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Kind of like a rhino-rocket? Yeah, I've seen those! I can see where a blown up foley would work! I don't think he had a nose bleed, but who knows! It just seems silly that even a lay person would believe he needed a tube when literally nothing was done to him. He hadn't had surgery or was diagnosed with some crazy illness.

You may be right about it being a dobhoff tube in the episode. I just re watched that clip that was posted. I didn't think of that because ours were a different color (purple) and didn't look like that at the end. Also, where I used I work, our straight foley cath kits had catheters that were that exact color and the end that you held to drain the urine looked exactly like the end that's hanging down around his chest. Same size and everything. Exactly like it! But yeah, for a chest pain patient, a dobhoff tube makes no sense. But if that is what it's supposed to be then that makes more sense than a straight cath hanging out of his nose! Either way, still so funny to me how bad that mistake is.

Yes! I knew it! How did you find this? Did you make it?

I was watching an episode of Seinfeld where George was in the hospital for chest pain (which they ruled out it was nothing I believe but he still was admitted to a room had to stay over night mind you) and maybe I couldn't see it right (or I could be remembering wrong) but I swear he had a Foley catheter coming out of his nose!!!!! Maybe it was supposed to be like a feeding tube? But again, he was in for possible chest pain. I just couldn't wrap my head around why they would do that!? I kept yelling at the tv about it bc it was one of the more ridiculous things I've seen and my husband couldn't understand why it was so crazy. Tell me someone else has seen this episode! It's "the heart attack" season 2 episode 11. Also, in an episode of law and order: svu a detective was questioning an elderly serial murderer for where he hid the other bodies and he had oxygen on because he was sick or dying or something. The murderer wasn't giving it up so the detective grabbed the oxygen tubing and squeezed it off until the murderer couldn't breath at all and gave in! So funny! It was like he was squeezing his airway or something. It was very dramatic.

I love threads like these! I was discharging a male patient the day after he had sinus surgery and was reading him all the directions on the discharge papers. He was in a hurry to leave so I was trying to get through them pretty quick. When I came to the part where it says don't blow your nose until the doctor tells you it's ok, I said "don't blow your doctor.." I immediately stopped and turned bright red. The patient did too and we both had a good laugh. And I was able to correctly spit out that sentence. But I could not believe I said that!

Thank you for your reply! I will definitely keep my Ky one because hopefully we'll be moving back here eventually.

Thanks guys! So helpful! And yes, when I do move I'm going to actually call the Ga Bon (which I heard is a pita!) but I wanted some info to go into it with. I will probably turn my Ky license inactive and then work on getting my Georgia one active. Again, thanks so much for everyone's info and advice!

Thanks so much for your replies! These are super helpful! And sistrmoon, I was shocked when I read that about Ga, too! Weird for me because Ky requires 15 hours! We are hopeful that several years down the road it may work out that we could move back to Ky (my whole family and a ton of my friends still live here). Would it be wise to keep both licenses and keep both active? Or keep both licenses and keep both inactive since I'm not planning on finding work for a year or more? Or keep both and keep the Ky one inactive and the Ga one active since I might begin looking for a job after a year? And if I keep the Ky one (whether active or inactive) do I need to keep up on ceu's each year even though I'm not working? Anything else I'd need to keep up to date to keep my licenses up to date (besides bls/cpr)? Sorry for all the extra questions. I've only been a nurse for almost 4 years (and only had two different nursing jobs between those years) and have never actually moved except for to college and back. Just a lot to think about and deal with! And I want to make sure I don't do anything like let my license expire completely because I've heard how horrible it is to get it back once you let it lapse. Thanks!

Thanks everyone! I didn't know you could be licensed in more than one state so that was super helpful. I appreciate everyone's answers. Those of you from GA, it looks like (from Ga BON website) that there are no ceu's required to keep your license up to date, is this true?

Thank you!

Hi! I am in need of some advice. I am currently an RN in Kentucky but will be moving to Georgia for my husband's job later this year. I won't be working right away (probably not for a year at least) and I needed advice on how to apply for a license. Should I wait until my Ky license expires (Oct.) to apply for a Ga license or should I apply as soon as I move even though I won't be working or looking for a job? I looked at the Ga BON website but there wasn't any way to email them my questions. Also, it didn't look like there were any continuing education requirements either, is this correct? Last, and this may be a stupid question, but if I'm not going to be working can I just keep renewing my Ky license (even though I won't be living there anymore), just to keep it active-I don't want it to expire, until I'm ready to work then apply for a Ga license? I've tried researching all of these questions on both Ky and Ga board of nursing websites but I can't find any clear answers. Thanks in advance for your help!

Hi, I am in need of some advice. I am currently an RN in Kentucky but will be moving to Georgia for my husband's job later this year. I won't be working right away (probably not for a year at least) and I needed advice on how to apply for a license. Should I wait until my Ky license expires (Oct.) to apply for a Ga license or should I apply as soon as I move even though I won't be working or looking for a job? I looked at the Ga BON website but there wasn't any way to email them my questions. Also, it didn't look like there were any continuing education requirements either, is this correct? Last, and this may be a stupid question, but if I'm not going to be working can I just keep renewing my Ky license (even though I won't be living there anymore), just to keep it active-I don't want it to expire, until I'm ready to work then apply for a Ga license? I've tried researching all of these questions on both Ky and Ga board of nursing websites but I can't find any clear answers. Thanks in advance for your help!