grace90

grace90 LPN, LVN

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  1. Pain is subjective?

    grace90 replied to lena130's topic in General Nursing

    :deadhorse Pain is what the patient says it is.

  2. Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

    grace90 replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    How to cope... when the competing hospital in your small city conducts a hostile takeover of your facility and maliciously disguises it as a "peaceful merger with a smooth transition". How to cope......

  3. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    grace90 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    MRO??? What's that stand

  4. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    grace90 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Cutting up a downed tree with a chainsaw while wearing shorts and sandals is a bad idea. What's REALLY a bad idea is to not hold the chainsaw away from your body while trimming the branches off. It...

  5. This is what happens when you don't feed the nurses

    grace90 replied to ShayRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    flagrant foul- when a pt deliberately throws a wad of poop at a nurse fumble- when a pt is attempting to get to a bedside commode and poop gets all over the bedrail, bed, floor and commode, plus the...

  6. Merck suspends lobbying for Gardasil vaccine

    grace90 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    There is no way my girls are getting it. They're both under 10 and if it gets mandated here I'm declining

  7. Merck suspends lobbying for Gardasil vaccine

    grace90 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    :angthts: and that's all I got to say about

  8. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    grace90 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Bet that ensuing cellulitis wasn't so soft and supple,

  9. Overheard...

    grace90 replied to Reno1978's topic in Nursing Humor

    When I'm trying to move an occupied bed or push someone in a wheelchair, and bump it into the wall, I usually say something like "good thing I drive better than this". Usually gets a

  10. have you ever "written up" yourself in an incident report?

    grace90 replied to l.rae's topic in General Nursing

    yeah, unfortunately, I have, being that I make mistakes more than I wish I did, and I've never gotten in trouble after writing myself up for a mistake, and never had a doc get mad at me for telling...

  11. Most Embarassing Nursing Moments

    grace90 replied to Jessiedog's topic in Nursing Humor

    I flushed a G/J tube a while back on a pt and got a face full of water/formula/gastric secretions. Luckily I wear glasses and my mouth was closed! :barf01: I quickly finished up with her, then...

  12. Strange things found on (or in) a pt.

    grace90 replied to squeakykitty's topic in Emergency

    I wish I didn't have such an active, visual imagination. There are some things that are better not left to the

  13. Strange things people present to the ER with....

    grace90 replied to klcrn1987's topic in Emergency

    Sleepin' totally buck on a lab

  14. Share Your Saying

    grace90 replied to angelique777's topic in Nursing Humor

    to patients needing to do some pulmonary toilet- "coughing and deep breathing clears the junk out of your lungs and keeps 'em expanding like they should, it's your lungs' way of keeping

  15. If I Murder A Co-worker, How To Hide The Body??

    grace90 replied to walk6miles's topic in General Nursing

    put a large amount of Ativan Intensol in her coffee, then put a bullet in her and dump her off in front of another

  16. Night Shifters: Do you sleep?

    grace90 replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    If I snapped a picture of a coworker it would only be to tease 'em later with, and then

  17. Night Shifters: Do you sleep?

    grace90 replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    If I fall asleep at work, it's unintentionally and usually while computer charting when I just can't keep my eyes open. I've seen other nurses grab warm blankets when it gets cold around 3-5 in the...

  18. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    grace90 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm... in the last month or so, I've had a few weird things happen. An older lady asked who the children in the room were. It was middle of night shift, no children around. :behindpc: A younger guy...

  19. Share Your Saying

    grace90 replied to angelique777's topic in Nursing Humor

    "systems that rely on perfect performance by individuals are doomed to fail, the for simple reason that all humans err, and frequently!" i got this from a med safety continuing education credit...

  20. Should this patient be in ICU??

    grace90 replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    My facility nearly always sticks insulin drips on the floors. This pt sounds like one they'd put on our med/surg units:no:, and they never adjust assignments accordingly. After seeing so many of you...

  21. Have you ever...

    grace90 replied to alcrab01's topic in Nursing Humor

    When I was a LTC CNA, I was feeding a patient, and leaned forward to get something off her tray, and ripped a loud one. I looked at the patient, and said something to the CNA sitting near me about how...

  22. Not allowed to say "I was busy w/ another pt"

    grace90 replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in General Nursing

    when i've been delayed from caring for one patient due to unexpected unevents with another patient, i have apologized and told them i had an emergency to take care of or a blood transfusion to hang,...

  23. Share Your Saying

    grace90 replied to angelique777's topic in Nursing Humor

    "I've worked worse shifts." That's what I say when asked if I'm having a rough night. I figure as long as I haven't had to unsuccessfully code one of my patients:no:, then my shift must be going ok...

  24. I yelled at another nurse.

    grace90 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    :clphnds::clphnds::clphnds:

  25. I cringed on the inside

    grace90 replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

    Same with my kids, especially my 9 year old boy. He'll put down 6 or 7 bean tacos (just beans and shell, at home) then a whole container of strawberries if we let him. He's constantly in motion,...