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Thank you for your wise words and insight. As a nurse who retired after 36 years in Med-surg, day surgery and clinic work I now take pride in knowing I was able to contribute in many ways that not many people are able to. I am always moved when I hear that nurses are consistently the profession that is most respected. Happy Thanksgiving to all my sisters and brothers in nursing, those who are still showing up through thick and thin and those who have hung up their scrubs and stethoscope etc.

The only one I remember was a Volutrol. You added about 100 cc to an 8 inch long cylinder so you couldn't bolus more than that amount. You couldn't get a free flow of the whole bag or bottle. We used to use it for TPN.

Not only did thermometers and sphygs have mercury in them, we used a needle and syringe to put liquid mercury into a rubber pouch at the end of a flexible ng tube and then wormed the pouch down a patient's nose and had them try to swallow it. It was called a Cantor tube and was meant to try to open a bowel obstruction. Now it sounds almost as bad as blood letting or using live leeches!