grace90

grace90 LPN, LVN

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  1. I am a nurse, but I dream of....

    grace90 replied to Elisheva's topic in General Nursing

    I would love to be: -a chocolate taste tester -a mattress sleep tester -work in a coffee shop -living on a tropical pacific island with a simple life and no

  2. Would this bother you?

    grace90 replied to Ann RN's topic in General Nursing

    Last night I had to insert a foley in a female patient who is a retired RN, and she said I did a really good job! :-) (and I got it on the first

  3. Unit Clerks are Useless!

    grace90 replied to HUCtoRNBScN's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, I don't know that I can do everything a ward clerk does. The computer system for entering orders is so complicated sometimes, and these ward clerks sail their way around it so quick it blows...

  4. Unit Clerks are Useless!

    grace90 replied to HUCtoRNBScN's topic in General Nursing

    I highly value unit clerks! Our facility has *1* from 11p-7a for ALL the floors including ICU, and then ER has it's own. I worked 11p-7a for 2 years, and learned to put in my own stat orders, put a...

  5. Where were u 9/11/01?

    grace90 replied to k_cole21's topic in General Nursing

    I was still in nursing school. I was driving to a nearby city to spend the day with my older sister when I heard the news over the radio of the planes hitting the towers. My husband was at home with...

  6. grrrrrrrrrr.........

    grace90 replied to luvkitties's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! Thank you for the reminder of the importance of human touch. :heartbeat (I realize this is off-topic ) With gloves on it is hard to assess the moisture and temperature and general condition of...

  7. THIS Is Why I Love Geriatrics

    grace90 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What your facility pulled together for that couple is wonderful! Way to

  8. pacify or orientate? Alzheimers...

    grace90 replied to Lfransis's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I worked in LTC as a CNA before becoming a nurse. One patient was particularly agitated one day, and was sitting in her chair yelling that she was stuck in a pool and couldn't get out. After a few...

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

    grace90 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Our tax dollars at

  10. Describe your last day at work in 50 words or less !?

    grace90 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    (please, let's don't argue on this thread, I like this thread cuz it's great for venting) 7p-11p tele: 3 COPD exacerbations, 1 CHF, 1 OD waking up only talks to PCA; 11p-7a med/onc: pancreatitis,...

  11. Terms we will not admit to using

    grace90 replied to gwenith's topic in Nursing Humor

    Once while getting my ear chewed over the phone by a grumpy internal med doc, I wrote out the initials DSIAA- Dr. Soandso Is An ####### on scrap paper. MRSA- My Rectum Smells Awful DHPIA or DDPIA or...

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

    grace90 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Okay, I'll fess up.... When my youngest was just a few days old, or maybe a few weeks old, I almost brought her to the ER cuz she kept crying and I thought her heel bone had gotten dislocated. I...

  13. 10 things you say at work lay people could get arrested for

    grace90 replied to sharann's topic in Nursing Humor

    to the telemetry tech- Can you do a strip for me?, How's her strip look? to a patient- You need to hold still while we run a strip on you. about a critical lab result- Wow, he's

  14. Hey, Managers! What's up with the "weeding out" of good nurses?

    grace90 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Do we all work at the same hospital? So much of this stuff sounds

  15. Adenosine for rapid a-fib?

    grace90 posted a topic in Cardiac

    A week ago I had a surgical patient, s/p emergent rectal abscess I&D w/ a big cardiac history, post-op go into rapid a-fib 180's with low BP and SOB:uhoh3: , the internal med doc in house had us...

  16. FIVE-STAR experience in a Luxury Hospital?

    grace90 replied to Lenap's topic in General Nursing

    When you're constantly running to get the light of the demanding VIP, whom donates a lot to the hospital and the food service staff actually offered lobster to, it does take away from the care of...

  17. Use of Prisoners in Drug Trials

    grace90 replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    Nope.

  18. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    grace90 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    :stone :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire

  19. Describe your last day at work in 50 words or less !?

    grace90 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    12 hours on medical/oncology... non-compliant DKA frequent flier "I want cookies", LOL w/ N/V Fleets, many code browns but she feels better, leg cellulitis hx a-fib converts to sinus now it's Mobitz...

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

    grace90 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    I could be wrong, but...I think a temp of 103.8 at 3 wks pp IS an emergency. So is vomiting and abdominal pain for 3 days. Those are both good reasons for going,

  21. You know you work nights when.......

    grace90 replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm on the 3rd of a 3 night off stretch (gotta love 12's ) and this morning at 10 am:uhoh3: , after going to bed at 2:15 am and being up briefly to put my 8 year old son on the bus at 7, my husband...

  22. **Alert**Our Right to Privacy as nurses???

    grace90 replied to bchboy's topic in General Nursing

    Michigan just lists our town and zip

  23. Sometimes I hate being the nurse in the family

    grace90 replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    Right after I entered the nursing program a family member gave me a hard time cuz I didn't know what a Mongolian Spot was yet. :trout: A friend of mine used to call me up for medical advice. Once it...

  24. You know you work nights when.......

    grace90 replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

    "Waking up Mommy" is a felony in your household. You stumble out of bed at 4:30 pm and your 6 year old tells you to drink some coffee cuz you look grouchy. You've ever gotten one of your kids off...

  25. What do you do to calm yourself at work?

    grace90 replied to dano's topic in General Nursing

    If I can get away, I sit down for a bit with a cup of coffee, orange juice or water and take deep breathes with my feet up. If I can't get away because my team is hectic but I can feel myself...