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  1. What Grossness Is Cool?

    ARLadyRN replied to mshooha's topic in Emergency

    Yew, I think I just about lost it on this thread!!!!!! and I have been a nurse for a long

  2. Person who has a seizure

    ARLadyRN replied to HappyJaxRN's topic in General Nursing

    This happened to me in a store. The store yelled if any medical people were in the store, of course I had to go over. They called for an ambulance, I turned her on her side. She came too in a few...

  3. working on Christmas?

    ARLadyRN replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    My husband was in the hospital over one Christmas and I appreciated all of the nurses and the staff. They all smiled and were very happy. I always had the little kids open their presents from Santa...

  4. OT: dental help needed

    ARLadyRN replied to maximus76's topic in General Nursing

    Can you do a little of the dental work at a time and pay as you go? My son does this. I don't know if you can get dental insurance, will they pay if it was preexisting? Better check on it. Good...

  5. My husband works for me- is this ever going to work?

    ARLadyRN replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I worked with my sister once on an unit. We did fine, although at the time I thought that she might have been hard on me, but looking at it now she wasn't. If you have it worked out that you don't...

  6. Nurse's Rights? Is It Only Pt's Rights?

    ARLadyRN replied to wrkoutgirl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We call security and they sit down and talk to the patient about their behavior if they curse and throw things and are in their right minds. Also the house supervisor will too. Yes, we still need to...

  7. Frustrated New Nurse

    ARLadyRN replied to KTYRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I also think that she was saying that it could be worse on days. You are new and it takes a year to get comfortable in the job. Hang in there. It really sounded like it was a bad night. When you go...

  8. Blow out at the desk, who was at fault? both share blame I think?

    ARLadyRN replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    no excuse for the whole floor. I have been on the patients end a lot this year and when you are admitted on the floor--they know that you are there. Where was the nurses tech for vital signs? It...

  9. things haven't changed much

    ARLadyRN replied to Mulan's topic in General Nursing

    Amen, to that!!! Ha.

  10. Trouble with a co-worker....(Long)

    ARLadyRN replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like maybe she is sleep deprived or just unhappy about working or just a very negative person. Hang in there and she will be gone soon. I too have worked with those kind of

  11. Has anyone ever taken Latin?

    ARLadyRN replied to Monica RN,BSN's topic in General Nursing

    Take Spanish!!!! This is what you will need when you get out. Latin is a dead language and it didn't help all that

  12. If not a nurse...what????

    ARLadyRN replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    I want to have an antiques shop or be a professional garage sale/ estate sale organizer/saler or be a professional worldwide traveler. I am getting tired of hospital work, it gets

  13. You know you've been a nurse for way too long when...

    ARLadyRN replied to jalvino1's topic in General Nursing

    When you answer the phone at home, 4th floor--B. Smith, RN, May I help you? and its your head nurse calling you, Ha,

  14. I Stink at IV's.

    ARLadyRN replied to Mrs.S's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Stabilize your vein by holding it down with your thumb on your non-dominate hand and go right on top of the vein with a slight angle. A lot of people go in at too much of an angle and go thru it and...

  15. funniest thing you saw a nurse do.......

    ARLadyRN replied to cre8tivRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was working in scrubs (that tied) one day in the nursery and my scrub pants fell off. I caught them before they hit the floor, thank goodness noone was at the window, ha,

  16. Real life in the ER vs. what we're taught in nursing school

    ARLadyRN replied to vampireslayer's topic in Emergency

    Boy, I agree with you. I have been with a relative in ER and the nurses didn't swab off the IV ports with alcohol nor did they dilute their IV pain meds or do another set of Vital signs for hours....

  17. It's a Hospital, Not a Hotel (Gripe)

    ARLadyRN replied to daisybaby's topic in Ob/Gyn

    when my husband was in the hospital, some relatives came from out of state to see my husband (really for my mother-in-law). I told my mother-in-law that it wasn't a good idea but they came anyway and...

  18. It's a Hospital, Not a Hotel (Gripe)

    ARLadyRN replied to daisybaby's topic in Ob/Gyn

    There are times when we need to take extra care. The time when I came up to another floor and a patient was dying and the family was there and no hospital personnel in sight. It didn't seem...

  19. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    ARLadyRN replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    Of course, Have you ever done this before? You have one stick to get the IV. Nurses who talk loud in the hallways. All this about HIPPA laws when you have to talk to a patient in a semi-pvt room and...

  20. What was IV tubing made of before the invention of plastics?

    ARLadyRN replied to sunnyjohn's topic in General Nursing

    My mother was a nurse in the 1940's. When she was a student nurse, they were taught also by the doctors. The hospital would have floors that had 40 patients and her an another student nurse would be...

  21. It's a Hospital, Not a Hotel (Gripe)

    ARLadyRN replied to daisybaby's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have been on both sides, as the nurse and as the patient's family. I received very good attention from the nurses as a family member (I didn't tell them that I was a nurse), but I would try to help...