OneThunder BSN, RN

OneThunder is a BSN, RN and specializes in Medsurg, Rehab, LTC, Instructor, Hospice.

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1. Nurses Who Smoke Marijuana

   OneThunder replied to NenaRK's topic in Recovery

   In the U.S today, more than 20 states with more than 20 percent of the population have statutes which recognize the legal therapeutic use of herbal cannabis or cannabinoid-based medicinal preparations. Another dozen or so have CBD-only laws which aut...

2. Burned out DON thinking about MDS position

   OneThunder posted a topic in MDS

   Totally burned out DON, I'm thinking about working in MDS. Can anyone recommend online classes to bring me up to snuff? I used to do MDSs when they were pencil and paper. (LOL!)

3. Anyone an addictions nurse?

   OneThunder replied to Mo_RN's topic in Addictions

   I am looking towards that certification. I worked in hospice for 5 years. You would think that physicians and nurses in the hospice field would be able to distinguish pain from addiction. I recently moved over to an inner city SNF. I see the same att...

4. Post mortem care

   OneThunder replied to mc3's topic in Hospice

   just recently had a tour of our local funeral home and he explained the very same things you did. one thing he also said that if the dentures are lost, they do have a prosthesis that can be used to make the mouth look as though the teeth are in.

5. Post mortem care

   OneThunder replied to mc3's topic in Hospice

   Sometimes it's not the family that requests an autopsy. Sometimes it's the law. A fall that precedes death is one example. Regardless of whether they are on hospice or not.

6. Post mortem care

   OneThunder replied to mc3's topic in Hospice

   Yes, I agree. I had not heard of "leaving marks, tearing skin" and the like. I have done 100's of post mortem care and never experienced that, but I suppose it is possible.

7. Post mortem care

   OneThunder replied to mc3's topic in Hospice

   That is an interesting perspective. Food for thought.

8. Medicare Probe

   OneThunder replied to PeacePisceRN's topic in Hospice

   if indeed, my perspective is 'hopelessly biased", then your perspective is punative.

9. Nurses Smoking

   OneThunder replied to JENNLEE's topic in General Nursing

   Cigarrettes....FDA approved. Yeah, they do a good job...zelnorm, bextra,vioxx,aprotinin..... tattoos a "bad" habit? OMG....

10. Not impressed with clinical group and instructor

    OneThunder replied to 1Tulip's topic in Educators

    AMEN! I taught first and second semester RN students. MY clinical group started IVs, inserted foleys, walked rounds with the physician....wrote workable care plans and they loved it! You should have seen their faces when the blood in the canual "back...

11. Medicare Probe

    OneThunder replied to PeacePisceRN's topic in Hospice

    the big difference between how you and i see things is two fold. i want to see the health care system we have improved one bite at a time. you would like to throw out the whole meal and start over. i want to see our healthcare funded by limited gov't...

12. Profit vs Not for Profit

    OneThunder replied to webblarsk's topic in Hospice

    I'm not so sure about that. The media will "jump" on a negative story much faster than a positive one. And remember, just because a patient chooses one hospice, doesn't mean they have to stay with them. They can transfer to another. Hospice patients,...

13. Medicare Probe

    OneThunder replied to PeacePisceRN's topic in Hospice

    payment for medical treatment is a complex system of qualifications, whether you rely on government assistance or private insurance. hospice care is a treatment option, just like chemo, physical therapy, respiratory therapy. you must qualify for thos...

14. Medicare Probe

    OneThunder replied to PeacePisceRN's topic in Hospice

    payment for medical treatment is a complex system of qualifications, whether you rely on government assistance or private insurance. hospice care is a treatment option, just like chemo, physical therapy, respiratory therapy. you must qualify for thos...

15. Profit vs Not for Profit

    OneThunder replied to webblarsk's topic in Hospice

    I agree. But shouldn't the marketplace dictate the standards? No business, no hospital, no hospice can stay in business with a bad rep for bad service. And there is the matter of Medicare survey and Joint Commission for monetary punishment.