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  1. need some nurse to nurse medical advice

    wolfgirl replied to jrbl77's topic in General Nursing

    Have you been checked for strep? The "white patches" would have me concerned. And, please, by all means, stay home. You don't need to "spread the

  2. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    wolfgirl replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    no honking way!!!!!!!! that is the second scariest one i have

  3. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    wolfgirl replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    OK, that's

  4. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    wolfgirl replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I am curious about this,

  5. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    wolfgirl replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Hey! Tell her not to forget about me when she starts handing out those

  6. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    wolfgirl replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree. This is--by far--the scariest one I have read so far, and I am on page

  7. Need some help/advice

    wolfgirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    This may end up being a very long, post, but I will attempt to keep it as short as possible. I am an RN working nights at a teaching hospital, on the rehab unit. I spent about a year at a different...

  8. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    wolfgirl replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I would so love to see those

  9. Letting CNA pass your meds, bad idea?

    wolfgirl replied to walla189's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know about your state, but here in WI that type of task is not within the scope of practice for an NA. This is a sure-fire way to lose your

  10. RN's vs LAB

    wolfgirl replied to chaosRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am fortunate in that I have never really had these types of problems. My opinion as to why this is happening would be that we have become such a litigious society that everyone needs to CYA and...

  11. Ive lost all faith in the medical field. Please help!

    wolfgirl replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    Is there any reason why you can't relocate? There are tons of good hospitals out there--yours sounds like something out of a Stephen King novel! I would get out of there yesterday--even if it means...

  12. What is your usual nurse-patient ratio in your unit?

    wolfgirl replied to extreme's topic in General Nursing

    I work at a university hospital, on the rehab unit. We typically have 4-6 patients at night, no NA. Usually we don't need one, but sometimes it's just plain nuts. I came from another unit in the...

  13. Need some help/advice

    wolfgirl replied to wolfgirl's topic in General Nursing

    So, everyone, it turns out that all the stuff he pulled was not "harassment". My manager informed that what he did was "bad behavior". And I get to go to a "communications" class ("your co-worker is...

  14. Need some help/advice

    wolfgirl replied to wolfgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I went to the meeting, and it turned out to be kind of a "storm in a teacup". My union rep was awesome (and I did get to meet with her before the meeting). But now the whole night shift is...

  15. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    wolfgirl replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Never smoke a cigarette while carrying around an O2 tank (you'd think that one would be a "duh", but I've seen

  16. Need some help/advice

    wolfgirl replied to wolfgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all of the advice--some of the things that have been mentioned are things that I thought of (like the tape recorder) but was unsure as to the legality of it. There have been no other...

  17. I am a nurse, but I dream of....

    wolfgirl replied to Elisheva's topic in General Nursing

    Let's see....my fantasy life.... 1. An astronaut 2. A wildlife biologist/veterinarian who studies wolves 3. An astronomer/aerospace engineer 4. concert flutist 5. Any combination of the

  18. You know you work nights when.......

    wolfgirl replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

    You wish there were a Chinese restaurant open at eight A.M. You can actually still function after being awake for thirty two hours. You've learned to love "The X-Files" all over

  19. A few questions for the "older" new nurses...

    wolfgirl replied to adiliegro's topic in General Nursing

    I had chemistry background when I started at 38. Nursing school was hell, but I finished and am now working on a rehab unit. Started out in med/onc in Colorado, came here to WI and worked vascular...

  20. Weird, Odd Nurses Behavior.....

    wolfgirl replied to cre8tivRN's topic in General Nursing

    Amen to the animals--I have three dogs myself. And I eat my food the same way: one section at a time, nothing touching each other. I wipe my 'scope down too--it doesn't make any sense to wash our...

  21. Wrote a doctor up!!!

    wolfgirl replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    It almost sounds as if he just plain didn't know how to resolve the issue, so he dumped it back in your lap and figured if he yelled loudly enough and long enough you'd just "handle" it and leave him...

  22. "What do you need Christmas off for? You don't have kids!" (rant)

    wolfgirl replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    This sort of thing really cooks my frosting! I agree completely with the person who said that those of us do don't have kids are treated as if we were second-class citizens. How people choose to spend...

  23. I saw something new and scary

    wolfgirl replied to teeituptom's topic in Emergency

    First off, let me say that your body will not stop producing urine unless your kidneys fail. The water that is included in urine is designed to dilute the toxins that your body is excreting. Your body...

  24. Pet Peeves

    wolfgirl replied to sjb2005's topic in General Nursing

    First, amen to "orientating". This is not a word, and everytime I hear it I just want to scream! Second, ditto on patients/family members treating us like yesterday's bad leftovers. I have had...