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  1. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    twotrees2 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    lol have had a few gropes in my yrs working with dementia - ya just have to laugh - you know its not thier fault and i have seen some nurses and cnas get all worked up "sexual harassment" ummm yeah...

  2. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    twotrees2 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    when i went BACK to high school it was in a day our small town had never ever had anyone pregnant stay at school( they either dropped out when started to hsow or they graduated before anyone knew ) it...

  3. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    twotrees2 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    i also was young - 17 - but when i got pregnant i went BACK to highschool and eventually became a nurse - had it not been for him and my daughter i wouldnt be hwere i am today i honestly believ that...

  4. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    twotrees2 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    they are good and addicting - i have to get up early with boys ( kids bday shopping day lol) and i just am so adicted to see whats next and have a good laugh or uhoh moment :) i really do love this...

  5. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    twotrees2 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    LOL scary yes - but ya should have lived the "good ole days" when smoking rooms were prevalient and residents just went right along with thir portable oxygen on and smoked away with the o2 in thier...

  6. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    twotrees2 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    personally i have sevral residents with family members as nurses and get along quite well - i have found that even when they think the care is bad they hesitate to say cause they dont want the burden...

  7. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    twotrees2 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    we can do one of a few things - a - we can get upset someone posted a not so wanted post and tell them "go away " go read elsewher " and what not or b- we can forget about it , let it go and...

  8. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    twotrees2 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    unfortuantley many nurses dont feel poping pills is a good thing even for chronic pain - i live it so i have no trouble at the first sign ( rubbing knees, groaning mildly , anxious, as clues need to...

  9. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    twotrees2 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    eeeks i better watch my back - i am a upbeat chatty laugher and i know i get on some nerves roflmao - good lord i cant even fathom doing something like that ( hmm though could use some for hubby...

  10. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    twotrees2 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    ok i got one where i was the one who freaked out the docs and nurses and i was the patient - had just given birth and few days later ended up in ER with severe head pain - ( migraine eneded up !) and...

  11. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    twotrees2 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    ok ok i will make a confession - i have on occassion when i am swamped with mr so and so on the floor and mrs so and so wants a tylenol - given the tylenol to a cna ( yes i know - completely not...

  12. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    twotrees2 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    ditto - many of these are cracking me up ( no harm no foul but gads stupidity lol) but some are just downright skeery. shiver i guess we could chalk it all up to good learning experiences for us all...

  13. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    twotrees2 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    scary - when i was a cna thinking of going to nursing school i nealry did not go - the nurse ( who was exemplary and encouraging me to go she felt i had what it took) on duty had a residet code in her...

  14. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    twotrees2 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    about putting in foleys- for some reason ( umm like short staffed cant find cnas or nurses to help etc) 75 % of the time i have to get my administrator to help me ( she is kinda there all the time -...

  15. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    twotrees2 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    had resident ordered abx iv - day nurse put in iv - ran in her dose ( cant believe it went in and not infiltrated) i went to run mine - she was still there - cant get the iv working to flush - look it...

  16. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    twotrees2 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    now i have seen some difficult foleys to find the urethra which is in the lady parts literally ( just had one last week took me forever to find lol) but the rectum????? rolfmao - that takes the cake...

  17. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    twotrees2 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    they do say duct tape fixes everything but never heard of pink duct tape LOL- there are a LOT of stuff we USED to routinely that isnt anymore. poor woman was probably quite embarrassed. i know its...

  18. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    twotrees2 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    employer admitting a resident that was violent that even a psych ward refused - i ws in assessing the resident who appeared "out of it " when i got kicked across the room - i hit all the call lights -...

  19. Is it just me, or are nurses pushy?

    twotrees2 replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    iwould consider midwifes experts - of course i am sure they do home births but i have never seen one in our area - my SIL is usingone but they do it in the hosppital not at

  20. Is it just me, or are nurses pushy?

    twotrees2 replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    i wasnt being mean i really would llike to know who the experts were and what their rationale is that a heplock would not be good duringh any

  21. Is it just me, or are nurses pushy?

    twotrees2 replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    id be interested in what "experts" believed a hep lock was not needed for a delivery - personally having cross trained to ob and seen everything that can go wrong will which made me not want to ever...

  22. how would you boost moral

    twotrees2 posted a topic in General Nursing

    i hope i am doing this right and putting it in the right place - the problem is - moral at my place of employment is very low and its harder and harder to keep or get staff that are any good. i wold...

  23. I wanted to explain what happened to me...

    twotrees2 replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    wooowooo - hooray - i am sooo happy for you. will cont to pray for you as i know t can be a tad scary starting new - you will do well. and thank you to whoever is able to help you out - there really...

  24. I wanted to explain what happened to me...

    twotrees2 replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    i was fired from my last job with NO prior bad things in my chart - they came up with a bogus reasonj a week or so after i reported them to state - thankfully i was able to prove thier accusations...

  25. I wanted to explain what happened to me...

    twotrees2 replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    oh - if you have life insurance you may be able to borrow from that - i did that once - you pay back low payemnts plus interest but the interest goes back to you - check your policies if you have any...