"Best Of" Thread

My hat's off this morning to Oswin, a LTC nurse:

Can we just... respect each others specialties? If all nurses were hospital nurses there would be so many neglected people in the community. LTC needs more good nurses, not just people who can't get a hospital job, but skilled, observant nurses who want to care for others.

The question is, which do you love more, your job or your spouse?

Seriously? I married my husband, for better or worse until death do us part. I never made that vow to my job and I will retire from my job one day and call it quits. I don't plan on retiring or quitting from my husband.

Do I like my job? Yes on most days.

I LIKE my husband on most days too but I LOVE him everyday (anyone who has been in a long term relationship will understand that comment) However if I ever had to choose between my husband and my job I choose my husband.

I read this post by Orion I read as I was waking up this afternoon that caused me to roar with laughter:

That was hilarious. Speaking of prison, this was pretty funny at the time too. A number of years ago, I bought a used Geo Prizm - that's PRIZM - to commute with. It had a problem now and then, and one of the first times I got it worked on at a local garage, I noticed after I'd paid and got the car back that they'd entered it as a Geo PRISON. Ha ha! My ex and I joked about it from then on, and I said yeah, gotta get it painted w/black n' white stripes on it.

In response to one poster who was complaining about a new initiative that directs nurses to wipe down errything before doing anything in a room:

Just smile and look enthusiastic and tell them what a great idea that is. Then go on about your business, prioritizing appropriately.

Someone worked very hard on this initiative, you know.

Whatever you do don't let one soul hear you complain - and tell all your friends to shut their traps, too. Any complaining and you all will find yourselves having

Cleaning and Readiness for Administration of Pharmaceuticals "time outs" and clicking CRAP time-out boxes faster than I can say "told you so!"

Hang in there, cleback!

CRAP!!

What a great and fun idea!:)

As I was reading charting bloopers yesterday, I came across this gem by Terre:

A new intern to our CCU once charted attempts to cardiovert a patient in the following manner:

Attempted to convert the patient with 200 jews, unsuccessful. Second attempt to convert the patient with 300 jews unsuccessful. Patient finally converted on the third attempt with 300 jews.

The mental picture of three hundred rabbis surrounding a patient's bed yelling, "Convert, convert!" was too much. We nicknamed him "Call a Code or Call a Rabbi" from that day forward.

In response to a poster who questioned why s/he wasn't teary when s/he witnessed his/her first death (I teared up):

There is nothing wrong with you. As long as you can provide compassionate care and don't feel indifferent toward the situation, this is actually a good quality to have. I work in the NICU. We have very sick babies and babies who die. It has never really affected me much, the way I see it is that these things happen as part of life. Life is not life without death and suffering. If we can't avoid the death and suffering - than at least I can play a part in making the experience even a fraction less traumatizing for my babies and their families.