grace90

grace90 LPN, LVN

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  1. Banning Crocs?

    grace90 replied to styRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Kinda what I was

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

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

    I personally get left and right mixed up ALL the time. :trout: Two days ago I reported a pt's L side was flaccid when it was the right, not because I didn't assess him, but because I got L and R...

  3. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    grace90 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    C'mon don't hold out on us!

  4. Patient is a famous star

    grace90 replied to Lara911's topic in Nursing Humor

    probably already been said, but Leonardo

  5. Charting Bloopers

    grace90 replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    Now that I've taken ACLS this seems a lot more funny to me

  6. have you ever lost it at work?

    grace90 replied to lannisz's topic in General Nursing

    I've been an RN since 6/04 and I *still* get butterflies on the way to work and frequently feel like quitting due to anxiety. I think the way you are feeling is very very common. I have lost it at...

  7. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    grace90 replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    At the end of a nightshift last week, I walked a 70 yo LOL s/p lumbar OR to the bathroom with the help of an aide. The aide then disappeared while I stayed with the LOL. After a couple minutes the LOL...

  8. Why are RN's so fat!

    grace90 replied to MoriahRoseRN's topic in General Nursing

    :pumpiron: :yelclap:

  9. You know you work nights when.......

    grace90 replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

    Amen to that! We should also be able to call staffing clerks and managers at 1-3 am since that is the equivalent of when *they* call *us*.

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

    grace90 replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    off topic reply here, but... wow:smilecoffeecup: ! float nurses at my hospital get more dumped on than

  11. Nursing and Depression

    grace90 replied to Kim O'Therapy's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, my goodness! You aren't kidding! If the BONs eliminated every nurse that dealt with depression, anxiety, panic disorder, ADD, bipolar, etc., they'd have a very very very extreme

  12. Merck suspends lobbying for Gardasil vaccine

    grace90 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I have been wondering that, too. Why not give it to every teen, then, male and female, since it is a *sexually :blushkiss transmitted*

  13. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    grace90 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'm sure you've just about all heard this one... "I slipped and fell in the tub and that toilet plunger handle just lodged itself right up my rear end." :trout: We just had one of those on the...

  14. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    grace90 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    :roll

  15. Med-Surg Roll Call

    grace90 replied to RNPATL's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Yes! I *still* feel this way after 2.5

  16. What makes you nervous about or irritated with a new grad or orientee?

    grace90 replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Several nights ago I orientated an argumentative new nurse. She even yelled at me in front of a patient for setting the 'volume to be infused' for 100 cc lower than what was in the bag. I explained my...

  17. Does Incentive Spirometer decrease a temp?

    grace90 replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    When there's a lot of "anecdotal stories" that all have the same result, I do call that evidence-based and it does carry weight, especially once you see it work first

  18. Does Incentive Spirometer decrease a temp?

    grace90 replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen it work when the cause of the temp is probable post-op atelectasis. I explain the why's of using it to pt's and tell them their most important job for the night is to do the IS and cough....

  19. Stupid Nurse Trick... Don't try this at home... or work!

    grace90 replied to TXRN02's topic in Nursing Humor

    A few nights ago I floated to the rehab unit and after giving report to day shift, I went out to the computer to chart a couple things and heard water running. I saw an alz patient in his wheelchair...

  20. I Feel Like Hammered Poo-Poo

    grace90 replied to tencat's topic in General Nursing

    Yes! Ugh!! It took me at least 6 mo to adjust to nights. I've been doing it for 2.5 years now. When I'm really tired at work the trick is to keep moving and drink a lot of water and I try to eat if...

  21. If they are so worried about my health....

    grace90 replied to jo272wv's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, ours does, it's in the basement. It has about 8 treatmills, a few exercise bikes, a stepper, a workout ball, a huge nautilus, and a couple other things, so it's pretty good. It's free to all...

  22. Patient is a famous star

    grace90 replied to Lara911's topic in Nursing Humor

    Ditto for

  23. Patient is a famous star

    grace90 replied to Lara911's topic in Nursing Humor

    Yummy!

  24. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    grace90 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    A year and a half ago my then 4 yo daughter took a bunch of her brother's Risperdal and ended up in the ER unresponsive. She was out for at least a couple hours or more (from a mom's perspective),...

  25. ESBL infections on the rise?

    grace90 replied to BBFRN's topic in General Nursing

    What is ESBL? Never heard of