Shenanigans RN

Shenanigans has 9 years experience as a RN.

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1. One of *those* nurses....

   Shenanigans replied to Shenanigans's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the advice, people! I got pulled into the manager's office and she was rather annoyed that I had a union rep and that the rep didn't take cr@p. Its almost like people there think I'm just...

2. So my heart broke when I saw this patient....

   Shenanigans replied to Da_Milk_of_Amnesia's topic in General Nursing

   Sometimes you just gotta do things like that. We really need as nurses to try and knock some of this PC BS on the head, its getting in the way of being humans and showing compassion. Let the doctors...

3. One of *those* nurses....

   Shenanigans posted a topic in General Nursing

   Annnnd its finally happened. I've finally seen what so many had warned me about and so many complain about. The nastiness that can weasle its way into our nursing teams. Long and short of it, there's...

4. Are we not allowed to discuss patient cases at all?

   Shenanigans replied to ChristyRN2009's topic in General Nursing

   I think its important, and cathartic to discuss certain patients, though its gotta be done with respect to their privacy, of course. A lecturer was telling me once how she overheard a conversation in...

5. unbelievable... in today's world

   Shenanigans replied to ilmbg's topic in General Nursing

   Down under in most places its the phelbotomists who wear gloves when drawing blood, always, but nurses... not so much! At training and where I"ve worked, they tend to say "well, wear them if you have...

6. Cost of UK rego

   Shenanigans posted a topic in International Nursing

   I'm starting the long and drawn out process of trying to get some work in the UK. I'm going through an agency, or investigating it as I've never travelled before, so just need a little extra assist in...

7. Planning for a UK work holiday thingie

   Shenanigans posted a topic in International Nursing

   I've been in conversation with an Agency, Contiental Travel Nurse, anyone dealt with them? They seem friendly and knowledgable and their perks seem good. Any other agencies I could look at? Anyone...

8. How does your facility deal with fetal demise?

   Shenanigans replied to anggelRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   In my country, across all major public hospitals, and probably most private ones, we have a lot of focus on cultural sensitivity and allowing individuals to express their faith/culture as they see...

9. Are nurses allowed to claim vaccination exemptions?

   Shenanigans replied to moodyred01's topic in General Nursing

   Where I work they offer the flu vax free. They encourage it with a huge swag of chocolates and other such diabetic inducing foods to the ward who gets the most staff vaxd. I was told "NO" by both my...

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

    Shenanigans replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    My flat mate just reminded me of something I saw that was just as foul. Pt with diabetes, non-compliant with meds, DNA, usual sort of thing, he ended up with necrotising facitisis (sp) on his member...

11. "Twins By Surprise"

    Shenanigans replied to krltdy's topic in General Nursing

    I'm one of these nurses who thinks "infection control" a lot. Sure, there's antibotics, but I saw a doco about home births in my home country and there was a woman who gave birth in a really dirty...

12. The strangest thing you've ever seen on an x-ray?

    Shenanigans replied to Spirit of Humor's topic in Nursing Humor

    One of those old styled rounded prosthetic eyes up the backside. We didn't know it was that until it was removed. One girl found out her friend was cheating with her boyfriend, so she took her cell...

13. Funny things that pts say

    Shenanigans replied to jRN4now's topic in Nursing Humor

    This is a bit of a rude one. A 21 year old chap on the ortho ward, who was residing in a six bed room asked me, straight faced and seriously, "do you think it'd be weird if I wanked off in here?"...

14. Clothing issues/malfunctions.

    Shenanigans replied to THAT Nurse.'s topic in Nursing Humor

    Our uniforms aren't exactly the most well made. You know nurses tape? The white stuff we use on pretty much everything? I have a big wad of it holding the underside of my sleeve to the torso of the...

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

    Shenanigans replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    I've been a nurse for less then a year. On my first post grad rotation I met a guy who suffered the most horrific death I have EVER seen. Long story short, he was a chronic smoker and even after a...