grace90

grace90 LPN, LVN

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  1. Ever dealt with a hospital merger?

    grace90 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I want to hear other nurses' experiences with hospital mergers and/or corporate takeovers of a hospital they worked at. My hospital is in the process of merging with another hospital that is owned by...

  2. Am I stupid? Med question...

    grace90 replied to allthingsbright's topic in General Nursing

    The other night I had a LOL ask me to break her Norco in half, which I did. She dropped both halves into her white bed sheets, and of course the darn pill was white. Her sheets weren't contaminated...

  3. Smoking And Nurses

    grace90 replied to ABC054's topic in General Nursing

    I don't care if other nurses smoke, as long as they do their job, and yes I know lots of smoking nurses who. do their job very well, and I don't have to cover their pt's for smoke breaks all the...

  4. You know you work nights when.......

    grace90 replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

    Glad I'm not the only one who's overslept and not gotten kids off the bus. What's a DCF

  5. You know you work nights when.......

    grace90 replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

    No Kidding!!!!! :yelclap: Then they expect us to actually be awake, coherent, participate and remember what they talked about.

  6. You know you work nights when.......

    grace90 replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

    You've ever fallen asleep in an elevator at the end of your shift, leaning against the wall. You've ever handed a store cashier your driver's license instead of a credit card. I always excuse it with...

  7. 10 things you say at work lay people could get arrested for

    grace90 replied to sharann's topic in Nursing Humor

    "Let me stick my hand down your pants a minute and get this". - loosening a Flo-tech on a patient while she was wearing her pants over

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

    grace90 replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Hmmm.... I don't think I shared my recent blood exposure story on here. Granted, it's not enough to make a maggot hurl, but it was icky nonetheless. I worked on New Year's Eve, on my usual 7p-7a...

  9. It's 4am, do you know where your patient is?

    grace90 replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    A coworker couldn't find an elderly female patient once, until she came walking down the unit hall buck naked and carrying her foley bag. The pt was told "Honey, you need to get some clothes on, you...

  10. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    grace90 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    I am unable to answer any more questions about my last post seeing as I have contracted a serious case of

  11. Stupidest reason to go to ER

    grace90 replied to DachRN's topic in Emergency

    This summer my mentally challenged son got a bad stomach bug. He couldn't keep anything down and was not his usual self, but just laid on the couch lethargic. This went on about 24 hours. Nothing...

  12. Nursing School Bloopers

    grace90 replied to Jabber964's topic in Nursing Humor

    I drop things, trip over things, lose things quite frequently. I understand the nervous shaky hands. We've all been there. Hang in there!

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

    grace90 replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    I was tired one night and in with a pt with a lot of pain, so I picked up her ice bag and tried to tell her "I'm gonna go refill your ice bag" but instead I turned vowels around and it came out "I'm...

  14. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    grace90 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Sending in a victim of your drunken rage, and then some time later coming in yourself claiming so much pain isn't gonna get you a bit of

  15. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    grace90 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    night shift, emptying something in a pt's bathroom, door is on my left and mirror to my right, I see in the mirror that someone is poking their head into the bathroom to talk to me, thinking it was...

  16. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    grace90 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Some people's children...

  17. Ortho Floor only takes care of ortho problems?

    grace90 replied to marygirl's topic in General Nursing

    Needing an order to check a blood sugar? That sounds like the jazz my hospital pulled a couple years ago, where they were writing nurses up for putting a pt on oxygen without an order. Whatever...

  18. lpn exam without clinical?

    grace90 replied to anangelsmommy's topic in General Nursing

    Doesn't make much sense to me, either. In my state, the school has to actually send a statement to the BON stating that you attended and completed the LPN portion of the program before you can even...

  19. Is it just me...

    grace90 replied to SaderNurse05's topic in General Nursing

    Me, neither. I can't seem to keep up with all my kids' school activities, assignments, etc. I can't even keep up with the dishes. I don't know if this would be better if I worked days instead of...

  20. MORPHINE and Dying Patients

    grace90 replied to constantlylearning's topic in General Nursing

    When my time comes, be it cancer, COPD, severe trauma or illness... I've always known that I would want to die in a sweet, peaceful morphine induced sleep. I'm such a baby about pain, and the last...

  21. EEK! There's a woman in my room!

    grace90 replied to 58flyer's topic in General Nursing

    Never heard of it, thank goodness. And I (female) certainly wouldn't do that to another human being. Seeing my husband get accidentally whopped in that region by my kids jumping on him has definitely...

  22. The most expensive, silly or cheap gifts you received from your hospital

    grace90 replied to Shantas's topic in General Nursing

    hmmm... let's see... In '04, '05 '06 We got a gift certificate for either a free ham or a free turkey- I always chose the turkey. This year we got a card in the mail offering 6 options. Many were...

  23. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    grace90 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Don't get drunk and ride your motor scooter around the neighborhood. That open leg fracture you got won't be operated on until your alcohol level drops, even if it takes 24

  24. MORPHINE and Dying Patients

    grace90 replied to constantlylearning's topic in General Nursing

    as i said ,"not to a pt. who is in noooooooodistress whatsoever!no vs sign prob, no crying out, no dyspnea!!!!!!!!!!!!!! how can you be sure of that? you become hospice,your talking ,you walking,your...

  25. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    grace90 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    This is my favorite thread, and I hate to see it twisted up by an argument. I like this thread because I can post the possibly ghostly things I see at work or home or a graveyard etc, and read other...