grace90

grace90 LPN, LVN

ortho/neuro/general surgery

Member

  • Content

    763

  • Visitors

    6,907

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    21

All Content by grace90

  1. I just wanna be a DNR

    grace90 replied to NurseCherlove's topic in General Nursing

    Love it!!!

  2. Funny things you have said but wish you didn't

    grace90 replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    At the end of a busy night shift, I paged a hospitalist for something, and when he returned my call I answered and heard something about how someone was gonna take some toys of his. I guess I was...

  3. Things you would LOVE to say to your nursing instructors...

    grace90 replied to Montessori Mommy's topic in General Students

    What planet were you on when you went through school? How about a little reality

  4. remote telemetry and cardiac drips

    grace90 replied to Bucky22's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm... my facility does remote tele, and the non-cardiac nurses sometimes don't understand what the tech is telling them. And we do have non-titrating dopamine, insulin or bumex drips on the floors,...

  5. Meltdown moment...when was yours?

    grace90 replied to ChocoholicRN's topic in General Nursing

    Around 1 year experience, 7 primaries 11-7 ortho/medsurg. One pt was severely DD and needed a new PEG. General surgeon had attempted replacement unsuccessfully and was going to do it next day. PEG...

  6. Meltdown moment...when was yours?

    grace90 replied to ChocoholicRN's topic in General Nursing

    Brand new nurse more to come

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

    grace90 replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    For frequent flyers, the theme for Cheers: "you wanna go where people know you, people are all the same, you wanna go where everybody knows your name" pssst: tell me if I got the lyrics

  8. Disturbance During Lunch/Break

    grace90 replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    Get yer groceries somewhere else where noone knows

  9. Things you would LOVE to say to your nursing instructors...

    grace90 replied to Montessori Mommy's topic in General Students

    Okay, Okay, I guess I do have something positive to say after all. To the instructor who would not allow us to put medication administrations on our careplans in the interventions section, but...

  10. Things you would LOVE to say to your nursing instructors...

    grace90 replied to Montessori Mommy's topic in General Students

    Not I said the fly! :urgycld: :angthts: :scrm: :throcomp: :grn: :hlk: :msk: :spbox: :thnkg: :flmngmd: :watherthunderstormc:weathercloudandrain:

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

    grace90 replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    I like to listen to this song by Wayne Watson after I care for a comfort care patient that is close to passing or does pass during my shift - Home Free- "Home Free, eventually, at the ultimate...

  12. Most Embarassing Nursing Moments

    grace90 replied to Jessiedog's topic in Nursing Humor

    What I hate is going into a male pt's room to check on them, and they're using the urinal. I usually apologize and tell them I'll be back in a moment and pull the

  13. Most Embarassing Nursing Moments

    grace90 replied to Jessiedog's topic in Nursing Humor

    I also did that. I usually work 12s but had volunteered off for the first four, during which I took a good nap in my pajamas. :zzzzz I never sleep with a bra on. When the alarm went off at 10:15 pm ,...

  14. Most Embarassing Nursing Moments

    grace90 replied to Jessiedog's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'm a float, but usually am sent to med/surg floors or rehab. About once a month or so I am sent to postpartum/gyne. That unit is layed out totally different. One night, I went into my patient's...

  15. Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

    grace90 replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    How to cope with a code situation. :redbeathe How to comfort a family of a dying patient. How to give post-mortem care- for cryin' out loud, the patient care techs knew more and had to teach me....

  16. Things you would LOVE to say to your nursing instructors...

    grace90 replied to Montessori Mommy's topic in General Students

    would you just frickin' relax? if i didn't get to my patient's bath because i was busy with higher priority patients, it's not the end of the world. why on earth would you make me do total patient...

  17. 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

    WOW!! I am pretty sure my facility wouldn't allow that. I sure as h wouldn't stand for

  18. Would you call in because you didn't get any sleep?

    grace90 replied to Elvish's topic in General Nursing

    I would call in under those circumstances, too. When asked if I want to stay over on 1st shift, I always tell staffing that my brain shuts down after 8 am, I can't think straight worth a crap and do...

  19. 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

    to the patient who threatened to beat me up because she didn't get "that rush" after I gave her a low dose of narcotic IVP slowly and I had to summon help "would you hurry up and put on your coat and...

  20. Disturbance During Lunch/Break

    grace90 replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    They did have other charges on her, but they were also BS. She is a very good nurse, and some other facility will benefit from her skills. And then management wonders why morale is so

  21. Should assaults on medical personnel be a Felony Offense?

    grace90 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    Isn't it a bigger deal to assault a police officer than a regular joe on the street? Cops put themselves at risk everyday with what they deal with. So do health professionals. So we shouldhave extra...

  22. Disturbance During Lunch/Break

    grace90 replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    It's cold and snowing outside where I live right now. Chances are we probably don't, but if you're curious PM

  23. Disturbance During Lunch/Break

    grace90 replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    That's what our employer is doing now. One nurse actually got fired for staying late on the clock to chart after a hellacious shift. They also have cut our staffing at the same time. Setting us up to...

  24. 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

    If you don't start taking care of your chronic conditions instead of being the frequent DKA flyer that you are, we'll see you eventually lose one foot, then the other, then your site, and then we'll...

  25. SHORT SURVEY ON STAFFING LEVELS: Please take a minute for UAN to collect

    grace90 replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    When will administrators stop worshipping the almighty dollar and when will nurse managers stop reveling in the ability to throw their own