Angie O'Plasty

Angie O'Plasty

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  1. Gimme your one-liners!

    Angie O'Plasty replied to callmekipling's topic in Nursing Humor

    When I get a patient who has just gotten a pacemaker or ICD and has gotten one or more new leads with it, I always remind them to be careful with the arm on the side where it was implanted...or else...

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

    Angie O'Plasty replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    One day while on orientation at my PCA job on a tele floor, my preceptor and I were seeing one of our patients and he asked for a cup of coffee. We told him that he could have coffee, but only decaf...

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

    Angie O'Plasty replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    "The Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" by Gloria Estefan (heart rhythms, that

  4. Funny things that pts say

    Angie O'Plasty replied to jRN4now's topic in Nursing Humor

    Here's something amusing a woman at my church told me about: When she got her first pacemaker around 8 years ago, apparently it was rather noticeable as she is a small person and it was bigger than...

  5. Night Shift might be killing me

    Angie O'Plasty replied to NICU_3_RN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Maybe you're just not a night person. I know that for me, nights would NOT work at all--I'm much more of a day-shift person but can do evenings if needed, but I can't imagine doing nights considering...

  6. Guess the mispronounced medical term

    Angie O'Plasty replied to EricJRN's topic in General Nursing

    Haven't heard any really good ones yet but one common one that bugs me is "defribulator" or "defibulator". It's really quite

  7. ?? for long-haired female nurses/student! How do you wear your hair at the hospital?

    Angie O'Plasty replied to Athenas83's topic in General Nursing

    Mine is down to about mid-back, no bangs, and I almost always wear it in a low ponytail (occasionally a high ponytail or a bun) at clinical/work; in fact, that's how I generally wear it at other times...

  8. 5 worse things a patient can do ...

    Angie O'Plasty replied to Witheney's topic in General Nursing

    UGH, sounds like a pt I had on my unit this past week!!! Fortunately she was transferred to rehab yesterday so we won't have to listen to her constantly yelling for help all day (when we've been in...

  9. Coworker as pt??

    Angie O'Plasty replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    That reminds me of something I saw in my research job prior to starting my direct-entry MSN program. Our team did a lot of studies related to cardiovascular disease prevention, diabetes etc. and some...

  10. Bathing critically ill patients?

    Angie O'Plasty replied to DOHALT07's topic in General Nursing

    I think part of the problem is, as a couple of people have said, that with all the other things going on sometimes there just isn't time. I'm a student working as a PCA on a telemetry floor where the...

  11. What do you all think of tele patients drinking coffee

    Angie O'Plasty replied to RNCRNA2BE's topic in General Nursing

    I'm just a student working as an aide on a tele floor, but our patients quite often get regular coffee/colas sent up on their trays, unless there is a specific reason not to. Some tele patients are...

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

    Angie O'Plasty replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Ick! Sounds like she needed some mouth care

  13. Uniforms.. color scrubs vs whites

    Angie O'Plasty replied to staceylee67's topic in General Nursing

    I think the idea of having the large RN patch sewn on the scrub top/lab coat is a good one--it's big enough to be obvious to patients but allows us to continue dressing in a way that's practical and...

  14. Nurses children and vaccinations, how do you feel?

    Angie O'Plasty replied to Mistify's topic in General Nursing

    Great...sounds like there needs to be some work on developing alternative vaccines for that one then (at least here in the US)! Then people wouldn't be put in such a bad position of having to use a...

  15. Nurses children and vaccinations, how do you feel?

    Angie O'Plasty replied to Mistify's topic in General Nursing

    Well, hopefully he will also be someone who has chosen to save sex for marriage, and in that case the testing wouldn't be necessary, but if he has ever been sexually active it would certainly be...

  16. Nurses children and vaccinations, how do you feel?

    Angie O'Plasty replied to Mistify's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't realize that--which

  17. Nurses children and vaccinations, how do you feel?

    Angie O'Plasty replied to Mistify's topic in General Nursing

    I feel the same way about this one. I can see where from a public health standpoint it may help, since there will always be those who continue to have early unprotected sex. However, as you said,...

  18. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    Angie O'Plasty replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Very bad idea for sure! What exactly was the situation behind this

  19. Things that make you go... ehhh errmm ack!

    Angie O'Plasty replied to xt1's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You mean a snot

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

    Angie O'Plasty replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    This isn't nearly as bad as a lot of what is posted here, but I just had to share. In my first semester med/surg clinical I was on a general surg floor--lots of abdominal operations and the like. My...

  21. Need help with Temporary Pacers!!

    Angie O'Plasty replied to ALCCRN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    The sensitivity terminology, IMHO, is not that great--it does seem backwards. I think a better term would be "sensing threshold" rather than

  22. Would you ever be a doctor?

    Angie O'Plasty replied to arizonanurse's topic in General Nursing

    Well, my story is that I actually applied to medical school right out of undergrad, and didn't get in, after being waitlisted at three schools. I was getting ready to start the reapplication process...

  23. Recommended Reading Nursing Books List (joke)

    Angie O'Plasty posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    WARNING: Bad pun alert! Read at your own risk... Opening Blocked Arteries by Angie O'Plasty Dangerous Arrhythmias by Vee Tacke Cardiac Arrest by V. Fibb and A. Systole A Shocking Experience by...

  24. Sterile field contamination?

    Angie O'Plasty replied to MamaT's topic in Nursing Humor

    Well, "particles" can just mean the molecules of a gas, and I think that is the case here. When somebody lets one rip, the noxious odor comes from various gases (such as hydrogen sulfide and...

  25. I had an MI on Tuesday

    Angie O'Plasty replied to husker-nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, that's rough--glad you recognized that there was a problem even though you had atypical symptoms and that you were treated promptly! Definitely a lesson to all of us. God bless you on the road...