Bipley

Bipley

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  1. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    Bipley replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    You know, she really was special but with that said, all my folks were special. They were all so unique and they had so much to offer. I loved hearing about what their day to day lives were like 50...

  2. **Organ Donation**

    Bipley replied to sirI's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. They have safeguards put into place for a reason. Are they foolproof? No, but to make it sound like it is common place for WE medical professionals to essentially "off" someone because...

  3. My Face Feels Big

    Bipley posted a topic in General Nursing

    First of all, I am not looking for medical advice. I already know there is absolutely nothing in the world that is going to make me feel better. I just want to whine, that's all. My face feels big,...

  4. **Organ Donation**

    Bipley replied to sirI's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, so you would let someone else die so that a doctor couldn't make money off the procedure? You didn't answer my question. Was the organ donor that received bad care your patient or is this 2nd...

  5. EEEEEK! Please Help Me! Losing New Job????

    Bipley replied to rnmom3153's topic in General Nursing

    I think I got you the info you need. I PMed you w/details. Let me know if that doesn't

  6. Greatest code brown stories!

    Bipley replied to sweetpea839's topic in General Nursing

    Only a nurse could work through puke in his/her mask!

  7. My Face Feels Big

    Bipley replied to Bipley's topic in General Nursing

    YES! That's it! Putting lotion on hurts because my skin hurts. My muscles are tender, my joints hurt, but mostly yes... fiberglass lungs! Breathing almost feels like it doesn't do any good and I...

  8. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    Bipley replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I have a few of them. Some types we all experience like how healthy old people can tell you the day and almost the time they will die. Had a few of those. But the one that hit home the most for me...

  9. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    Bipley replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    One doesn't need to be a theist to believe in an afterlife.

  10. My Face Feels Big

    Bipley replied to Bipley's topic in General Nursing

    If a tree falls in the forest, does it make a sound? If I can't breathe I can't smell me, can I possible smell? BTW, you made me laugh and when I laugh I go into a coughing fit.

  11. **Organ Donation**

    Bipley replied to sirI's topic in General Nursing

    Your experiences are vastly different from mine. Mine are exactly the other end of the pole vs. yours. Did you personally care for the patient that received less than adequate care due to being a...

  12. MA's Calling Themselves Nurses?

    Bipley replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    it is within the scope of practice for a cma to give injections. it is easy to look up their scope of practice, just check with the licensing/certification authority of your state. they are...

  13. Nursing students fear of the gross stuff.

    Bipley replied to amy3072's topic in General Nursing

    You know, I'm not one to be picky over brand vs. generic for such products but your nose is important. Buy the real stuff and not generic~ :chuckle :chuckle

  14. EEEEEK! Please Help Me! Losing New Job????

    Bipley replied to rnmom3153's topic in General Nursing

    Darl'en, you just aren't persistant enough! You have to try doing it MY way. If you don't hear from this person in a day or so I'll even help you. Give me the name and contact info on that sheet...

  15. **Organ Donation**

    Bipley replied to sirI's topic in General Nursing

    My sister is SUCH a twit! She refused for the longest time to be an organ donor because she was afraid that whatever she donated in this life, she would come up short in the next incarnation. I...

  16. Nursing students fear of the gross stuff.

    Bipley replied to amy3072's topic in General Nursing

    Isn't it great stuff??? For a bit it came in tubes like Chap-Stick but (sigh) no more. Or I haven't been able to find it anyway. I swear they packaged it that way for nurses

  17. Nursing students fear of the gross stuff.

    Bipley replied to amy3072's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, just wait. You will learn to fear odors someday! :chuckle Wait for your first c-diff patient that has gas gangrene in their foot. Gahhhhhhhh!! I have felt verrrrry bad at times. I had to...

  18. **Organ Donation**

    Bipley replied to sirI's topic in General Nursing

    I have an organ donation card I keep in my purse at all times, it is listed on my driver license, and I am registered with the State of Arizona as a donor. I've really been thinking long and hard...

  19. Painful Feet, Please Help!

    Bipley replied to BlessedbyGod's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I don't know, I think I would have to see several double blind studies and a few JAMA articles before I could put any kind of soy milk (or any other milk) in THIS mouth. Gahhhhhhhh :chuckle I have...

  20. Was I wrong to refuse to help?

    Bipley replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    I want to know what is going to happen to the nurse that called you such a vile name. Had I done such a thing to ANY EMS person I would have been fired on the spot, and rightfully

  21. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    Bipley replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Isn't THAT the truth! Shoot, old folks can tell you the day they are going to die. (On a Friday they'll say that on Tuesday they will become ill and die that day, sure

  22. Do nurses get paid enough for what they do?

    Bipley replied to sweetpea839's topic in General Nursing

    The more of your posts that I read the more I like your

  23. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    Bipley replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    In a LTC facility one of my very favorite patients died. She was a hopeless Paranoid Schizophrenic. She coded, we worked her until Phoenix Fire got there and they continued to work her. I knew the...

  24. EEEEEK! Please Help Me! Losing New Job????

    Bipley replied to rnmom3153's topic in General Nursing

    Not necessarily. Sometimes these issues can take a looooong time. I mean weeks. However in my gut I agree with you but typically these issues just take a bit of time. If I were the OP I'd be...

  25. EEEEEK! Please Help Me! Losing New Job????

    Bipley replied to rnmom3153's topic in General Nursing

    On the drug screen form that YOU have a copy of, the medical officer's name and contact info will be on there. Call that