grace90

grace90 LPN, LVN

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  1. What do nurses really think of CNAs?

    grace90 replied to ccyrrus's topic in General Nursing

    I love the hard-working CNA's and will help them out when I can by doing my own foleys, sugars, toiletting, etc. But the lump of lead I worked with last night needed a good smack down. He just didn't...

  2. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    grace90 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    HOW in the *heck* did she manage that

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

    grace90 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    reading this thread scares the s*** outta

  4. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    grace90 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    worked oncology last night, went in the med room and no one else was in there, a plastic bag hanging off the laptop computer in there started swinging back and forth and kept going for a couple...

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

    grace90 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    Although I have known that fact for years, it still never ceases to make me gag when I think about it, hence I try *not* to think of "sputum" and "my tummy" in the same sentence. Here's my stupid...

  6. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    grace90 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Hey, cool, sounds like you folks have the right idea! Maybe you could teach us a thing or two about healthcare

  7. Best Underwear to wear under scrubs??

    grace90 replied to Rn2bKatie's topic in General Nursing

    Awwww. Come on. Take the fun out of it, why don't

  8. Charting Bloopers

    grace90 replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    Maybe the doctor bit him because he got tired of the pt coming in for ridiculous

  9. Medical Workers wearing scrubs to and from work, outside the Hospital, etc..

    grace90 replied to Galvatron1's topic in General Nursing

    Your post gave me a much-needed laugh and I totally

  10. Letting CNA pass your meds, bad idea?

    grace90 replied to walla189's topic in General Nursing

    EXACTLY! And *that* is the reason so many of us are uncomfortable with a CNA passing meds under

  11. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

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

    little old man on the rehab unit recovering from a stroke, rang the bell a couple nights ago and wanted to know who won the 2nd World Series game between the Tigers and the

  12. Favorite, Fun, Weird, and Scandalous Symptoms and Diagnosis...

    grace90 replied to doctordefender's topic in Nursing Humor

    here's some from ours: Eval Difficult Breather Paincriatitius (can't remember exactly how it was spelled, but that's the gist of it)

  13. phone calls no outsider would believe

    grace90 replied to JBudd's topic in Emergency

    On night shift, usually when we are busy, we'll get a phone call from the husband of one of the float LPN's looking for her. Once in a while, fine, but this happens a lot, and of course since she...

  14. Letting CNA pass your meds, bad idea?

    grace90 replied to walla189's topic in General Nursing

    H-E-Double Hockey

  15. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    grace90 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Last night on medical/oncology we coded an elderly patient in with ARF/dehydration, and she didn't make it. She was my patient. On the previous shifts, she had been talking to her late husband, who...

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

    grace90 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    Years ago I worked as an aide at a nursing home that is now shut down. My first day on the job I heard talk about an aide that would squeeze (hard!) a very confused male pt's testicles when she...

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

    grace90 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, man! Next time I think I am having a bad day, I will remember this. At least you can laugh about it

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

    grace90 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    a few months ago a post-op lap chole pt was on a heparin drip and had low blood pressures, so the doc ordered a fluid bolus. the assigned nurse hung the bolus but the pt's condition was rapidly...

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

    grace90 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    Darn, I just hate it when I get blood pressures of stretched muscles. Our nursing jobs would be so much easier if those stretched muscles would just take their blood pressure

  20. Nursing survival gifts...

    grace90 replied to White Shoes's topic in Nursing Humor

    implanted caffeine pump, or maybe someone could invent a caffeine

  21. Which emoticons do you find the most amusing?

    grace90 replied to cjog's topic in Nursing Humor

    :monkeydance: :chair: :barf01: :biere: :behindpc: :beercuphe :sofahider :argue:

  22. Investments for 2006

    grace90 replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    this last one made me spew baked potato on the computer! thanks for the laugh. i'm home alone and just read new posts in the best ghost story thread and needed a laugh to shake off the

  23. Funniest thing a new nurse said/charted/asked...

    grace90 replied to RN12345656's topic in Nursing Humor

    At the end of a tiring nightshift recently I reported lung sounds as "active" and bowel sounds as "fine crackles in the

  24. Real 911 calls.....

    grace90 replied to RosesrReder's topic in Nursing Humor

    There was a case recently with a young (6-9 yo range I think) boy calling 911 because his mom was unresponsive and the 911 dispatcher didn't take him seriously right away and the mom ended up

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

    grace90 replied to NurCrystal22's topic in Nursing Humor

    How about filling a large bucket with GI bleed or C-Diff and, with no gloves or face mask, reach your hands in and grab out as many dirty used tampons as you can in two minutes without gagging,...