personal, but just wondering. Did you need infertility treatment as a direct cause of this action? How did the treatment go? just wishin you all the best babe, and still cant...
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    Worried about blood exposure

    danissa replied to aphillipsrn's topic in General Nursing

    A lesson on why to always wear gloves in these situations. Always protect yourself. Thats the only advice I can give. But, youv'e learned that already! best of luck to you, this is probably a minimal...
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    Helpful Neonatal Blood Gas Info Site

    danissa replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hey Steve, this really is a good site, from Radiometer in Copenhagen. I get regular mail from them,and they were very helpful in giving me a new blood gas values book, for free, (when the one in my...
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    Stripping an IV?

    danissa replied to S.T.A.C.E.Y's topic in General Nursing

    then thats flushing it. What DO others mean by stripping it? Its an interesting
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    Stripping an IV?

    danissa replied to S.T.A.C.E.Y's topic in General Nursing

    when we strip an IV, its to take off the dressing back to the insertion site, to get a better look at the site. Maybe others mean something else by it, dont
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    A doctor asking you to give him a cup of coffee!!

    danissa replied to Shantas's topic in General Nursing

    Seems that his attitude is more of a handicap to him than his physical