dinkymouse

dinkymouse

Member

  • Content

    182

  • Visitors

    4,089

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    3

All Content by dinkymouse

  1. What field of nursing would you NEVER consider working?

    dinkymouse replied to PMHNP10's topic in General Nursing

    It is great that we all have different places we like and don't like. I hate burns but I see some who like working there. I see some who hate LTC and Home health. I love both. I hate working with...

  2. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    dinkymouse replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Don't use hardware tubing to self cath yourself-it may get twisted in knots and you'll need emergency surgery. More important don't do it again, get septic and tell your doctor its from a sinus...

  3. This is why I rarely go in for physicals...

    dinkymouse replied to jkaee's topic in General Nursing

    I am morbidly obese but have been working at losing weight, 88lbs, over the last 18 months. None of my doctors have ever been mean to me. My rheumotoligist weighs well over 400lbs and he says,...

  4. Co-sleeping?

    dinkymouse replied to amber1142's topic in Ob/Gyn

    When my daughter was a baby and toddler she was a night owl. I was not. She would be up all night so I fell asleep one night with her in my bed. She slept most of the night also. Unfortunately she...

  5. Funny Names for Nurses

    dinkymouse replied to randomnamees's topic in Nursing Humor

    We have a psychiatrist named Willharm. :chuckle good doctor

  6. What field of nursing would you NEVER consider working?

    dinkymouse replied to PMHNP10's topic in General Nursing

    I had a friend who worked in a large hospital at a burn unit and I don't know how she did it for years. I took care of one patient with a small area of 3rd degree burns and I just couldn't scrub the...

  7. Nursing Shoes?

    dinkymouse replied to sweetmom's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have the problem with the height, I'm 5 ft, but I am overweight and have a big problem finding shoes to fit my little feet. I found that Cherokee makes a nursing shoe called Rockers that...

  8. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    dinkymouse replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    I grew up in a little town in Iowa where there were many prejudiced people and no one of any color other than white. My sister and I don't know how we made it out without being bigots but we did....

  9. How to explain why I was fired.

    dinkymouse posted a topic in General Nursing

    I worked as a nursing supervisor for a home health agency for 2 years. My daughter was running away a lot, I was in a bad relationship, my father dx with prostate cancer and I was starting to have...

  10. Need inspiration...did you love your clinicals? Because I don't

    dinkymouse replied to Worthy's topic in General Nursing

    Your grade point is unbelievable considering what you're doing. It is the one day at a time thing that works. I also had a picture of the kind of car I wanted to buy after I was a nurse. I worked...

  11. How Do you know When Nursing is for you?

    dinkymouse replied to Triple A's's topic in Nursing Career

  12. Are you a nurse from a dysfunctional family?

    dinkymouse replied to jenpstudentrn's topic in General Nursing

    I never thought I would forgive my father for the abuse and putting me down all the time. He had a stroke when I first started nursing and he was in the hospital I worked at and so I was expected to...

  13. Why did you take up nursing? What's your story?

    dinkymouse replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    I had always been the one in my family to have to deal with our cuts and bruises. I didn't mind the blood and things and everyone else either fainted or puked. It wasn't a dream of mine to be a...

  14. have you ever left nursing for something totally different?

    dinkymouse replied to Genevieve RN's topic in Nursing Career

    When I was in clinicals years ago, a doctor, reamed an RN in ICU, yelling so loud that even the really sick people looked around. When I was working as a floor nurse I was left as the only nurse on a...

  15. What squicks you out?

    dinkymouse replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    I am right with you Jaquie, dentures make me gag, Especially when I have to take them out of a mouth that is all slobbery and gooey. I dealt with a pocket wound about 3" down and that never grossed me...

  16. Are you a nurse from a dysfunctional family?

    dinkymouse replied to jenpstudentrn's topic in General Nursing

    Like, MattsMom81, when I lost it I lost it good. I had always thought I had conquered my demons but 1 day I couldn't go into a clients house because of a panic attack. I forged his daughters...

  17. Are you a nurse from a dysfunctional family?

    dinkymouse replied to jenpstudentrn's topic in General Nursing

    I hope I am doing this right. I am new to this forum. In fact I have never been on a forum at all so bear with me. Yes I came from a "odd" family. I thought I coped well until I was having problems...