twistedpupchaser

twistedpupchaser

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  1. What's the dumbest remark you've heard yourself make...

    twistedpupchaser replied to KidsRNstill's topic in General Nursing

    We have some isolation rooms at the end of our ward that are used for infectious Pt's. There is a running story/rumour about one of he rooms being haunted due to a death there several years ago. It is...

  2. The worst part of nursing?

    twistedpupchaser replied to SeattleKid09's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree on that, not my favourite task!! A friend of mine can't handle skeletal traction, the pins going through bones that she can see totally freaks

  3. What would make you feel appreciated on the job?

    twistedpupchaser replied to LumpyLooRN's topic in General Nursing

    I had a boss a few years ago who at the end of the day would say, "Thankyou, I appreciate your work Today." it wasn't every day, he knew when we had to run faster to stand still or just needed the...

  4. Possibility of EMT after nursing??

    twistedpupchaser replied to sissiesmama's topic in General Nursing

    My little sister has just started a double degree in Paramedical Science and Batchelor of Nursing. Flinders University runs the programme which has students working on the cars after their first year...

  5. How do you see the role of nurses?

    twistedpupchaser posted a topic in General Nursing

    Nurses have been described as a lot of things over the years such as the Surgeons Handmaiden, I have heard a lot of stories, (many through rose tinted gasses) about the "Good old days" when nurses...

  6. How do you see the role of nurses?

    twistedpupchaser replied to twistedpupchaser's topic in General Nursing

    Hi mianders, I wasn't trying to imply that nursing/nurses have lost compassion and hope that my post didn't lead anyone to believe that I dont have compassion or empathy for my patients, my comment...

  7. Nursing: Dangerous Career???

    twistedpupchaser replied to bigq2000's topic in General Nursing

    82 year old man with Advanced Alziemers threw his used pad at me and proceeded to urinate all over his sheets. When the PCA, (Patient Care Assistant) and I tried to change him and his sheets he got...

  8. Use alcohol to clean ear piercing?

    twistedpupchaser replied to cowboy_carl's topic in General Nursing

    My original piercings, (as a dopey teenager) were all cleaned with methylated spirits, it hurt a lot but dried everything up and killed all infections....and I guess quite a few healthy cells. I...

  9. AMAZED at what some students get away with!!!

    twistedpupchaser replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    This is going to become a circular argument. Nurses commenting on student behaviour and students commenting on nurses behaviour...and around it goes.... I could tell some stories from my time as a...

  10. The things you never forget...

    twistedpupchaser replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in General Nursing

    So far I have been fortunate to have not been involved in anything too bad but after reading these stories and getting a glimps of my future, I wonder if I am going to be strong

  11. Things you'd like to say to your co-workers, but never would ....

    twistedpupchaser replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    To the one person on my ward....... Just because you have spent 20 years on the same ward, it doesn't mean you can sit on your backside and expect everyone to do everything for you. Daily obs means...

  12. Stolen Body Parts......Happens Daily

    twistedpupchaser replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    What do you think our chances of "stealing" some good parts ourselves? I could realy do with some new

  13. Out of the mouths of babes

    twistedpupchaser replied to madwife2002's topic in International Nursing

    My 6 year old daughter cut her finger so being the sympathetic parent i "made" a bandaid using Fixomul and an N/A dressing. My Mother-in-law visited later that day and she had to be told about the...

  14. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    twistedpupchaser replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    MNC RN you have hit the nail on the head. While I am stil relatively new to nursing I have found that I have certain populations that I am able to work with better than others. In my instance I need...

  15. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    twistedpupchaser replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I got reported for saying the following..."I know your arms and legs are not painted on because I flushed an IV in that arm earlier and I have seen you walk outside for a smoke, you can turn the TV...

  16. Do you say you're a nurse...

    twistedpupchaser replied to picurn10's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    How about the patient who says, "Oh you are a male nurse, thats nice". Translated from 1950-70's Australian, "So you are the orderly helping the nurse". No I am a Nurse just like that cute little...

  17. Strange things found on (or in) a pt.

    twistedpupchaser replied to squeakykitty's topic in Emergency

    I was prepping an lder lady for an ECG when she asked me to stop for a moment, she pulled out a roll of cash from under her breast and placed it under the other breast. She told me it was the only way...

  18. nurses from maintenance point of view

    twistedpupchaser replied to sailordave's topic in General Nursing

    Reminds me of the old joke, "This water is cold............and

  19. I'm sorry, I have the DUMBEST question...

    twistedpupchaser replied to Soapy's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for clearing this up, 1 less confused Aussie!!

  20. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    twistedpupchaser replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I had a patient today that I wanted to prescribe, (Nurse Initiated Medication) some Viagra Eyedrops so he could take a long, hard look at himself. Or a teaspoon of cement for the princess in bed 11,...

  21. Calling Docs by their first name...

    twistedpupchaser replied to zamboni's topic in General Nursing

    It is funny how habits can be hard to break, after a number of years in the Army Dr's are always called "Sir" or "Ma'am", (it also took me a while to stop calling RN's "Ma'am" or "Sir"). Most...

  22. Nurses Smoking

    twistedpupchaser replied to JENNLEE's topic in General Nursing

    If I knew at the age of 11 how hard it would be to give up, I would never have started. I have tried giving up a number of times over the past 20 years but havn't quit yet. I have cut down though....

  23. Family just doesn't get it!!!!!!!

    twistedpupchaser replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have some family members that I try to help and others that I just tell to see a Dr. The ones that I try to help tend to be the ones that listen and take the advice. However, i must state...

  24. the RN's appearance

    twistedpupchaser replied to Olli's topic in General Nursing

    I can see both sides of a lot of views her and can only state my own observations. Gum is not seen much where I work but a lot of staff use the breath strips or mints of some kind. (I use a Cinnamon...

  25. Do you say you're a nurse...

    twistedpupchaser replied to picurn10's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I think that a nurse is a nurse is a nurse. An LPN with 15 years experience would have sounder knowledge than a newly graduated RN due to their experience. Wouldn't it be a better use of time to work...