psalm

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  1. Tell me the bad side about being a Navy nurse...

    psalm replied to KDRUS22's topic in Government, Military

    ...I hear you loud and clear. I was in '71-74 and was a Navy wife '75-79. When I was in Hawaii 3 years as a Navy wife I got cabin fever. And couldn't afford to fly to MI or NY to see fam. Dh was...

  2. Not enough attention to BMs in nursing today!

    psalm replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in for my hysterectomy I thought I had a UTI after the catheter was d/ced. The nurse wouldn't come back to take my temp ( i had just had some ice water and those were the days of the old...

  3. Tell me the bad side about being a Navy nurse...

    psalm replied to KDRUS22's topic in Government, Military

    Yes, to all of what LCDR Dan stated above. However, many of my friends were officers, and I would hear the stories they had to tell about how they landed in our little podunk duty station after being...

  4. Tell me the bad side about being a Navy nurse...

    psalm replied to KDRUS22's topic in Government, Military

    First off, good for you checking into the military and getting all the info before the fact. Don't worry about your family, they care about you. My mil is upset because I work nights, duh! Now, I am...

  5. New to oncology! !

    psalm replied to David Offenbaker's topic in Oncology

    Don't take any short cuts on safety when you are administering and disposing chemo and supplies. It is

  6. What would you think? Delta College

    psalm replied to jdif's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Take it again online, you will have to go in for labs 4 times total and take tests on campus, but it is a gas saver. I took it online and I spent alot of time studying her online stuff, about 12 hours...

  7. Songs to play in the Waiting Room

    psalm replied to S.T.A.C.E.Y's topic in Emergency

    This one was inspired by Tweety's new thread on the British Invasion...when I saw Petula Clark singing "Downtown"!! Just substitute "ER" for Downtown, as in: When you're alone and life is making you...

  8. All White Uniform Dress Code?!!

    psalm replied to keludtke's topic in General Nursing

    I wanna be at the fish fry, where is it being held and

  9. What do you write on your pt's bulletin board?

    psalm replied to Dempather's topic in General Nursing

    That would work if it were a private room but even then, wouldn't some of the info be anti-HIPAA? I think it would be a wonderful idea for all the above info to be on the white board for the above...

  10. Calling in sick....feeling worst after the call!

    psalm replied to TeresaB930's topic in General Nursing

    Here's my horror story. I woke up with a migraine, get one once or twice a year. So I took some pain med and went back to bed. Woke up a few hours later and worse, so called in work to say I wasn't...

  11. Difficult IV stick - Update!

    psalm replied to Krissiana's topic in General Nursing

    Hugs and prayers to you. And btw, you as the patient advocated for the patient, lol! Good

  12. Anyone else get bummed out around the holidays?

    psalm replied to jbp0529's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I wish us all the true peace and giving spirit of Christmas that God has sent in His Son Jesus...who was perfect but became man to be an example for us, and to be our Saviour. Sometimes even in a...

  13. AHHHHHHHH REAL Monsters!!!!!!!!!!!!

    psalm replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    I eat. Or

  14. Management is turning the hospital into the Four Seasons (If they could)

    psalm replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    If we are like Four Seasons, are we getting tips for our

  15. I said "No Way, No How" would you?

    psalm replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    You did the right thing for the right

  16. Outsourcing nursing home patients.

    psalm replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    ...Oh, My! I apologize, Motorcycle Mama, I didn't mean it in an arrogant manner. The Onion was a satire on child care, yes. But I have never heard of outsourcing, so when I saw the Onion as a...

  17. Outsourcing nursing home patients.

    psalm replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    As soon as I saw http://www.theonion.com I knew this was a spoof! The Onion is a satire, sometimes funny, most times irreverent and not to be taken seriously. You've been had, Motorcycle Mama, but...

  18. Outsourcing nursing home patients.

    psalm replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't heard of this, but I can't imagine Mexico where we are warned to not drink the water, to be an alternative to the U.S. Ask an alien if it is true and if they would consider a Mexican...

  19. Mid June Mission Trip - Planning

    psalm replied to MiaKeaRN's topic in General Nursing

    What organization is overseeing the trip? I am

  20. Not enough attention to BMs in nursing today!

    psalm replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Make sure you double-glove!! Seriously, you dont' want any surprises when you withdraw your digits from the

  21. It's been fun

    psalm replied to baylianmommy's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Hey! I took all my stuff at Delta and earned my ADN in 2002! And I agree, micro was really tough with Howard, and I heard how "thorough" the other professors were, lol! And I graduated when I was...

  22. Anyone else get bummed out around the holidays?

    psalm replied to jbp0529's topic in Health, Stress Management

    One time when I was single I was home for a couple of days and I was leaving the Sat. before Easter to go back to where I was stationed (300 miles away). My dad started a tirade about me leaving...

  23. Anyone else get bummed out around the holidays?

    psalm replied to jbp0529's topic in Health, Stress Management

    The holidays, any holiday or birthday, was always an ordeal growing up with my father. He'd make sure there would be a fight with my mom, and later on, with any/all of us kids, and any relatives that...

  24. Body Odour:

    psalm replied to paris2's topic in International Nursing

    Yeah, I can see why she would be upset, esp. if it isn't self-induced, and she IS getting medical help for it. But we have to remember that an odor can be very devastating for sick people, how are...

  25. Have you ever reported your coworker to the supervisor and got the person fired

    psalm replied to Bala Shark's topic in General Nursing

    ...indirectly. I noticed something on the MAR and asked my preceptor about it. A few hours after I went home the DON called me and asked what I had seen, I told her, and when I came in that night,...