grace90

grace90 LPN, LVN

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  1. Silliest thing you ever did after a long shift...

    grace90 replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    A few times now I've pulled up in the driveway or garage, shut the engine off, took off my seatbelt and fallen asleep. Buying various assortments of chocolate. The worse the shift, the more the...

  2. "No New Orders Received" ..... ?

    grace90 replied to RainDreamer's topic in General Nursing

    When I've reported an issue to a physician and gotten a nasty reply, or no reply or hung up on, I chart what happened. i.e.: "Dr. HeadinRear notified of pt's increased pain and threat to go AMA...

  3. Promethazine IV Question

    grace90 replied to PMercier's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Our hospital still uses Demerol quite a bit. I think it's time for me to do some research and get some information to our supervisors, and the chief nursing officer, among others. They need to get...

  4. Hospital Administrator Fired for doing jury duty!

    grace90 replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    Here's some quotes from the article: ""He said I should have come to him sooner and he would have written a letter to get me out," said Brown. But Brown felt obligated to fulfill her civic duty. "I...

  5. Age you will/were graduated?

    grace90 replied to sweetiez's topic in General Students

    I was 28 when I graduated in

  6. What's the dumbest thing you ever got called on the carpet for?

    grace90 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Soon after I started floating, I spent a shift in OB, needed to call for new orders on one gyne patient and one postpartum section patient. I asked the regular nurses who to call and how and yada...

  7. How Long is your New Grad Orientation at your facility?

    grace90 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Usually 6 weeks but I managed to get 8 weeks as a new grad, plus 3 days of learning the charting, etc. I had 5 weeks on my med-surg floor on days and then 3 weeks on nights. I probably would have...

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

    grace90 replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    U2 "If God Will Send His Angels" I like to play this song after a shift when I had a particularly upsetting patient situation such as a young terminal cancer patient, or an unsuccessful code or...

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

    grace90 replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    Pearl Jam "Lightning Crashes" Lightning crashes A new mother cries Her placenta falls to the floor The angel opens her eyes The confusion sets in Before the doctor can Even close the door Lightning...

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

    grace90 replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

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

    grace90 replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    Stone Temple Pilots "Creep" Take time with a wounded hand 'Cause it likes to heal Take time with a wounded hand Guess I like to steal Take time with a wounded hand 'Cause it likes to heal, I like...

  12. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    grace90 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    In 1992 during spring break my older sister and I went down in a van with 14 other people to Austin, Texas. On the way back, another lady who had traveled with us insisted on driving all night. At 7...

  13. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    grace90 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    You know it! Bring it on!

  14. What would you do?

    grace90 replied to Windshadow's topic in General Nursing

    Not right now. Until my hubby's business gets off the ground, I'm the main one bringing home the bacon. Once things are different, I want to go back to school, get my bachelor's, and then pursue...

  15. What nurse role/skill did you once fear, but now enjoy?

    grace90 replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I worked on a ortho/surgical floor for 2 years before I switched to a float position, all on night shift. Now there's a lot of new grads that work the same weekend together. There's only 2 nurses on...

  16. What kind of LTC resident will you be?

    grace90 replied to squeakykitty's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I was just thinking that about myself, too. I'd be sneaking booze in, telling the nurse " to h$%& with my blood sugar " and eating chocolate and pizza. I'd also be the one with a tattoo on her...

  17. RN sitters at your facility?

    grace90 replied to BlearnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've done a 1:1 twice, and am an RN. This was when there was not any more PCA's available, or LPN's. The first time, it was with a younger gal that had attempted suicide, and she was self-care and...

  18. 501 ways to know you've been on allnurses.com too long!

    grace90 replied to Roy Fokker's topic in Nursing Humor

    175. You're subscribed to over 200

  19. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    grace90 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that hospitals and LTCs have lots of spirits around. But I disagree that cemetaries don't have spirits. I've experienced things in cemetaries that lead me to think otherwise. Several months...

  20. What do you expect of students?

    grace90 replied to natrgrrl's topic in General Nursing

    Uhm, yikes! Shouldn't they be concerned about their licenses if something went wrong with the patient and they hadn't been in the room? At my facility, we're required to do a full assessment and...

  21. Floating=dumping bad patients

    grace90 replied to lmc512's topic in Ob/Gyn

    As a full-time float, thank you! I don't find I have much of a big problem being stuck with the difficult patients all the time. It seems the staff nurses on the floors I float to have the same...

  22. Which nursing skills do you dread?

    grace90 replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    I hate caring for patients my age or younger that have terminal cancer or a chronic debilitating illness such as MS or MG. I hate dealing with DT's, I seem to get the patients that are either...

  23. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    grace90 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    This morning about a half hour before shift end, I was trying to get last minute charting done and trying to remember what I might have forgotten to chart. Out of the corner of my eye I saw someone...

  24. blood transfusions

    grace90 replied to ncoug06's topic in General Nursing

    And the only solution you can prime blood tubing with is 0.9% Normal

  25. I have a huge problem with this... opinions please

    grace90 replied to dawn30's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, like flipping burgers. Sounds like she doesn't belong in health