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    How to properly wash & disinfect scrubs??!

    LittleTwinStars replied to seasons18's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Pine oil is a phenolic disinfectant! The traditional Pine-Sol, along with those huge green bottles of Pinalene, are the ones that really contain pine oil. The pure pine oil gets expensive, and I'm not...
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    What's your Myers-Briggs personality type?

    LittleTwinStars replied to bekahinpink's topic in General Nursing

    INTJ Intermediate
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    Car Metaphors

    LittleTwinStars posted a topic in General Nursing

    I recently had a gentleman with dementia who kept insisting that he wanted to go home. His daughters told him that the telemetry leads were the battery and his heart was the engine, so he needed to...
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    Nurse brutally beaten in a Brooklyn Hospital

    LittleTwinStars replied to HGTVrn33's topic in Nursing News

    In the comments sections of the online articles, I'm seeing, "She should be retired by now." Wow, victim blaming. She was totally asking for it. Sadly, management and admin often harbor the...
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    The Childish "I Wuv You" Act

    LittleTwinStars posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Once in a while, I'll have patients who will tell me that they love me and try to hug me, or tell me that they love me with big Bambi eyes if they think that it will get them out of perceived trouble...
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    The Childish "I Wuv You" Act

    LittleTwinStars replied to LittleTwinStars's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I love high
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    Calling the Warden on Inappropriate Inmates

    LittleTwinStars posted a topic in Emergency

    Working in county hospital ERs, I have worked with several inmates. Many are respectful, but I have also received inappropriate sexual innuendos and hostile comments. Only a few inmates are escorted...
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    Drug Seeker Stories

    LittleTwinStars replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    Although I feel sorry for sickle cell patients and the hell they go through, many develop drug addictions and lifestyles based on lies. Some will deliberately dehydrate themselves in order to bring on...
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    Bad Parents

    LittleTwinStars replied to KelRN215's topic in Pediatric

    How disgusting. This reminds me of my friend whose mother committed her to a mental institution and took a cruise during the stay. Yes, I would inform MAW. Thank you for advocating the
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    The Childish "I Wuv You" Act

    LittleTwinStars replied to LittleTwinStars's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Anyway, forget the backseat driver. Any advice on how to set professional boundaries and explain to the
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    The Childish "I Wuv You" Act

    LittleTwinStars replied to LittleTwinStars's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I remember a boy in 4th grade who was always trying to kiss me. Teachers shrugged and told me that boys will be boys. I didn't like the gross attention, and wished that he would stop. I felt invaded...
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    The Childish "I Wuv You" Act

    LittleTwinStars replied to LittleTwinStars's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Actually, I am a very tactile person. On the floor, I love hugging little old ladies and letting them play with my hair. I too have hugged homeless people barring biohazards, as I don't want to be a...
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    What is the best way you ever got even or put a cocky resident/fellow in their place?

    LittleTwinStars replied to DoubleblessedRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    If someone is being a backseat driver (usually med students commenting that you're being rude when you're needing to be straightforward with the patient), I ask if they are volunteering to attend to...