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  1. Weird, Odd Nurses Behavior.....

    cre8tivRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    As a nurse, and I guess a germaphobe at times, and just generally weird.....I have picked up on a few of my own rediculous behaviors that I guess I have managed to obtain through the years. 1. If...

  2. funniest thing you saw a nurse do.......

    cre8tivRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    One night in the icu, I needed help to turn a patient who was on a vent, and sedated with a versed drip. I had asked a nurse to come into the room, and she followed. We went to both sides of the...

  3. getting independent health insurance?

    cre8tivRN posted a topic in Travel

    Does anyone know of any good health insurance companies out there that cover a lot of states? I would have to cover myself, husband, and 2 children. Is it any cheaper to go this route, and not fool...

  4. advice on 3 companies the good/bad....

    cre8tivRN posted a topic in Travel

    I am interested in travel nursing in a couple months and I am checking out 3 companies. I will most likely go to california. american traveler nurses in partership on assignment If anybody has some...

  5. what to ask on hospital interview

    cre8tivRN posted a topic in Travel

    Hi everybody. I am going to venture out nov. 1st to california for travel nursing. My first assignment................ :yelclap: Any day now I am going to be getting a couple calls from 2...

  6. I'm supposed to wear an "Ask me if I washed my hands!" button?!

    cre8tivRN replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I would not wear the button either! Our institute.........I can just see the button thing happening here...it would be just my luck! At our facility, the 8 year old daughter of the infection control...

  7. funniest thing you saw a nurse do.......

    cre8tivRN replied to cre8tivRN's topic in General Nursing

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  8. Weird, Odd Nurses Behavior.....

    cre8tivRN replied to cre8tivRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ha Ha very funny. I'm sure you have some odd behaviors that you would like to share with the rest of

  9. Pet Peeves

    cre8tivRN replied to sjb2005's topic in General Nursing

    When you hear your IV pump ringing just as you come on shift, and you go into the room, only to find it sucking air. When you go to put a new bag up, it still thought there was at least 200+cc left...

  10. Weird, Odd Nurses Behavior.....

    cre8tivRN replied to cre8tivRN's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, I thought of another... I often keep running tabs of I/O's of myself and the kids quietly to myself in my head. OOOOOOHHHHHHH, I need to take a vacation!

  11. funniest thing you saw a nurse do.......

    cre8tivRN replied to cre8tivRN's topic in General Nursing

    As a new nurse in a tele unit years ago, I thought that I would be helpful in watering the nice plants that we had on a shelf above the tele monitors and computers. Well, little did I know that...

  12. You know you've been a nurse for way too long when...

    cre8tivRN replied to jalvino1's topic in General Nursing

    When you are shopping in Walmart or the grocery store and you hear the "beep...beep" before an over head announcement that sounds exactly like your code blue alarm bell at the hospital, and you stop...

  13. public's view of nurses

    cre8tivRN replied to bulldawggirl's topic in General Nursing

    Somehow the public forgets about us "night-shifters", I think the especially the family just thinks little fairys come in at night to take care of their loved one. As evidenced by...... numerous cards...

  14. Is it true?

    cre8tivRN replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I had PIH with both of my pregnancies. And I can guarantee that both babies are from the same father- my husband. I had asked the doctor and NP about PIH and what causes it. Her exact...

  15. funniest thing you saw a nurse do.......

    cre8tivRN replied to cre8tivRN's topic in General Nursing

    thank goodness the patient was sedated enough not to respond to it at

  16. nurse locater devices

    cre8tivRN replied to SWAT_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I just love it!!!!!!! this just cracks me up!

  17. nurse locater devices

    cre8tivRN replied to SWAT_RN's topic in General Nursing

    My last hospital had those locator badges. We were all issued one. It kept track of everywhere you went and how long you were there. It kept the log for years. Believe me your "big brother" is...

  18. funniest thing you saw a nurse do.......

    cre8tivRN replied to cre8tivRN's topic in General Nursing

    I thought of another time.... We had a nurse with a bad back and some sciatic pain. And when it got too bad, she would go and lay on the floor in the break room for a while to see if it would help....

  19. How did you find out about allnurses?

    cre8tivRN replied to cnelle101's topic in General Nursing

    i learned about it at work as a link on our hospitals "intranet". then a fellow nurse told me about it last week..............and i've been hooked ever since!!!!!!!!!!! help me i'm drowning in...

  20. Anyone Working the 3rd SHift with Young Children at Home

    cre8tivRN replied to cdietrich404's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, I work 4 eight hour shifts a week. 11pm to 7am What has worked out the best for me and my family is this.....I have a 15 month old and a 2 1/2 year old at home with hubby during working hours. We...

  21. Deaf Parent Concern

    cre8tivRN replied to kea6783's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    Hello, I started teaching myself sign language from 4th grade until 12th grade, and then took some private lessons in the community in the summer time at the local recreation place. I taught myself by...

  22. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    cre8tivRN replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, do you think you can send her my way to pass some of my meds???

  23. When did you take off for maternity leave?

    cre8tivRN replied to MSMCnurse2004's topic in General Nursing

    My first baby.....I was a little nervous and as soon as braxton hicks came on good and strong, I ended up taking off of work 2 weeks prior to the birth, and then took the 3 months off of work...

  24. newbie needs a checklist!

    cre8tivRN posted a topic in Travel

    I am going to start out on travel nursing in a couple months or so. Any advice on what to absolutely bring? We are going probably in an rv and I dont want to forget anything. Plus, once you get to...

  25. rv, hubby, kids...good/bad/tips/homeschool?

    cre8tivRN posted a topic in Travel

    We are looking to travel nurse in a couple months, and are going to get an rv or trailer to pull with our truck. We have a 15 month old, and a 2 1/2 year old. Any seasoned family's out there who can...