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  1. Welcome to the Burn ICU forum

    night owl replied to BurnNurse's topic in Critical Care

    Saint Katrina, YOU are truely an angel sent from heaven! May God bless you a hundred fold... A friend of my 16 y/o son was burned last week using somekind of an accelerant in a woodstove in a garage...

  2. AHHH! A Warm Blanket!

    night owl replied to sarjeetgill's topic in Nursing Humor

    Gettin ready to crawl under my warm blanket now...and he's off today! Bye girls... ..............and boys:p .................. :D

  3. Resident with hip fracture

    night owl replied to Vicki30CNA's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Vicki, I hope that NOW she is on fall precautions. Come on now, don't laugh...We had a resident who fell and fx his hip. Two days later, he climbed OOB and fx'd the other one. Said that he was going...

  4. Med Errors!!!

    night owl replied to VickyRN's topic in General Nursing

    What is it they say? "There are two kinds of nurses. Those who made med errors and those who will make med errors..." What I say is, "Safety first because second is too late." I'll agree with Marla....

  5. What to do about nurses who neglect their patients and their responsibility??

    night owl replied to Terrie's topic in General Nursing

    Do you know what I always say? "What goes around, comes around!" and I firmly believe that someday when your co-worker is sick and in need of care or in need of a pain med to relieve her suffering,...

  6. NANDA: Energy Field Disturbance Diagnosis

    night owl replied to CarolineRn's topic in General Nursing

    Heck, I thought this had something to do with computers and slow connections. Anyone else ever have this problem? I haven't been able to really post for a while now and it's really getting me angry!...

  7. Survey: Would you encourage your child to become a nurse?

    night owl replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't discourage it nor would I encourage it. My kids have seen me dead some days from a tough night at work. They know I've been in nursing 24 years now, have worked every shift possible, every...

  8. a few more abbreviations?

    night owl replied to frappachino's topic in General Nursing

    I find it difficult to understand as to WHY you're a second year student and can't remember what you're basic abbreviations stand for and what they're all about. Sounds like it's time to crack the...

  9. allnurses chat

    night owl replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

    I also have been there with noboby at home many times. I've never actually chatted live before, but wanted to try it out. I think the best time would probably be evening hours. Say 7pm or so. I know...

  10. Correct I&O?

    night owl replied to ClariceS's topic in Nursing Humor

    The question I have is, How many sprinkles = 1 tinkle? 3,4,5??? AND, how much would a sprinkle be??? how bout a spritzer, how much is that

  11. med pass observation

    night owl replied to nursenel's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    WOW! I'm glad my facility is run by the Federal government and they don't do any observations of the sort that I know of...Sounds like it's a good practice to keep everyone one their toes. The only...

  12. Do you/ did you have a Nurses Cap? Pin?

    night owl replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

    had a cap with the little clear tote bag to carry it to and home from work. it was your basic nursing cap with a velvet light blue stripe on each side. wore it about a month after graduation which...

  13. nurse aides rules

    night owl replied to reylem's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    let me begin by saying that it all has to do with attitude. we all have to want to make a difference in someone's life not just go to work for a paycheck. i will be the first one to admit that there...

  14. Co-workers with poor grooming habits

    night owl replied to duckie's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe alittle deodorant or ALOT before coming to work would be nice! Worked with this male nurse elbow to elbow one night and WOW I was almost knocked on my orifice! Can't they smell themselves? HOLY...

  15. Couples working on same unit

    night owl replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

    it's just not allowed at the va either. i'm with you kewl . i know that i could never work with my husband and live with him too!!! i give alot of credit to those who can. if it works out for both of...

  16. Anyone allowed to nap on their breaks?

    night owl replied to dawngloves's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    napping on your break is one thing. sleeping half the tour of duty is another... at my facility, i've had staff sleep from 1am to 4 or 5am. they were written up numerous times and now they no longer...

  17. Use of diapers vs. underpads for incontinent patients

    night owl replied to bmaury's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    after my 24 years of experience with incontinent pt's, i find that using a repellant ointment such as a&d works the best. after washing and drying always reapply the ointment. it works best when...

  18. Help I am a new grad and I made a medication error!

    night owl replied to Rosey's topic in General Nursing

    well like they say there are two kinds of nurses. those who've made med errors and those who will make med errors . as someone said it is good that you've made this mistake this early in your career...

  19. ID arm bands on the wrong pt. 3X!

    night owl posted a topic in General Nursing

    can anyone tell me how on earth can anyone place the wrong id arm band on a pt? this is the 3rd time in the last 4 months that this has happened on our unit. four months ago when we got a new rn,...

  20. Funny Names for Nurses

    night owl replied to randomnamees's topic in Nursing Humor

    Hey Kday, We actually have a resident on our unit whose name is Seymour Weiner! His mother must have been on crack when she named him. The poor thing most likely was teased his whole life about it...

  21. Have you ever been hit by a patient?

    night owl replied to sWolfie's topic in General Nursing

    I too have been hit in the eye, scratched, pinched, STRANGLED, kicked, spit on, chased and verbally abused by confused, elderly, schizophrenic pts. The worst I think was this schizo walked down the...

  22. Ques. about presetting up of meds

    night owl replied to mondk's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I would like to know the reasons behind not being allowed to preset your meds. If I'm going to pass them, then why can't I preset them? What's the big deal all

  23. Exhausted night shifter

    night owl replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

    It's just not fair that the day people and evening people can have inservices, celebrations, meetings all on their time and get paid while doing so and we have to " stay over alittle". I'm tired as...

  24. I turned in my resignation today!

    night owl replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

    sharann, Good for you girl! I maybe doing the same thing! Read the post about Inactive license...... night

  25. Welcome to the new Learning Disability Nursing forum

    night owl replied to Brian's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    What is learning disability