Mander0415

Mander0415 has 7 years experience and specializes in Emergency, Critical Care, Correctional.

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1. Doctors Say the Darnedest Things

   Mander0415 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   When informing ER doctor that I would be confirming temporal temperature with a rectal reading on an infant with high temp, the doctor said, loudly and in front of patient's parents, "Of course you are, you love sticking things in the bum".

2. Patients Say the Darnedest Things

   Mander0415 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   Patient sent to ER because he was retaining urine and urologist wasn't available after hours yet wanted foley placed immediately. After setting up all supplies and explaining procedure, the patient yelled "You're going to stick that where?? Why would...

3. Caption Contest

   Mander0415 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   Silly Nurse, Stethoscopes are for Doctors...

4. Fill In The Blank...

   Mander0415 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   "My baby's not breathing" or anything along those lines of a child coding.

5. Create Your Own Meme

   Mander0415 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   The look on your face when your see the day shift walking in after working the full moon night shift in the ER.

6. Choose Your Favorite TV Nurse

   Mander0415 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   Movie character not TV but Gaylord Focker from the movie trilogy Meet the Parents. Not only does he react calmly and professionally when bullied by his peers regarding his name, he maintained composure when faced with emergency situation, even delive...

7. Create Your Own Meme

   Mander0415 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   Please remind me again how my multiple nursing degrees and experience are wrong compared to your internet search self-diagnosis.

8. Favorite Motivational Quote

   Mander0415 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   :) Success is a smile :)

9. Things you wish someone told you...

   Mander0415 replied to NurseMedic28's topic in Emergency

   Becoming an ER nurse will be more emotionally, psychologically and physically stressful and demanding then most other positions, but if it's in your blood, you will never be able to go back to regular bedside nursing again.

10. Sad and Exhausted - Questioning my career choice

    Mander0415 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

    Have you ever considered a career change to tele-health nursing? Many companies will not only allow you to work from home, but offer great flexibility as well. There is such a diverse range of options too, considering the diverse range of employers t...

11. Day 5: 2016 Nurses Week Mashup Contest

    Mander0415 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Breathing treatment is the term that I use quite frequently when the patient states she denies any tobacco use but yellow fingernails and clothing saturated with nauseating old cigarette smoke can most often give us a more accurate history than the...

12. Day 4: 2016 Nurses Week Top 5 Things Contest

    Mander0415 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    1. Never plan anything important after a scheduled shift. You will always either be mandated or swamped at work and out late. 2. When inserting a Foley in a woman, after cleaning with Betadine, aim for that "eye" that winks back at you. 3. Afte...

13. Day 6: 2016 Nurses Week Meme Contest

    Mander0415 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Before we add your new allergies to codeine, percocet and vicodin in your chart and notify the MD of your request for dilaudid because your headache is 10/10 intolerable pain, let's assess an accurate temperature to complete your triage vitals asses...

14. Day 3: 2016 Nurses Week Meme Contest

    Mander0415 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    That feeling you get when you are the 3rd nurse to attempt but get a patients IV in first try....

15. Day 7: 2016 Nurses Week Caption Contest

    Mander0415 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Better out than in! Everybody poops!