grace90

grace90 LPN, LVN

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  1. Young Mom in Nursing School!/Help!

    grace90 replied to SunRose7's topic in General Nursing

    #1. How did any of you moms make it? Did you stress out as much as I am? -Did you feel guilty for the time lost with your children? -Or does it seem worth it to have a career you can enjoy &...

  2. Song lyrics that remind you of nursing...

    grace90 replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    You're all gonna think I'm nuts for this one... Whenever I'm gowning up to go check on a patient in respiratory isolation, or to do a dressing change on a patient with MRSA in the wound or whatever...

  3. the little things make you go uh ok

    grace90 replied to celestial1's topic in Nursing Humor

    I used to tell people that I was allergic to Benadryl cuz it made me super cranky. Actually, it really does, and I only take it if I really need to sleep or when I have an allergic reaction to...

  4. I need your help

    grace90 replied to Mecene's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds good. I'm

  5. Am I in touch with reality?

    grace90 replied to nurseangel47's topic in General Nursing

    :yelclap::yeahthat::yeahthat::yeahthat::yelclap: Thank you! That is so true! Both my husband and I are Bipolar. Without our meds, I don't know where we'd be. I consider my psych meds to be as...

  6. Song lyrics that remind you of nursing...

    grace90 replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    tracy chapman fast car ...you see my old man's got a problem he live with the bottle that's the way it is he says his body's too old for working i say his body's too young to look like his... ...i...

  7. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    grace90 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I've been using this thread to chronicle the things I see or hear about at work. Two nights ago I was helping another nurse with an elderly female pt. The other nurse left the room briefly to...

  8. Song lyrics that remind you of nursing...

    grace90 replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    for all of us nightshifters, Up all night, sleep all day...

  9. Guess the mispronounced medical term

    grace90 replied to EricJRN's topic in General Nursing

    "Nurse, is it time for my 'you're rotten' yet?" :monkeydance: :balloons: He was asking for his Neurontin!!!

  10. Do Day Nurses Really Feel that Night Nurses Do Nothing All Night?

    grace90 replied to Brita01's topic in General Nursing

    A newer night nurse told me about a shift in which she got bullied to stay over an hour and a half past her shift because two of her patients had gotten orders to get transfusions right at the end of...

  11. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    grace90 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Got some more to share..... I was in a patient's room talking to her about an upcoming test when the lights flickered in the room. The two lights above her bed had been really dim and all of a...

  12. Good Housekeeping Baby Book (c) 1969

    grace90 replied to minkajane's topic in Nursing Humor

    When my son was 6 months old and I was pregnant with kid #2, I had to stop breastfeeding him cuz he was losing weight and I was totally freakin' exhausted. (Yup, everything you've heard about...

  13. Song lyrics that remind you of nursing...

    grace90 replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    for codes- "wake up, wake up dead man..." u2 for when i get dollar signs in my eyes and pick up extra shifts and i'm on my way driving in, and especially if it turns out to be a crappy shift "i know...

  14. Signed up for Med-Surg but feel like I am in ICU!!!!

    grace90 replied to ExTechie's topic in General Nursing

    6 freakin' weeks on paperwork crud? 2 weeks orientation? For cryin' out loud, that's frickin' ridiculous. :angryfire:uhoh3::angryfire:uhoh3::angryfire If you're able, find a new job, let 'em know why...

  15. Did you work as a CNA before RN?

    grace90 replied to doglover1's topic in General Nursing

    I did. I did it for 7 years, minus the 16 months I had off when I had two babies a year apart. I even worked as a CNA through my entire 1st and 3rd pregnancies, although that's another story there....

  16. Hospice or Hospital When Your Time Comes?

    grace90 replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I already have a will made out that specifies I don't want to be kept alive on machines or in a vegetative state or like Terri Schiavo. If I'm in rough shape with poor hope for recovery and my family...

  17. Novolog flexpen

    grace90 replied to dak26's topic in General Nursing

    I dislike them at this point, mainly because I am not used to 'em and wonder if the pt is getting all of the insulin. I guess I"ll get used to 'em. We just switched to 'em a couple months

  18. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    grace90 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Earlier this week on the surg/neuro/ortho floor the code lights outside an immobile pt's room suddenly started flashing, the operator called the code over the intercom, and everyone started racing...

  19. Cellphones

    grace90 replied to pumpkin92356's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Awwwww..... That IS really sweet!

  20. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    grace90 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    I think ER/intraoperative nurses/docs could write a book on all the things retrieved from a people's body cavities... Don't "slip and fall" on a long hard object and "accidentally" lodge it in a dark...

  21. Just When You Think You've Seen It All....

    grace90 replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    When I worked as an agency CNA and would go into a LTCF for a shift, I would be handed an assignment and usually told absolutely nothing about the residents. Considering that fact, a taped-on reminder...

  22. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    grace90 replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    :monkeydance::yeahthat::barf01:

  23. Stupidest reason to go to ER

    grace90 replied to DachRN's topic in Emergency

    I have called poison control d/t my kids more times than I can count. The most recent was ingestion of powdered off-brand Oxy-Clean. (No, not me silly, it was my kid, and he's fine!) I wound up in ER...

  24. Blowing up like a balloon!

    grace90 replied to marjoriemac's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Go ahead, be pushy! Do what your gut is telling you. She needs someone to speak up for

  25. Are all day shift nurse burnt out and crabby

    grace90 replied to Nursesuzi's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hmmm.... sounds like ALL the OB nurses at my place. Biggest reason I won't float