grace90

grace90 LPN, LVN

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  1. What are the huge "DO NOT EVER DO" things that new nurses need to know about? calling

    grace90 replied to katiebugg's topic in General Nursing

    Never give hydroxyzine (Vistaril)

  2. What are the huge "DO NOT EVER DO" things that new nurses need to know about? calling

    grace90 replied to katiebugg's topic in General Nursing

    Don't assume that just because a pt is sleeping, that they're not having pain -learning a lot from this

  3. What are the huge "DO NOT EVER DO" things that new nurses need to know about? calling

    grace90 replied to katiebugg's topic in General Nursing

    :trout: Lending a helping hand when another nurse's patient has just made a disastrous code brown mess will win their respect and they will be willing to help when it's you staring at a big mess...

  4. Funny fake names for meds

    grace90 replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    terributaline for

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

    grace90 replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    forgive me if I get these lyrics wrong, I'm writing them totally from memory and it's been a long time- "life it seems to fade away, growing farther every day, I have lost the will to live, I have...

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

    grace90 replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    "Do you have the time, to listen to me whine? About everything and anything all I want?" Green

  7. Does nights or first shift give your insulin?

    grace90 replied to TooterIA's topic in General Nursing

    At my facility, nightshift does the fingersticks between 6 and 7 am, and dayshift gives the 7:30 insulins since pts rarely have their breakfast before we start report at 7. If the blood sugar and...

  8. Your Favorite one liner used with patients

    grace90 replied to scaredofshots's topic in Nursing Humor

    When doing neuro checks and checking pupil reactivity- "open your eyes, stare at my nose and try not to

  9. Funny fake names for meds

    grace90 replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    is that also known as a 'whammy shot' or am I thinking of something

  10. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    grace90 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    gotta ask, what's

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

    grace90 replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    Thanks, that's what I had suspected but wasn't sure enough to put their name in the post. I'm drawing a blank at the moment of more lyrics, hopefully I'll think of more

  12. Funny fake names for meds

    grace90 replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    Go-Lotly, from an old nursing

  13. You know you work nights when.......

    grace90 replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

    My wardrobe consists of scrubs, jammies, and Goodwill t-shirts and jeans. Has any of you seen the commercial advertising a construction glue? It shows a guy being woken up, during the day so it looks...

  14. Charting Bloopers

    grace90 replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    Wouldn't it be cool if we

  15. Charting Bloopers

    grace90 replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    Yup, there ya go! And pad the bed up good. That's Lasix precautions for ya! I think I actually saw an order once on a urology patient on Lasix for "two urinals at the beside, expect a lot of urine...

  16. Please share something GOOD that happened at work!

    grace90 replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    In the midst of a chaotic morning at the end of my night shift last night, a PCA walked by and said "If I'm ever in the hospital, I want Grace to be my

  17. Charting Bloopers

    grace90 replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    I once had a patient that I reported off as being on 'Lasix precautions' instead of 'Latex

  18. Nurses with ADD/ADHD?

    grace90 replied to Metron's topic in Health, Stress Management

    My nightshifter brain is going on 4 hrs of sleep, but isn't that discrimination? A person can't be cut out of a program based on age or race, so why would it be okay to be dismissed from a nursing...

  19. What a lovely nurse!!

    grace90 replied to lizzyberry's topic in General Nursing

    That's pretty

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

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

    There's a dayshifter who is known to be like this... in fact the words "you're taking this team and following X" is always met with groans and grimaces on the part of the 12'er coming in and apologies...

  21. Patient is a famous star

    grace90 replied to Lara911's topic in Nursing Humor

    Jeff Foxworthy or Bill Engvall (did I post those names already?) If so, heeere's my sign...

  22. 10 things you say at work lay people could get arrested for

    grace90 replied to sharann's topic in Nursing Humor

    Hey, baby, so when was the last time you took a dump, huh? Wanna go out tonight and chow some

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

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

    I know this is off-topic, but since we're griping about reports that we get, here's some basics of what needs to be given in report, to answer gofigure's question... Name, diagnosis, code status,...

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

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

    To the L&D nurses at my hospital's OB unit: if you refuse to do postpartum care on the floor, don't complain about the float nurses having to be brought in to care for the moms and babies and the...

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

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

    Pent-up frustrations with a certain floor on our hospital I used to work regular on... No, your surgical floor is NOT the hardest floor in the hospital. Yes I see you are busy with your 5 pts, but I...