CashewLPN

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  1. If you could make your pt. Knowlegable

    CashewLPN replied to Agnus's topic in General Nursing

    well... for me... perhaps I'm being a touch selfish... but... I'd like people to know that I only have 2 hands, 2 eyes, 2 feet and 2 legs.... I am not an octopus... With a crew compliment of 3, with...

  2. Shadow in NYC

    CashewLPN replied to KHarper's topic in New York Nursing

    Ted-- I dont know if my mind is great... but it is exhausted!!! (slow mind tonight!)

  3. What is the best NYC hospital for a fresh grad?

    CashewLPN replied to paula77720's topic in New York Nursing

    thanks -jt.... the info is greatly appreciated...

  4. Pharm test for new hires?!

    CashewLPN replied to GalaMar's topic in New York Nursing

    hiyas! Actually, I've gotten a pharmacology 'test' before hire to a nursing home/Rehab center, and during my orientation period in the hospital... What kind of hospitals give them... I'd imagine,...

  5. Shadow in NYC

    CashewLPN replied to KHarper's topic in New York Nursing

    hiyas! Excellent choice.... shadowing is always a good thing... best bet, I'd imagine, is try to talk to people in HR at hospitals and nursing homes and medical centers... good luck!

  6. What is the best NYC hospital for a fresh grad?

    CashewLPN replied to paula77720's topic in New York Nursing

    hmm.... quick question about the magnet status... if a hospital is taken over by a magnet hospital, does the recent aquisition hospital automatically get the magnet award. or are they a seperate...

  7. Good hospitals in New York

    CashewLPN replied to Ebeza's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work for SIUH.... its within the LIJ system... all in all, a decent place... (I never liked hosp nursing that much, though....) they have a decent cardio center... brand new... they're...

  8. The Morning After: Migraines

    CashewLPN replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

    hmm.., I also get migraines... but had them before I worked nights... I carry an imitrex pen ALWAYS... (they come fast and brutal... certain smells and foods are a big trigger, also hormones..)...

  9. How many of you are married to or date someone in the Medical Field?

    CashewLPN replied to echo*echo's topic in General Nursing

    um.... I went out with a podiatry resident twice... nothing came out of it... now, dating a circuit board builder.... who is also a geek... which is good... (compliments my geekery)

  10. LTC Screamers

    CashewLPN replied to gizzy76's topic in General Nursing

    um... on my usual floor, we have 1 screamer, 1 attacking wanderer, and, 1 'cry and moan' person... each, will respond to verbal stimuli, some stop, some dont... we seperate the attacking wanderer,...

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

    CashewLPN replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    ok... this is in a 3 minute time span... apparantly, my resident got out of his geri chair, out of the restraint, apparantly sat in the elevator, and took off all his clothes. he was found (after 2...

  12. I got hurt at work

    CashewLPN replied to Buddha's topic in General Nursing

    hmm... I was on 'light duty' for 2 months, not too long ago... I tore my trapezius near my left shoulder when boosting a patient... it was horrible...the day after the injury, I had to go to work.......

  13. needleless needles

    CashewLPN replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

    hmm... I remember the push button angios... personally, I hated those-- they always never seemed to retract, and caused me to use a funny angle to get it to go into the vein... what killed me was...

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

    CashewLPN replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    hmm.... after all night for 2 days straight with a confused and hallucinating LOL screaming 'Nurse! NURSE!!!! EMERGENCY HELP I've FALLEN!' and, running into the room only noting her to be flat on her...

  15. Belly Piercing/Tattoo

    CashewLPN replied to shavsha's topic in General Nursing

    hmm.... 5 tattoos.... L shoulder, L mid-back,back of my neck, just below my neck, and, my R LE in my ears, I am just wearing one pair of cbr's(they're 22g,3/8" hoops... nice and tiny) about 1/2 way up...

  16. Blood transfusions, pump or gravity

    CashewLPN replied to kewlnurse's topic in General Nursing

    hmm.... we're not allowed to use a pump in my facility.... then again... the pumps are older than I am...

  17. Night shift nurses are lazy and NICU isn't real nursing!

    CashewLPN replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    not to be a 'player hater'... I work3-11's typically... sometimes I do float to nights.(not as much now as I go to school in the AMs... gotta leave my house at 0530 to get there on time) BUT... I do...

  18. Pick Up Lines!!

    CashewLPN replied to trishaLVN's topic in Nursing Humor

    heather-- one of the NYC radio stations used to have that... and once a week, they'd play what some of the more loserish dudes said on the lines... it was funny...

  19. Do taller people need longer stethoscopes?

    CashewLPN replied to eventsnyc's topic in General Nursing

    I'm pretty sure it has to do with sound quality (as in shorter is better) and, what length you're comfortable with... Personally, I like the 22 inch version, and I'm pretty tall too... (5'8")...

  20. Im so sad.

    CashewLPN replied to adnstudent's topic in General Nursing

    ok... well... my little story.... I was hanging out with a dude for a LONG time... (2 years or so) we were close for a while, and when i thought that perhaps all was well, it all went down the...

  21. All Lpn's Please Read

    CashewLPN replied to RNforLongTime's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    okay guys... here goes... As with anything... I know we are some of the most strong willed people knowed to mankind.... Therefore, when we feel strongly about something... we tend to speak out about...

  22. I need somebody's opinion....

    CashewLPN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hiyas all... hows it doing Happy Holidays! ok... now that it is holiday time and all... I was wondering.... how many of yous worn a religious symbol to work (IE a cross, a star of david.... et al) Do...

  23. imitrex(and pretend I dont know anything)

    CashewLPN posted a topic in General Nursing

    hello..... lucky me had my first real migraine headache last night at work... I got so dizzy and nauseated, with some nasty photophobia, I eventually fell over at the nurses station... it was a bad...

  24. imitrex(and pretend I dont know anything)

    CashewLPN replied to CashewLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Nice article!

  25. imitrex(and pretend I dont know anything)

    CashewLPN replied to CashewLPN's topic in General Nursing

    hey-- another question re: migraines.... do they tend to last for days and days? I've had this wierd headache-- mild, but persisting... And, I'm living on excedrine... and-- Does anyone use the...