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  1. Funny Names for Nurses

    night owl replied to randomnamees's topic in Nursing Humor

    I once noticed a Dentist's name in the phone book, Dr.Payne! And one time I was driving on rt. 80 and this obvious urologist had this on his license plate:

  2. Any takers? Supressed sexual frustrations of husbands of Nurses...

    night owl replied to Chellyse's topic in General Nursing

    Well I've got to tell you. I inserted a foley cath(18F/5cc balloon) this morning while the Dr pushed IV Lasix and the pt surely wasn't jumpin' all over me. Maybe I should have used a 28F, yeah, that...

  3. Should nurses care for their own family in LTC setting?

    night owl replied to duckie's topic in General Nursing

    since this was posted on March 29th, has anything been done since then? I would think it would place a big hardship on the grandaughter and I'm suprised she let it happen. If that was myself, I would...

  4. whistle blowers & retaliation...

    night owl posted a topic in General Nursing

    Were any of you a whistle blower at your place of employment? If so, were you retaliated against in any way? At my place of employment a person blew the whistle concerning sexual harassment. After...

  5. a nurse's poem-I'm Sorry In Advance

    night owl replied to leesonlpn's topic in General Nursing

    Linda, What an absolutely beautiful way to express every nurses feelings day in and day out. God has blessed you with many gifts,the gift of being able to take care of the sick, the gift of writing...

  6. Ques. about presetting up of meds

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

    Question: Do any of you still pass meds with one of those aluminum trays that has holes in it for the med cups and med tickets that you stick into the slits above the hole in the tray??? OMG! That...

  7. Ques. about presetting up of meds

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

    mondk,I'm not sure what you mean when you say preset. Is it the same as prepour? Practically speaking, yes prepouring does save time with that dreded 6am med pass, but where I am you also cannot...

  8. I would rather strangle our old nurses rather than eat the young.

    night owl replied to Chuckie's topic in General Nursing

    Well I've got to tell you that I work with two RN's who are at least 70 and 72, and I really admire them for staying as long as they do. So far, neither has mentioned any thing about retirement, and I...

  9. AllnursesWAR.com

    night owl replied to StudentSarah's topic in General Nursing

    I think some people belittle others because of their own insecurities. It makes them feel BIG to make others feel so small. It's why these kids go to school and decide one day that they've had enough...

  10. nursing and religion

    night owl replied to kjmta57's topic in General Nursing

    I also work with a nurse that is very involved with her church and gets every Sunday off. I've worked weekends or part of the weekend for the last 15 years and it was time I thought to have some off....

  11. Trying to locate Mary Kelly and Louise

    night owl replied to TriciaR's topic in General Nursing

    I work with a Mary Kelly. I bet there are hundreds of Mary Kelly's! The Mary that I work with is very tall, about 5'10",very thin, short blonde hair, and is approx 50 y/o. Sounds like your Mary Kelly?...

  12. What Freaks You Out?

    night owl replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    That's it.I can't read no more of these posts! That dog thing just did me in... Someone PLEASE come help me.....................................Only kidding. Seriously, I think I would have left...

  13. IS THIS YOU?

    night owl replied to SUBQ's topic in General Nursing

    I once worked with a nurse about 15 yrs ago who had very long finger nails and had to do a rectal exam on a pt with a fecal impaction. Guess what she did? She perforated his bowel. Guess what else...

  14. What Freaks You Out?

    night owl replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I've worshipped the god of porcelin 2x in my 20 yrs. of nursing... Once I had to do oral care on a mouth breather & the secretions were so dried on the roof of his mouth that I practically had to...