grace90

grace90 LPN, LVN

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  1. Name that part. Words patients use for their own anatomy.

    grace90 replied to JEHORAPHA's topic in General Nursing

    I've heard females call it a 'twat'

  2. Smile if you DON't HATE Nursing!

    grace90 replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    I don't hate nursing, I do love it most of the

  3. do you actually wait?

    grace90 replied to StacieRN's topic in General Nursing

    At our facility, by policy we can go ahead and push an amp of D50 if the pt's glucose is 40 or lower and they're symptomatic, then page the doc to let them

  4. Would you call in because you didn't get any sleep?

    grace90 replied to Elvish's topic in General Nursing

    I have called in a few times for lack of sleep. And there have been times when I should have and didn't. One was when my son had spent the weekend in the hospital with respiratory problems, and was...

  5. Nursing School Bloopers

    grace90 replied to Jabber964's topic in Nursing Humor

    As a student I was once assigned to a retired nursing instructor who was known to be a real pistol. I was stressing bigtime and when she asked to be put on the bedpan, a fracture pan, I put it under...

  6. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    grace90 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    This Somedood guy has been making a lot of commotion in my neck of the woods lately too, shooting and stabbing all these innocent people who are minding their own business while out at night at 2 or 3...

  7. glass of water-stat

    grace90 replied to canoehead's topic in Emergency

    Hmmmm...... Good thing she specified the route with that order. One might have been tempted to give it

  8. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    grace90 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    What was the pt's outcome after that? :uhoh21: I once called the telemetry tech to check on a pt's rhythm who was being monitored on the surgical floor and he nonchalantly said "asystole"... my...

  9. 501 ways to know you've been on allnurses.com too long!

    grace90 replied to Roy Fokker's topic in Nursing Humor

    155? Every time something funny, gross, irritating, sad or just plain strange happens at work you think "I gotta remember this so I can post it on

  10. Provigil for shift workers

    grace90 replied to evans_c1's topic in General Nursing

    Could we cut with the arguing, please? A previous poster was right, some people have to work nights due to shift availability, family needs, etc., whether they are a 'night person' or not. I'm one of...

  11. glass of water-stat

    grace90 replied to canoehead's topic in Emergency

    From a general surgeon- 'watch for shock and hemorrhage'. Well, duh! However, when this surgeon has been paged for a pt who is in fact hemorrhaging and circling the drain, he either doesn't answer his...

  12. I think Ive met that ONE person....

    grace90 replied to TraumaGirl1018's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto to me, too. Sometimes when I'm walking, I may not hear somebody say "Hi" because I'm pre-occupied or replaying in my head the conversation I just had with a doc or whoever or chewing myself out...

  13. Ways I have heard Metoprolol pronounced...by medical personnel.

    grace90 replied to stillpressingon's topic in General Nursing

    med-uh-pro-loll and

  14. Sweet Dreams, Baby! Tell us about your strange dreams r/t nursing

    grace90 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I've had dreams like that in which I'll be spending most of the shift trying to get to my patient's rooms or trying to get keys, and then the end of the shift rolls around and I haven't seen any of...

  15. Provigil for shift workers

    grace90 replied to evans_c1's topic in General Nursing

    My doc prescribed Provigil for me because I work 3-12 hr nights a week and the other meds I'm on already cause sleepiness and I was having a horrible time staying awake. It did help me stay awake, but...

  16. Tricks to remember things

    grace90 replied to Holly27's topic in General Nursing

    I remember PTT goes with Heparin drips: Probably Takes Time (to get lab result) or Pain (in the neck) To

  17. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    grace90 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    Yummy! And to think we waste time drawing blood to check

  18. Why do some nurse's act like they have just ate some sour grapes?

    grace90 replied to 2benurse2008's topic in General Nursing

    I think I would be able to do that with a lot of the nightworkers, too, but not all of them. And there are a handful of 2ndshifters that I could say that too, too. It all depends on the person. Other...

  19. The most embarrasing thing you've done at work!

    grace90 replied to ClaireMacl's topic in Nursing Humor

    Last night I helped a LOM to the bathroom and stayed nearby, but just outside the bathroom with the door open while he went, since he's unsteady and sundowns. Most of the med/surg rooms have a wide...

  20. Patient LOAD anyone?

    grace90 replied to Pheobe05's topic in General Nursing

    On night shift, 6-8 pts is good on the ortho/neuro/surg floor. On tele or med/oncology, starting out with 4 or 5 is better because those two floors typically get slammed with night time ER admissions...

  21. questions about vomiting

    grace90 replied to august07's topic in General Nursing

    Good advice on the previous posts! :uhoh21: Yick! I would totally agree with NOT fishing out pills from puke and re-administering them. You might get them thrown at

  22. Bipap

    grace90 replied to MM2007's topic in General Nursing

  23. What was your first day as a nurse like?

    grace90 replied to Sassybottom's topic in General Nursing

    3 years and counting now... still not really comfortable and

  24. What do you say when pts ask your opinion of docs??

    grace90 replied to LizzyL&DRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I had a distant family friend ask me what I thought of a particular doc, who happened to be the primary doc of her husband who had just passed away. She started telling me how she didn't think he had...

  25. More men pleeeaaaasse get into nursing!!!

    grace90 replied to Athenas83's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I agree, having male nurses around keeps a better perspective and attitude in the atmosphere from what I've seen, for the most part, except for the creepy one that would have this weird smile on...