Shenanigans

Shenanigans RN

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  1. Med Errors: Share Your Stories

    Shenanigans replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I've only been a nurse for about six months and the only med error I"ve made was I didn't set the IVF rate properly of some normal saline that was running through a burrette - essentially it was...

  2. Finally saw nurse on House

    Shenanigans replied to Unique87's topic in General Nursing

    That show is awesome! I get a bit riled when I have to work the same night its on so I then have to end up searching the net to watch catchup! But I've seen a few nurses on the show over the time it's...

  3. Working as a stripper AND a nurse

    Shenanigans replied to inland18mempire's topic in General Nursing

    Honesty? I don't know. Seriously? You shouldn't bloody do it. At all. Imagine what would happen if a customer from the flesh mill saw you in hospital and pointed it out to everyone? This isn't like...

  4. Are Transgendered nurses not liked?

    Shenanigans replied to tmwhalens's topic in General Nursing

    There are orificeholes everywhere, not just in the toilet. You will meet staff and pts who dont' like you. You will meet staff and pts who don't like you because you're trans gendered. You will...

  5. Herpes stuffed animal?

    Shenanigans replied to LuckyKelleyK's topic in Nursing Humor

    That's going to the "post a link" on my facebook page. ^_^ But there's a "good bacterial replacement pill" sold in New Zealand and the drug reps try to peddle it in hospitals by handing out plushie...

  6. Am I the only weird one that does this LOL

    Shenanigans replied to cherokeesummer's topic in General Nursing

    Hah! I did that at my mum's house, picked up the phone and said "hello, ward ... me speaking" the woman on the other end was like "ahh... sorry, I've got the wrong number" to which I replied "i can...

  7. My job is awesome! Nursing is awesome!

    Shenanigans posted a topic in General Nursing

    So many of our sisters (and boy nurses) often have to vent and rail against some of the negatives of our chosen career and the idiots, both pts and other professionals that we encounter grate our...

  8. My job is awesome! Nursing is awesome!

    Shenanigans replied to Shenanigans's topic in General Nursing

    I work in New Zealand. Apparently the pharmacy gets them from some lab. They're applied for an hour, and then a new lot are dished out. It was so cool! It was even better then the bag of...

  9. What's the saddest thing you've seen in your career??

    Shenanigans replied to Misslady113's topic in General Nursing

    As a student I saw a baby die of "suspisious" injuries in the ED. The ambo called in and said the child had been in VF for about 30 minutes and unresponsive and with a resp rate of 5 for about an hour...

  10. Should Doctors Have Guns?

    Shenanigans replied to Anxious Patient's topic in General Nursing

    NZL has some pretty strict gun laws and while gangs are making a mint sneaking in some "pistol" type guns, usually people can only legally get farm and hunting rifles and guns. Its easy to get a gun...

  11. Most Irritating Pt Award

    Shenanigans replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    What you guys could do is not shower for like a month, then he'll be so disgusted by your collective stench he won't bother you. Of course, there are the infection control issues and the other pts......

  12. Age Discrimination in Nursing? How Old is "Too Old?"

    Shenanigans replied to lamazeteacher's topic in General Nursing

    In NZL we don't legally have a retirement age as that's considered a breech of the human rights treaties and acts, both in the UN and in our own country. Its usually up to the worker and their...

  13. what would you do??

    Shenanigans replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    Just did my glucometre training the other day actually. It said if you get random results that you have to either wash your and the pt's hand, disguard the first drop of blood, check to make sure the...

  14. Do you experience jealousy from friends/family members?

    Shenanigans replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely agree with you there, sister. I bet its their rabid jealously that means I'm the only one in the family who's NOT allowed to talk about my job! Although, my dad's smelly mistress who looks...

  15. So, tell me again why you suddenly want to be a nurse...?

    Shenanigans replied to JoblessRN's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps the offence came from her beleiving eveyrone would start dancing around agreeing with her and replying with "posting to the choir, grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl friend!" But another point - I was...

  16. So, tell me again why you suddenly want to be a nurse...?

    Shenanigans replied to JoblessRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my gosh ! Dancing stick man or lady!! AWESOME! As for the matter at hand... there are worse reasons for becoming nurse, I met a skank who wanted to be a RN to score a doctor husband. But its my...

  17. Second languages? Third? Or more?

    Shenanigans replied to Giant Panda's topic in General Nursing

    In NZL our native populace, Maoris, a lot more of them and society as a whole are beginning to speak Te Reo (the Maori Language). I've also been in situtations where knowing Mandarin, Spanish and...

  18. Stupid Nurse Trick... Don't try this at home... or work!

    Shenanigans replied to TXRN02's topic in Nursing Humor

    I once pulled up the patient's curtain - it was one of those roller ones, but it hadn't latched correctly, i bent down to pick up something and WHAM it hit me on the head. I actually wondered if I had...

  19. Did AIDS patient can share same room with other patient?

    Shenanigans replied to Ilikelemontea's topic in General Nursing

    Unless they're having sex or sharing needles, I have to go with the majority and say they're pretty

  20. Sooo tired of patients complaining about foreign nurses' accents....

    Shenanigans replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    This same problem happened on shift last night, where a doctor couldn't understand a foreign nurse. She wasn't offended, and told him that even I didn't understand her when I first met her! But she...

  21. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    Shenanigans replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    So, you don't like the food, the nurses, the fact you're in a six bed room or the colour of the banadages... ? Welll then, you could always pay to go private instead of having to stay in this "horrid"...

  22. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    Shenanigans replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Here's another one... and at least I know I'm not the only nut who's seen them. Over Christmas our ward closed and amalgemated with another ward. Anyway, while up on the other ward I realised they...

  23. teddy bear blood bag for pediatric patients

    Shenanigans replied to Anxious Patient's topic in Nursing Humor

    I always thought they should make IV fluids with plastic fish or decos floating in them. Sterile of course. But I was reading something about what children thought when a RN said "needle stick" - and...

  24. Doctors' Chart Bloopers

    Shenanigans replied to Brian's topic in Nursing Humor

    Fit and well on invalids'

  25. New interesting abortion poll

    Shenanigans replied to danu3's topic in General Nursing

    This is a difficult issue, of course, but the intention of the removal of the ectopic pregnancy is not to kill the child but rather to save the mother. Furthermore, if the ectopic pregnancy is...