Bipley

Bipley

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  1. Smelly Co-Worker

    Bipley replied to Bipley's topic in General Nursing

    No, more of a dead and rotting kind of

  2. Zithromax and Chest Pain

    Bipley replied to webblarsk's topic in General Nursing

    Acid Reflux due to meds? Did you try Tums or something similar just to see if that took care of it? Are you taking Z with

  3. Nurses with ADD/ADHD?

    Bipley replied to Metron's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Yeah, I think it is some sort of impulse control issue. But it's always verbal. I don't even think it first, I hear it along with everyone else as I'm blurting it

  4. Painful Feet, Please Help!

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

    What do you suppose it is about soy milk that helps foot

  5. Nurses with ADD/ADHD?

    Bipley replied to Metron's topic in Health, Stress Management

    SMS... Please, post more often! You are extra smart! Too much amphetamine, that is surely the REAL dx for AD/HD! Too much Dex and I want to crawl under my desk and take a nap! If I can't sleep at...

  6. What can you just NOT take?

    Bipley replied to Jerico's topic in General Nursing

    While in college I was an EMT. I do believe the top of the proverbial list is grandma that died three weeks ago in the midwest summer.

  7. What can you just NOT take?

    Bipley replied to Jerico's topic in General Nursing

    Dude... you should'a been a

  8. I'm tired of it! I had enough!

    Bipley replied to marshalbc77's topic in General Nursing

    Ohhhhh, Jerico! You are about to discover what "eating their young" REALLY means. However... I fully agree with you. Now MOVE and let me hide under that chair with

  9. Addressing patients?

    Bipley replied to CanopyCindy's topic in General Nursing

    I'm pretty good at reading people and I go with my gut. It hasn't failed me

  10. Do you have internet at work?

    Bipley replied to KCIN's topic in General Nursing

    We have internet access and are expected to use it wisely. We don't abuse it as we don't want to lose it. It comes in handy at

  11. What can you just NOT take?

    Bipley replied to Jerico's topic in General Nursing

    Anything I can smell makes me puke. I can puke with the best of them. Smells do it for me. I can look at absolutely anything and it doesn't phase me in the least. I can touch anything, the green...

  12. I'm tired of it! I had enough!

    Bipley replied to marshalbc77's topic in General Nursing

    We did. He was put on paid admin leave during the investigation. HR brought us all in one by one and we all told our stories. He came back and nothing was done. We were told they could not tell us...

  13. Nurses with ADD/ADHD?

    Bipley replied to Metron's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I'm a nurse and I have ADHD. I have done what you want to do, I still do it. But you have done something I could never do. I could never be a parent. Not ever. I'm just not parent material and I...

  14. Your Worst Mistake

    Bipley replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    Isn't it obvious?? :rotfl: Sorry... back to our regularly scheduled

  15. Your Worst Mistake

    Bipley replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    LOL... oh boy are you a newbie! Darl'en, you have a lot of learning to do regarding human nature. Humans are not perfect beings and the first time you make a mistake, AND YOU WILL, I hope you give...

  16. I'm tired of it! I had enough!

    Bipley replied to marshalbc77's topic in General Nursing

    I learned early on that the only reason the policy and procedure manual exists is to create blame on non-management and before any nurse managers jump on me, I have been in management more than...

  17. Circumcisions-Question

    Bipley replied to Bipley's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Africa is one of the places that does it the most however they do it to females. Muslums do it routinely and many assume it is for religious reasons but in my research I have discovered it has...

  18. Are you a nurse from a dysfunctional family?

    Bipley replied to jenpstudentrn's topic in General Nursing

    I LOVE THIS QUOTE!!!!!! Thank you. I just emailed it to my sis! Thank you, this is absolutely perfect. I realize this is an old thread and I don't even know if you are still posting here, but if you...

  19. Painful Feet, Please Help!

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

    16 OUNCES is a SMALL glass? Darl'en, you are starting to talk like a man who can't measure! You know how long one minute of football time REALLY is? SMALL? I'm over here thinking maybe small means...

  20. Waste in hospitals

    Bipley replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    the hospital i worked for does that too. all the disposable instruments not used in or go in the 3rd world box. when the box is full it is sent "somewhere". the or kits with gazillions of ace wrap...

  21. Nurses with ADD/ADHD?

    Bipley replied to Metron's topic in Health, Stress Management

    sadly, it is all too common to be misdiagnosed by psychs. i swear you can put 1 patient in a room and have 10 docs diagnose him and you will get at *least* five diagnoses. one point that is also...

  22. Nurses with ADD/ADHD?

    Bipley replied to Metron's topic in Health, Stress Management

    It *does* do that for folks that take too many or in the case of AD/HD, for those of us that don't take enough. I'm speaking from experience. Without Dex I can't think and focus. I read the same...

  23. Painful Feet, Please Help!

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

    Ohhh, I know! First use a product to remove dead skin. It is like sandpaper but made FOR feet. Get rid of the thick, dead skin and then use LOTS of lotion. Keep the healthy live skin supple with a...

  24. Your Worst Mistake

    Bipley replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    This likely isn't my worst but it is what comes to mind. I had a patient that would cheek his meds. He was a psych patient. The doc ordered Thorazine Concentrate Liquid. At least we could have a...

  25. low,medium, high evals of staff

    Bipley replied to burt's topic in General Nursing

    Shay.... Hear hear!!! I am sick to death of the constant whining and complaining! The forever victims of their profession! Worst part is, they don't even recognize