Funny, don't hurt the snowman,, I collect them.. LOL Teresa

OK, so I missed 3 out of 5 LOL  Teresa

Gotta love dementia...

AbusyRN2go..That certainly doesn't surprise me at all...Teresa

Nurse: Doctor, there is a man in the waiting room with a glass eye named Brown.



Doctor: What does he call his other eye?

 

very cute..Teresa

That's so true , I was always 5' 2"  Well it seems that now I am 5'  1 1/2". That is so not fair..LOL. Teresa

Keep them coming...Thanks,Teresa

A SHORT HISTORY OF MEDICINE: “Doctor, I have an ear ache.”

2000 B.C. – “Here, eat this root.”

1000 B.C. – “That root is heathen, say this prayer.”

1850 A.D. – “That prayer is superstition, drink this potion.”

1940 A.D. – “That potion is snake oil, swallow this pill.”

1985 A.D. – “That pill is ineffective, take this antibiotic.”

2000 A.D. – “That antibiotic is artificial. Here, eat this root!”

 

Long ago, when I became a LTC nurse, I was in the med room and had fnished the count and report. I was looking at the 42 hour condition sheet, when there was a knock on the med room door. There were only two of us in the med room, one nurse for 50 patients on her side, and me for the 50 patients on my side of the facility. I opened the door, just slightly, and saw one of my own patients standing there. She said to me, "Susy, Mrs. X and I (they were roommates) had our laxative changed by the MD and the new laxative is not working. Would you mind calling the MD and receiving an order for our laxative that worked so well?". I told her I would not mind at all, and would call the MD office when I was finished with the AM med pass.

Around two weeks later, once again, a knock on the med room door, in the early AM. I opened the door, and there was my patient. I asked her if I could help her. She stated, "Susy, I just wanted to say thank you for having Mrs. X's and my laxative changed. We both just had two of the most wonderful BMs this morning. We are so happy." I told her I was glad I had been able to help.

The other nurse in the Med room and I just looked at each other and laughed until we had tears in our eyes. Only in LTC!!!!

Also, regarding LTC, if there is something on the floor, do not pick it up with your bare hands...it may look like part of a brownie, but it is not!!!

this one is hilarious ...

I have another LTC joke.

When I was in nursing school, we were taught to "orient, orient, orient".

After working in the hospital setting for 9 months, then for an oral surgeon for 7 years, I began working in LTC.  If any of you know LTC really well, you understand the different persons who come in to the facility each month to audit patient records.  Around the 2nd week of my employment, the pharmacy consultant was at the nurses station aduiting the MD orders, the MAR, and the nurses notes.

A patient in a wc rolled up to the nurses station and asked the pharmacy consultant if he was the "Manager of this Hotel". He told her he was the Manager and how could he help her. I just stood and listened. The patient stated "please call the bell hop and call a taxi because I have decided to leave this hotel. My bags are packed and ready for the bell hop to carry the bags to the taxi".  This resident was very hard of hearing and the pharmacy consultant wrote a note to the resident. The note stated "if you would change your mind about leaving this hotel, we will give you a free dinner and no charge for spending the night". She read the note and agreed to stay. All was well with the resident and she rolled back to her room.

I learned, through the pharmacy consultant, that to reorient would have caused a huge issue with the patient. From then on, I placed myself in the time frame in which my residents were in. This led to happy residents, and funny stories in the med room where we could not be heard laughing.  Most often, the resident is in a happier time in their lives, and to reorient would cause them mental anguish.

I loved working in LTC and found geriatric patients to be my true calling in nursing.

It also seems that the age group I worked with, where trained to have one BM EVERY DAY. We did keep a flow sheet on all residents. However, there was one tiny woman, very beautifully dressed, who would fish her BM out of the toiled, place it in a paper towel. She would then bring this "package" to the nurses station, so the nurses could pass judgement on the CCA of the BM.

I decided, long ago, after working for 10 years in LTC, I could never work in a "normal" office setting.

I do not know who the author is, this was forwarded to me by a "friend????".  Enjoy!!!!

I have been in many places, but I've never been in Cahoots. Apparently, you can't go alone. You have to be in Cahoots with someone.

I've also never been in Cognito. I hear no one recognizes you there.

I have, however, been in Sane. They don't have an airport; you have to be driven there. I have made several trips there,thanks to my friends, family and work.

I would like to go to Conclusions, but you have to jump, and I'm not too much on physical activity anymore.

I have also been in Doubt. That is a sad place to go, and I try not to visit there too often.

I've been in Flexible, but only when it was very important to stand firm.

Sometimes I'm in Capable, and I go there more often as I'm getting older.

One of my favorite places to be is in Suspense! It really gets the adrenalin flowing and pumps up the old heart! At my age, I need all the stimuli I can get!

I may have been in Continent, and I don't remember what country I was in. It's an age thing!

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