1. I've decided to keep a tally of most critical labs in one admission, starting today (not including renal failure patients): hgb, glucose, potassium, chloride, PT and INR
2. Farawyn's what I learned thread was way cooler than mine are.
Adding an 80s song makes any thread way cooler.
3. Don't trust a 0600 portable chest X-ray to tell you if pulling a chest tube at 1600 is a good idea. It really sucks to tell someone they have a pneumo still.
4. If someone has q4h benzos and opiates, bring both when they ask for one because they'll just ask for the other after you've already run to the med room twice for them.
5. When someone's paracentesis site is still actively dripping rather steadily, it makes me want to squeeze that sucker and see how far I can shoot the fluid out.
6. This week, it actually was sarcoidosis.
7. I know what sarcoidosis is now.
Sarcoidosis sucks.
8. Doctors really need to stop saying, "we're going to go ahead and discharge you," without adding, "this afternoon", especially when they know full well they won't be putting in discharges anytime soon.
9. I think I've realized that the best docs we have actually enjoy my unit the best because they chart there.
There was one a while ago that wasn't removed, but edited, and I did not appreciate that. I would rather have it completely removed. My post ended up sounding like a sappy unicorn wrote it.
I think I would, too. I am definitely NOT a sappy unicorn, but I think about what I say here and if a post makes it to the "send" button, then I mean it.
If I inadvertently violate the TOS, but still put forth some valid points, remove my post, let me know why, and give me an opportunity to reword it.
I think I would, too. I am definitely NOT a sappy unicorn, but I think about what I say here and if a post makes it to the "send" button, then I mean it.
If I inadvertently violate the TOS, but still put forth some valid points, remove my post, let me know why, and give me an opportunity to reword it.
I think I would, too. I am definitely NOT a sappy unicorn, but I think about what I say here and if a post makes it to the "send" button, then I mean it.
If I inadvertently violate the TOS, but still put forth some valid points, remove my post, let me know why, and give me an opportunity to reword it.
I think it's misleading for them to be edited instead of deleted. For instance, if I say, "Congratulations on being the best liar of a nurse I've ever met," I definitely don't want the edited version to sound something like "Congratulations on being the best nurse I've ever met." You can't just take out the middle part!
Note that I never actually said that phrase. It was just a random example.
Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
Such a trouble maker. 😜
Lol. I try not to be but then there those people who bring it out of me. But I've been better about ending it soon instead of dragging it on & beating a dead a horse.
Lol. I try not to be but then there those people who bring it out of me. But I've been better about ending it soon instead of dragging it on & beating a dead a horse.
I liked your whole "walks in, looks around, backs out slowly." (Or however it went...I think it got deleted, but it cracked me up.)
Yes. I am rarely truly angry. But hangry? All the time!
It is amazing how food changes my mood. A few months ago, a guy I was dating looked at me and said, "Is it time for food? Because you're really cranky.":roflmao:
Purple_roses
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Such a trouble maker. 😜