Ok, gotta fun question... What is your favorite nursing skill, and what is the weirdest thing about you as a nurse, that maybe not everyone knows about? I'll start.
My favorite nursing skill is venipuncture, be it phlebotomy or IV starts, I love it.
The weird thing about me is the fact that one of my favorite pastimes is watching autopsies.
For obvious reasons, I don't mention that one too much. I am probably the only person in the country to have FAVORITE forensic pathologist. Sigh...oh, well.
Specializes in LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych.
Yup,venipuncture is for me...I love IV starts and drawing blood...I will actually look in movies or if I'm out somewhere and notice veins. I'll be like,"Damn I could start him blindfolded!":yeah:
Also love autopsies,the human body is amazing...GO Dr.Baden!:loveya:
And my weirdest usually makes people laugh...I hate false teeth! HATE THEM ! HATE THEM!
U can puke,poop,pee, or cough up a good phlegm ball on me,not a problem.
But keep your teeth to yourself!
And we're all odd ducks!
Quack! Quack!
You just described me to a 'T'! I'm great at IV starts, love watching autopsies, and HATE grotty dentures with a pink and purple passion.......:barf01:
I also take pride in my deftness at inserting Foleys. I got good at this early on and was the first in my nursing class to be allowed to do them independently. I've done newborns and 600-pounders, enlarged prostates and combative LOLs with weird anatomy........you name it, I've cathed it!
Yep, we're odd ducks all right........but it's OK, they know us here.
I used to work in a community health center with a doc that did a beautiful ingrown toenail removal. I loved assisting him, and I miss it now! Ditto the above on abscesses in all kinds of weird places. The more pus, the better.
Now, I love a good postpartum hemorrhage and/or manual placenta/clot extraction. Not so much for the patient, but I love the instant gratification of all those clots. And it's just enough adrenaline for me.
What is weird about me? Geez, what isn't weird about me?
VivaLasViejas, ASN, RN
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You just described me to a 'T'! I'm great at IV starts, love watching autopsies, and HATE grotty dentures with a pink and purple passion.......
:barf01:
I also take pride in my deftness at inserting Foleys. I got good at this early on and was the first in my nursing class to be allowed to do them independently. I've done newborns and 600-pounders, enlarged prostates and combative LOLs with weird anatomy........you name it, I've cathed it!
Yep, we're odd ducks all right........but it's OK, they know us here.