grace90

grace90 LPN, LVN

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  1. Define Nursing in 3 words

    grace90 replied to FutureNurseSaga's topic in General Nursing

    determined compassionate

  2. Most Embarassing Nursing Moments

    grace90 replied to Jessiedog's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'm a vegetarian, and eat a lot of beans, broccoli, spinach, etc. Some nights I'm just one big walking fart! Last week I had a particularly musical night on the tele floor, and a nurse walked up to...

  3. Song lyrics that remind you of nursing...

    grace90 replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    "Mama said there'd be days like this, there'd be days like this, my Mama said..." "I'm coming home, I'm coming home, home sweet

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

    grace90 replied to squeakykitty's topic in Emergency

    yeah, i was wondering that, too. must not have been active i guess, if there were that many tampons up

  5. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    grace90 replied to Goju's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm not afraid of germs. I am a dedicated caring person. I am first a wife and mother, I am a daughter, and then lastly I am a nurse. Signing off of this futile argument. I've defended my stance...

  6. Most silly reason for being called in the office?

    grace90 replied to nursebrandie28's topic in Emergency

    putting O's on a patient having MI, never mind I didn't get an order first before we slapped the 2L of O's on him, MONA??? not charting a pt's I/O completely- left out IV total- but rapid responsed...

  7. Most silly reason for being called in the office?

    grace90 replied to nursebrandie28's topic in Emergency

    and being that this was on your own 'off' time away from work, not on the clock, she still decided it was her business??

  8. What do you wish for in a break room?

    grace90 replied to RNmom08's topic in General Nursing

    peace and privacy, privacy and peace, :redbeathe comfortable chairs and a locking door with a code or badge swipe

  9. Sliding Scale Insulin

    grace90 replied to RN BSN 2009's topic in General Nursing

    perhaps, since you're the expert, you could throw out a few bits about what we're doing wrong i personally work nites and have been dealing with the questions of when to give coverage insulin for...

  10. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    grace90 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Nuttin' new to share from ol' Gracie. I used to be a little bit of a ghosthunter, mainly at work, but two nights in a row my little girls had very frightening nightmares about ghosts in their rooms....

  11. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

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

    Kiwilime81, your name is making me thirsty!! Thanks for the post. I am sorry if I sounded offensive or rude to you in my posts. I sure can get a mouth on me sometimes. For the record, I'm not...

  12. IM Talwin?

    grace90 posted a topic in Patient Medications

    Got an order for IM Talwin last night, pharmacy called that they didn't carry that nor heard of

  13. DNR tattoos...

    grace90 replied to MerdalRN's topic in General Nursing

    I like your plan of having a doc sign and date your tattoo. I plan to get a DNR tattoo on my arm or chest. if I'm not all 'home' don't break my

  14. IM Talwin?

    grace90 posted a topic in Patient Medications

    got order for this last night pharmacy didn't have it or ever heard of it veteran nurses of 39+ years hadn't either anybody ever heard of it

  15. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    grace90 replied to Goju's topic in Disaster Preparation

    hey moderators, this is getting hostile, myself included, so what's the plan? are ya locking this thread? nobody is going to change anyone else's mind perhaps there is no right or wrong answer...

  16. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    grace90 replied to Goju's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Uhm... Wait a moment while I swoon at the romantic idea of dying a noble death as a self-denying saint of a nurse wiping the sweating brow of dying influenza patients as I feel my body surrendering...

  17. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    grace90 replied to Goju's topic in Disaster Preparation

    For me it's not just about PPE. In a pandemic, my family will be in danger. When the cubs are in danger, Momma Grizzly is going

  18. It is me or them!!! I can't stand it anymore!

    grace90 replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Me, too!!!!!!!!!! :redbeathe:heartbeat::redpinkhe: :loveya::smilecoffeecup::yeahthat::cheers: :w00t::balloons::thankya::flowersfo:

  19. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    grace90 replied to Goju's topic in Disaster Preparation

  20. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    grace90 replied to Goju's topic in Disaster Preparation

    me, too! i have a severely mentally disabled son and all help we get with caring for him would be stopped. he would need both parents. my children only have one mother, and that's me and that is where...

  21. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    grace90 replied to Goju's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yeah, whatever... Ever seen the movie 'Outbreak'?

  22. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    grace90 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    What a waste of a yummy brand of hot

  23. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    grace90 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    IMO- no, it's not the pediatrician's place to do so. Let a lawyer or someone like that do it. And since the 'dad' is acting as a parenting figure to the baby, then it wouldn't be a hippa

  24. Song lyrics that remind you of nursing...

    grace90 replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    Evanescence "My Immortal" "These wounds won't seem to heal, This pain is just too real, There's just too much that time cannot erase" same band, Whisper, "I know I can stop the pain, If I will it...

  25. I just wanna be a DNR

    grace90 replied to NurseCherlove's topic in General Nursing

    Some day, after my kids are grown (or, God forbid, before) I'm gonna get a tattoo on my chest that has CPR with a circle around it and a slash through it and the words "Do Not Resuscitate, Put that...