grace90

grace90 LPN, LVN

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  1. Stupidest reason to go to ER

    grace90 replied to DachRN's topic in Emergency

    I had a toothache patient who had developed DKA and sepsis, blood glucose sky high. Another guy a few years ago had not been drinking fluids or eating for several days due to pain since having many...

  2. coworker complained: I dared to say "butt."

    grace90 replied to Johnny Moo Man's topic in General Nursing

    me,

  3. Is this true about most nurses..

    grace90 replied to BecomeNurse06's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I do. A nurse does need to grow a thick skin and be able to stand up for herself and her patients and speak her mind. When I started nursing I was just like you, shy and quiet and thin...

  4. Best-smelling liquid meds!

    grace90 replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in General Nursing

    Liquid Nystatin Swish-n-Swallow smells good. Liquid potassium chloride smells gross GI cocktails smell good - I think they have Benadryl, Mylanta?, Lidocaine and one other thing in them Mucomyst...

  5. The personal questions patients ask - sorry need to vent

    grace90 replied to Anagray's topic in Emergency

    I was glad to read suggestions about how to deal with patients' personal questions, but I don't particularly want to read the ethnic/religious/yada yada yada debate. Y'all are gonna end up getting...

  6. EKG made fun!!!

    grace90 replied to MissERN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Awesome! I'm tempted to send a link to the education department. I was laughing my butt off and my husband kept asking what was so funny, but he would never understand. Thank

  7. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    grace90 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    She did get a discharge...a celestial

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

    grace90 replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    I did that with a patient on POD#2, after having an emergency

  9. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    grace90 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    I got some nitro on my hand once, and got SOOOO

  10. Nurses, maybe you can help...

    grace90 replied to ThisIsntSybil's topic in General Nursing

    Sneeze all over the manager's phones. Blow your nose constantly in front of customers, then open the kleenex and say "Wow, is that green!". :uhoh21: Have coughing fits while ringing up the register....

  11. Nurses, maybe you can help...

    grace90 replied to ThisIsntSybil's topic in General Nursing

    My facility requires the flu shot of all employees, and has a point system for absences of any kind, accumulate too many and you're done. They really think that requiring the dang flu shot is gonna...

  12. RNs- Mostly first born? Alcoholic fathers?

    grace90 replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    youngest of 5 kids, next one closest to me was 5+ yrs older, neither parent alcoholic but mom was/is mentally ill and turned a blind eye to abuse outside the family and at times facilitated

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

    grace90 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oops! I completely worded this wrong. I was thinking two different things as I was typing it. I should have said "the public figured out that paramedics, orderlies, nurses, techs, and docs are NOT...

  14. So Mad I Could Just SCREAM.......

    grace90 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    doesn't all this bull violate emtala? can't something be done with regards to that? how will these corporate buttheads feel when their own actions bite them in the you know what? this makes me...

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

    grace90 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes! It's about freekin' time the public figured out that paramedics, orderlies, nurses, techs, and docs are somehow "open season" for venting their insanity on.

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

    grace90 replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    evanescence- bring me to life- reminds me of narcaning a pt "wake me up inside...and save me from this nothing i've

  17. Patient LOAD anyone?

    grace90 replied to Pheobe05's topic in General Nursing

    can i provide the care my patients deserve? absolutely not. not with 6 patients, and acuity is almost never taken into account unless there's a conscientious charge nurse on duty. last night i had...

  18. "No, I am not pregnant"

    grace90 replied to Tysmommy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Every time I read this post, I laugh my face off. If a female asks if you're pregnant when you're not, a good answer could be "Yes, and it's YOUR man's baby!"

  19. Share Your Saying

    grace90 replied to angelique777's topic in Nursing Humor

    Here's one from a relative, not sure who created it originally. "Do not wage war with dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with

  20. Share Your Saying

    grace90 replied to angelique777's topic in Nursing Humor

    Well, I don't have a sig on my posts, but I just came up with this one: "The only thing I claim to be an expert on is wiping my own (butt)."

  21. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    grace90 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Don't ring your light 3 times to have the PCA tell me you're nauseated. I heard you the first time, which was only 5 minutes ago. I'll get to calling for your Zofran when I make sure my HTN pt isn't...

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

    grace90 replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    "I don't have to be me 'til Monday/ Friday, Saturday and Sunday" (long weekends

  23. Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

    grace90 replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    that no matter how hard you try to cover your butt, management will find a bit of vulnerable buttcheek to pinch you with, and the only way to really know your butt is covered is to coat it with road...

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

    grace90 replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    I really dislike Britney Spears but... for OB nurses: "Ohh, baby baby... Oops, I did it again..." :icon_roll (I had 3 kids in 2.5 years

  25. Lessons learned from the other side of the call light

    grace90 posted a topic in General Nursing

    What are important lessons you've learned about nursing when you've been a patient or a family member of a patient? For me, the last couple days, with my son on the peds unit, I learned that when a...