Nurse Valium

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  1. Question about demanding COPD patient

    Nurse Valium replied to oldiebutgoodie's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Very interesting to read this here today - I just had a coworker share with me two days ago her theory that since COPD patients have no control over the basic necessity of oxygen exchange that they...

  2. What Is Your Ideal Job?

    Nurse Valium replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Okay, I'll bite - my ideal job, being "free to be as creative as I want", is one that allows me to stay home all day, everyday, hanging out with my two year old and pick my paycheck up from the...

  3. Got any funny acronyms at your ER???

    Nurse Valium replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    DAD = DumbA$$ Doctor; used at the beginning of the shift as in "Whose the DAD today?" And does it really need to be said, if you don't like the things being said in the thread STOP

  4. Any ACC students out there?

    Nurse Valium replied to rockermom's topic in Texas Nursing

    Former student. GREAT school!! Good luck to

  5. Yeah, that's right, it's my fault.

    Nurse Valium replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I knew we'd find out SOMEDAY whose fault it

  6. Sperm Joke..True story

    Nurse Valium replied to spionkop1892's topic in General Nursing

    VERY,

  7. Military Nurses: What do you think of Bush and the war?

    Nurse Valium replied to baby_gurl0604's topic in Government, Military

  8. I've noticed something on these boards...

    Nurse Valium replied to bethem's topic in International Nursing

    It is my opinion that American culture as a whole, is very competative. Not limited to the nursing profession. I have beaucoup friends in the tech industry & hear frequent stories of people...

  9. RNs entering all their own orders - no unit clerks?

    Nurse Valium replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing

    Night shift!?!??? The hospital I work for DOES NOT EMPLOY unit clerks. 58 bed cardiac specialty hospital. They also do not employ phlebotomists, either. And working in the ER, this means we put...

  10. Does your hospital offer on-site childcare?

    Nurse Valium posted a topic in General Nursing

    Good afternoon nurses! Quick question - does anyone work at a hospital that offers on-site childcare?? If yes, is it available 24hrs/day? Do they accept both sick & well children? Is it...

  11. Longest "Visit" in ER b/4 admitted to your floor

    Nurse Valium replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing

    I will try to remember this the next time we are holding inpatients. It makes our situation seem

  12. Who does your daily blood work?

    Nurse Valium replied to nbnurse95's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Nurse or tech. Our lab doesn't do ANY

  13. Longest "Visit" in ER b/4 admitted to your floor

    Nurse Valium replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing

    do you mean that you as an individual were written up or that a patient in the er submitted a written complaint? our er holds are due to lack of available beds (or nurses) on the floor, not because i...

  14. Longest "Visit" in ER b/4 admitted to your floor

    Nurse Valium replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing

    This isn't really an answer to your question, as this patient never made it to the floor; we've (unfortunately) had patients come into the ED, get admission orders, go to the cath lab, get stented AND...

  15. Increase in I&D's in the South?

    Nurse Valium replied to LeahJet's topic in Emergency

    I'm not sure where "South" ya'll are referring to but at the ER in Smithville, Tx we see (seems like) up to 30-40% for I&Ds. Same thing, all walks of life, all ages, socioeconomic backgrounds,...

  16. Discharge orders you'd LIKE to write!!!

    Nurse Valium replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in Emergency

    What about: "THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU. GO

  17. Zoloft???

    Nurse Valium replied to grannypatches's topic in General Nursing

    There are two types of people: those that need to be on psych meds and are and those that need to be on psych meds and aren't. You'll be

  18. Is Your Last Name On Your Badge?

    Nurse Valium replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Ours is on our badges and one of our techs in the ED received a phone call at home from a former patient who had looked her up in the phone book and was interested in "seeing her again." Luckily, the...

  19. Most Frequently Used ED Meds

    Nurse Valium replied to SkateBetty's topic in Emergency

    Did anyone say

  20. my boyfriend CNA/my issues with him dealing with human bodies

    Nurse Valium replied to lena11's topic in Men in Nursing

    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Thanks Lena!! I needed a good laugh to wake me up this

  21. Does "snowing" really exist?

    Nurse Valium replied to heyday's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I fully support treating a patient's pain and feel it is immoral not to do so. Whatever the amount or the drug to achieve patient comfort. It was once proposed to me by co-workers at an LTC...

  22. I guess I'm a florist now too....

    Nurse Valium replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

    Ya'll are so nice to do those things! I think I would have been the new owner of a bouquet of

  23. Weird, Odd Nurses Behavior.....

    Nurse Valium replied to cre8tivRN's topic in General Nursing

    YIPPEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!! I knew it wasn't just me!!! Actually, I thought I WAS the only person (adult person) who didn't really want my food touching and prefer to eat everything separately!!...

  24. When did you take off for maternity leave?

    Nurse Valium replied to MSMCnurse2004's topic in General Nursing

    I finished my last scheduled shift at 6am on a Friday & regular contractions began at noon that day. Of course, I did have a preceptee who was very sharp & in the last 2 weeks of her...

  25. Tncc

    Nurse Valium replied to MassED's topic in Emergency

    I don't want to scare anyone prior to taking the course but I FAILED TNCC yesterday. The course wasn't especially difficult (more than ACLS - but I'm new to trauma), but I was faced with "prove your...