grace90

grace90 LPN, LVN

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  1. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    grace90 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Just a few months out of school I had a post-op alzheimer's patient do that because I wouldn't give him a sleeping pill at 3:30 am. They called the desk and I told them what was up. Funny now, but it...

  2. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    grace90 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    As much fun as this may sound, do not get drunk and high on cocaine and lay or walk in the middle of the road. You'll end up with multiple traumas after being hit with a car, and the nurses on the...

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

    grace90 replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    I narrowly missed getting hurled on by a LOL with an SBO last night. She was starting to throw up and turned to the side I was on as I was trying to get her a basin and I jumped away just as a stream...

  4. funniest thing you saw a nurse do.......

    grace90 replied to cre8tivRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was discussing a new ruptured appy patient's diet orders with the aide this morning, and I guess I accidentally referred to the surgeon as "Dr. Potty" instead of Dr. Petty. :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:...

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

    grace90 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Yup, that totally describes the shift I just got out of- 29 yo abdominal pain with fentanyl patch 175 mcg is STILL in pain begs for phenergan... 85 yo hip fx INR 2.9 1 unit plasma ordered, no urine,...

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

    grace90 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    nightshift 5 primaries with 2 covers, ortho/neuro/surgical: total knee ready to dc, lap chole lots of pain, arm fx ORIF pain controlled, aide rude to pts, large necrotic leg wound open q shift wet to...

  7. You are probably a med-surg nurse if.....

    grace90 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    You've ever told someone to "wake up and smell the GI

  8. The most embarrasing thing you've done at work!

    grace90 replied to ClaireMacl's topic in Nursing Humor

    Did that once when I worked in LTC as CNA- leaned forward to give patient spoonful of food and ripped loud toot, another CNA is sitting nearby and hears, I look at patient and smile, she looks at...

  9. You are probably a med-surg nurse if.....

    grace90 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Here's some that happened to me this past weekend off... :chuckle Your friends take off their shoes and socks to relax and you start mentally assessing the circulatory status of their feet. :rotfl:...

  10. You are probably a med-surg nurse if.....

    grace90 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

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

    grace90 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Floated to telemetry unit from my usual ortho/neuro/surgical 27F- pyelonephritis, pneumonia, desat 75%/RA 92%/2L C&DB C&DB C&DB!!! 70M- COPD SOB 94/RA NAD 70M- prisoner CP NAD guard...

  12. How many pt.s do YOU have today?

    grace90 replied to jodyangel's topic in General Nursing

    That's the way it should be! :yelclap: Tonight, none, it's my night off. Two nights ago, on my own floor, ortho/neuro/surgical, I had 6. Last night, I floated to telemetry and had 4 plus 2 lpn cover...

  13. Bono praises nurses

    grace90 replied to AllyRN82's topic in General Nursing

    Me, too!!! :uhoh21: :) :Melody: :selfbonk: :smackingf :) All you who get to go,

  14. Bono praises nurses

    grace90 replied to AllyRN82's topic in General Nursing

    My thoughts exactly, no matter whatever negative words other people might post about him, the band or what he said!!! I love U2!!! And I'm really glad he recognized nurses as working the hardest....

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

    grace90 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    #1- 52F- ER abd pain 3 days ago, found pelvic tumor 8.5 cm, unexpected TAH BSO, passed gas middle of night! :) :) :) but anxious and sad:crying2: #2- 79F- rotator cuff repair, denies pain, A&O...

  16. Nursing School Bloopers

    grace90 replied to Jabber964's topic in Nursing Humor

    I did that once, about a year after graduation, though, and another very patient nurse did help me clean it up. Now I always get a little nervous when I hang blood, cuz of the horrific mess that

  17. Nursing School Bloopers

    grace90 replied to Jabber964's topic in Nursing Humor

    Our first clinicals were in OB (not sure why, I think that would have been better at the end of the program, but I digress) and one morning I was changing a newborn's diaper in the nursery barehanded....

  18. Recommended Reading Nursing Books List (joke)

    grace90 replied to Angie O'Plasty's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'm sick! I'm sick!, by Hy Poe Kondrea Drunk Driving and Road Safety, by Milt T

  19. Recommended Reading Nursing Books List (joke)

    grace90 replied to Angie O'Plasty's topic in Nursing Humor

    Caring For A Patient With MRSA, by Vanc O'Mycin When Your Patient Has Heartburn, by Prile O'Seck The Nauseated Post-op Patient, by Z.O. Fran and Ty Gan Passing Kidney Stones, by Yuri Teri Alstent...

  20. IM injection help: maximum amount given in ventrogluteal site

    grace90 replied to christine2005's topic in General Nursing

    :rotfl: :chuckle :rotfl: :chuckle

  21. SUPER NURSE SNYDROME??? Do you know anyone that has it???

    grace90 replied to minnib's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    yup, we've got a few of those! one is actually a part time nursing instructor at the community college and works on our floor nights part time. from what i've heard from patient care assistants who...

  22. One of your best moments in Med Surg is...

    grace90 replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Medical-Surgical

    When a doctor I woke up 1 or more times in the middle of the night says "Thank you for calling." When a patient that I sent to ICU a few days or more ago is back on our surgical unit and stable....

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

    grace90 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    3 rn's, 20 pts, 1 excellent but sleepy patient care assistant #1- 22F- GB stones, high liver enzymes, waiting for surgery, BP better #2- 44M- rectal/perineal abscess, did he cheek vicodin? :angryfire...

  24. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

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

    34 M walkie talkie "I think I did something wrong to my IV pump when I unplugged it to go to the bathroom. The numbers on it keep going down. " The aide informed him, with a straight face, that I had...

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

    grace90 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Hey, Jen! It took me a year to get adjusted to nights. I've been on it for 16 months now. I had a lot of sleepless days first. Try to darken your bedroom as much as possible, such as with tin foil on...