I started getting nervous when, being handed a tube of soap, I was also given a page-long set of instructions on how to bathe with it. The soap was an antibacterial rub to kill the germs on my skin and to reduce the chance of infection during my laser surgery. Three weeks earlier, I had ...
I’ve been collecting jokes and humor for thirty five years. Here’s a collection of funny nurse jokes I’d like to share. Why did the nurse keep the bedpan in the refrigerator? Because when she kept it in the freezer it took too much skin off. On a busy Med/Surg floor the doctor stops the nurse ...
Many young nurses enter the work force after graduating and have no idea what it is to be a professional. Professionalism starts as an attitude on the inside that is displayed on the outside. Professionalism is a commitment and a choice. Registered nurse and professional nurse in the past have been interchangeable terms. When a ...
When I first got out of nursing school and was hired as a Medical-Surgical RN in a local hospital I began searching to find tips that might help me make the transition from student nurse to RN. I wanted a list of specific things I could do to help me learn to care for a ...