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Drum roll please.... 911 call for "My dog is staring at me." And they brought him in.

I think I must work with you. I am sure I have treated all these people.

I just agreed with Trav, that the forearm is the best ... that being said, I have put IVs in feet, hands, thumbs, necks, fingers, neonates, breasts, chests, shoulders, forearms, wrists, under the upper arm, over the upper arm, bracheocephalic veins, ...

I agree, the forearm is the best.

When my oldest daughter was 2, she had a bad habit of pulling the foam out of the padding on the sides of her playpen. Well, she developed a nasty-smelling nasal discharge one day, and lo and behold, there was a piece of foam 4x the size of her nostr...

Have you checked out the wound care forum on allnurses.com? There should be something there. The care of Stage III ulcers is difficult at best and requires a multidisciplinary approach. In terms of the wound bed itself, it depends on the percentage ...

What certification?

Alright, I'll make you a deal. I'll give you this Dilaudid and you agree to keep breathing, OK?

The ones where they let you work the most overtime!

Good job! I keep waiting for something like that to happen to me ... I seem to have that luck. Never by accident.

OMG, ok, been debating for a year as to whether or not to post this one here.... here goes ... Aura Omega Terra Dar Nova AND ONE OF THEM IS MY NAME!

Wow, OK, coupla things... You said that you had an addiction to painkillers but now you don't. I read through some of your postings later down the thread and the language you use tells me that you have some knowledge of the recovery world. So let me ...

At our hospital all meds are sent to pharmacy for verification, a note placed on the chart that meds are in pharmacy so at discharge they can be returned. If not on our formulary, then they are labeled by pharmacy, listed on mar as pts own med and pl...

People always want to ask me these questions and if I believe its harmless, I may answer. But because I am in a same-sex marriage, I believe the marriage question reveals information about myself that may be contraindicated in a care setting. I live ...

Never masturbate with rapid A Fib and while on telemetry... Never claim "I was walking my dog in the woods, when I slipped on a log and this branch went up my a**," then tell me you are on coumadin and have no correlating scratches or bruises anywher...

I agree with all the responders on this thread. Good for you. This happens to me at work, and all I can do is redirect, redirect, redirect. After all, they are not visiting the ED to talk about me. This is about them today.

That's when I say, "Drop that cup on me. And drop it on everyone else too." The proof is in the pee pee.

BTW, I do not make it a habit of disclosing to patients and families about my history. I too, felt like I would be hiding something to keep that quiet in school. Most of the time my history does not pertain to the care I provide. I have only talked w...

So, here's my story ... Been in a lot of trouble locally. Went to rehab, got better. Did a lot of 12-step work. Got into service. Went to nursing school. First week we had to bring three things that represented ourselves. I brought my nursing book, a...

Actually it's "personal anonymity at the level of press radio and films." No, you shouldn't break another's anonymity ever, but this statement is really for those who would otherwise be identified in a media-based way about their own recovery. The id...

Other than what? There's Napa Valley College (great school) and Solano Community College. Hope that helps. Also there is PUC Pacific Union College, private and pricey but lots of grads from there work at the NorCal hospital I work at.

I was awarded this scholarship. It has been really pain-free. I live in a rural part of California where I would have worked anyway. It has been determined to be medically underserved, so it qualifies. All the hospitals in the area are qualified. I j...

Learn how to tie restraints. If you're going to restrain them, then RESTRAIN THEM. If they are sick enough to come to the ER, they are sick enough to tolerate an IV, go without a pillow and not eat or drink anything for a while. Smile a lot -- it's ...

Came in for SOB from LTC, but had resolved to the point where she was getting discharged. :bowingpur

Two things: A lady in the er sitting waiting to be discharged grabs the siderails, looks dead up at the ceiling and says, "Honey here I come!" And then code blue. Also, I had a guy die in room 214 and a short while after that the call light in 210 we...