grace90

grace90 LPN, LVN

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  1. 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 need a shot of sugar myself to go with my sour grapes. You're right, Blee, it's always something that we're not doing right. A pain reassess was 3 minutes too late, we left a laptop computer...

  2. Nursing School vs. Pharmacy School

    grace90 replied to Pumpkin1621's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I think being a pharmacist wouldn't necessarily be boring and just counting pills all day, you'd be dealing with doctor's offices calling you with prescriptions, having to call them to clarify meds,...

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

    grace90 replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    Linkin Park, Crawling- "Crawling in my skin" - maggotty wounds same song- "Without a sense of confidence and I'm convinced that there's just too much pressure to take"- how every nurse feels at some...

  4. Aspiring Nurses: Why not Med School??

    grace90 replied to muurman's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    No desire whatsoever to be a doc.... more time with my family, less years of school, less school loans, no calls all hours of the night when I'd be the one 'on call'... no thank you... Plus, I like...

  5. Nicknames your pt's give you

    grace90 replied to Cmariehart's topic in General Nursing

    Angel Racquel Hey, you a bad word that starts with a B and I've been called a man by confused LOL's with poor eyesight who need

  6. Violating a Code Status...

    grace90 replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

    In nursing school, I got to listen in as a doctor talked to a pt and his daughter and grandson about DNR status. The pt had lung cancer and end-stage COPD, and his status was deteriorating. His ABG's...

  7. Promethazine IV Question

    grace90 replied to PMercier's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    At our facility Phenergan is diliuted with I think 20 cc of NS and ran on a pump over 15

  8. Just needing some reassurance

    grace90 replied to Happeetxn's topic in General Nursing

    That used to happen to me on my old ortho/neuro/surgical unit just a few months out of rookie orientation:uhoh21: , with plenty of more senior nurses working the same shift. They would pass off the...

  9. Crazy stuff can happen

    grace90 replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    Not that exciting of a story, but I want to subscribe to this thread. The toilets in a lot of our units have hoses on the back of 'em you can use to clean out a bedpan or a commode bucket. One time...

  10. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    grace90 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    :monkeydance: Just because you watched Alton Brown (Good Eats) on the Food Channel remove the pit from an avodaco by ramming the blade of a knife into it and pulling it out doesn't mean your everyday...

  11. Violating a Code Status...

    grace90 replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

    Last fall I had a 90+ LOL with urosepsis, dehydration and ARF, plus aspiration pneumonia, Ox1. Doc had talked at length with family about hospice and DNR status, but they insisted on keeping her a...

  12. what do you all think about 12 hour shifts?

    grace90 replied to emmycRN's topic in General Nursing

    I did 5-8's for 2 years on nights, and it was hard having so few nights off. Now I love having more nights off now that I've been doing 12's for 11 months. The first night back always kicks my butt,...

  13. Code Red/Code Blue/Code whatever....what do you have/what are they for?

    grace90 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    RRT to room XYZ: rapid response team needed Code Blue: cardiopulmonary arrest Code Yellow: visitor/associate emergency Code Green: out of control patient/visitor, all male staff and security...

  14. Nursing school while raising a family

    grace90 replied to jewelshouse's topic in General Nursing

    Started taking pre-reqs when my kids were 2.5, 1.5 and 2 months, and entered the program about a year later. I know I didn't spend as much time with the kids as I needed to, and the house certainly...

  15. Your Favorite one liner used with patients

    grace90 replied to scaredofshots's topic in Nursing Humor

    When I do a patient admission, one of the questions I have to ask is if they have any dentures or hearing aids. When they're young, as in teens or 20's, I still ask it. I ask it seriously, in case...

  16. Nurse with hearing loss?

    grace90 replied to BoopRN's topic in General Nursing

    I work with a nurse who is deaf in one ear. She's a great

  17. My Hands Are A Mess! Which Lotion?

    grace90 replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

    The Gold Bond medicated lotion is

  18. Things you wish you could say to your co-workers...

    grace90 replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm not standing here with the call bell on with a patient about to self-transfer onto the commode for no reason. I didn't appreciate waiting 10 minutes and neither did my patient who REALLY had to...

  19. Night Shift Workers- How Do You Stay Awake?

    grace90 replied to changeofpaceRN's topic in General Nursing

    I drink orange juice when I have it with me, that helps perk me up. I've been on nights 3 years. I agree with a lot of the previous posts. Guard your sleep, keep moving during your shifts when...

  20. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    grace90 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    We walked through a cemetery this morning and by a particular grave both of us smelled cigar or pipe smoke in the same spot twice. No one else was there with us and there wasn't any incense of any...

  21. Floor nursing while pregnant

    grace90 replied to medsurgnights's topic in General Nursing

    With my 1st and 3rd pregnancies, I worked as a CNA in LTC, the first time up until 35 weeks, the 2nd was 37 weeks. Both times, by the last couple months, my back ached and I was exhausted and...

  22. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    grace90 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Last night I could've sworn I heard my name being called but there was no other nurses around. It sounded like the voice of a co-worker but she wasn't on the floor at the time. It happened again a...

  23. You know you work nights when.......

    grace90 replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

    You've ever fallen asleep in the middle of a conversation with a coworker, or fallen asleep with computer mouse in hand while charting and dreamed that you charted on someone, only to wake up and...

  24. Fear Factor, Nurse Style, Five Stunts... lol

    grace90 replied to NurCrystal22's topic in Nursing Humor

    Who can drink the most Mucomyst without barfing, and no you can't add juice to it, you have to drink it straight. Who can get through a full jug of GoLytely first, with the only bathroom being on the...

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

    grace90 replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    "wake me up inside...save me from myself"