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oldfoolrn: April 2015
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The amazing thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools" . Doug Lauer. Sunday, April 26, 2015. Mrs Chase - A Proxy Patient for Practicing Procedures. Nearly every R.N. in the US and Canada received her basic training on the Chase Hospital Doll. For over 50 years, standard equipment in the nurse training hospitals throughout the world. We learned all varieties of bed making with Mrs. Chase: Occupied top to bottom, Occupied side to side, Post-op with the sheets carefully fan folded ...
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oldfoolrn: June 2015
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The amazing thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools" . Doug Lauer. Saturday, June 27, 2015. Robots Blowing Smoke in the Hospital. Cigarettes were also readily available from vending machines in the main hospital lobby for about 50 cents a pack. These machines always seemed to do a brisk business. Care for a cigarette after that nebulizer treatment? When we were doing our psych rotation in nursing school, our instructors advised us that we should at least learn how to smoke so as t...
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oldfoolrn: Scrub Sinks
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The amazing thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools" . Doug Lauer. Sunday, August 2, 2015. I've been meaning to write a post comparing modern scrub sinks to those of yesteryear, but I haven't been able to get Cherry Ames off my mind since that last post. It's an addiction of sorts that rears it's ugly head from time to time. How is this one for a classic? Well that's enough of Cherry. Recently a whippersnapperrn invited me to view a new operating room suite at the local. The noise...
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oldfoolrn: Down a Quart? Hypodermoclysis to the Rescue
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The amazing thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools" . Doug Lauer. Sunday, July 12, 2015. Hypodermoclysis to the Rescue. No need for blood and/or urine osmols and you can forget about getting ADH levels, diagnosis of dehydration was based on well known physical signs. You know it when you see it. After the needles were in place, the fluid was allowed to flow in without any clamps or regulation. This usually took about 3-4 hours. Old hospital rooms really did not have room ...I was...
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oldfoolrn: August 2015
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The amazing thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools" . Doug Lauer. Saturday, August 29, 2015. My hero Cherry Ames (did you know her real name was Charity) had a diverse career from department store nurse to jungle nurse, so I figured that it was worth a try. The first thing I usually did coming on duty was to check the patients in restraints. I was about to enter the side room one afternoon and the next thing I remember was waking up in an ambulance. I wondered what this letter ha...
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oldfoolrn: Fool's Foils for Fasciculating Fingers
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The amazing thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools" . Doug Lauer. Monday, March 2, 2015. Fool's Foils for Fasciculating Fingers. This is for you that have been in a situation where someone is yelling, Get that blood going STAT. You just got a beautiful dark red blood return in that flash camber of that #18 Angiocath. Now it's time to start threading it into one of the last remaining veins and YIKES! My fingers won't stop shaking. If you're in nursing. Keep your arms adducted and ...
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oldfoolrn: The Untold Story of Cherry Ames' Nightmares
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The amazing thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools" . Doug Lauer. Friday, July 17, 2015. The Untold Story of Cherry Ames' Nightmares. Males don't escape the reproductive organ nightmares. The meatotomy done prior to a TUR always gave me goosebumps. That cold steel slicing right through the tip of a penis is real nightmare material. If the anesthesia is light, the circulating nurse better be available if the patient moves around. Had a state board revoked her license? After making...
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oldfoolrn: February 2015
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The amazing thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools" . Doug Lauer. Friday, February 27, 2015. OldfoolRN" on the toe tag and shroud ID. Luckily, my usually cranky supervisor was mildly amused and understanding. The only thing she said to me was "go home and get some sleep" My coworkers never forgot this and were always kidding that I had risen from the dead. . Thursday, February 26, 2015. This is why I was saddened to hear that whippersnapperRN's have been asked to pay for their pi...
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oldfoolrn: Nurse's Cap Folding - An Ancient Tutorial
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The amazing thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools" . Doug Lauer. Sunday, February 22, 2015. Nurse's Cap Folding - An Ancient Tutorial. You are in for a heap of demerits if this nursing cap winds up off center or. That black band which had to be exactly 5/8 inch across was added at a banding ceremony after completion of our junior year. It was a big deal because it meant you were almost a nurse. The bands were known to be measured at uniform inspections to insure size com...This ...
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oldfoolrn: Nursing Diploma School Song
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The amazing thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools" . Doug Lauer. Sunday, August 16, 2015. Nursing Diploma School Song. I have been attempting to recall the words to the following song we used to sing just about everywhere in school when our instructors were out of earshot. I found an old yellow 3X5 card with just a couple of verses that I saved from school. We came here to get a cap, Honey. Honey. We came here to get a cap, Babe. Babe. Honey Little baby mine. Everyone is acutely...
