FluffyNipper

FluffyNipper

psychiatry, addictions

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About FluffyNipper

FluffyNipper has 41 years experience and specializes in psychiatry, addictions.


Age 67, 3.5 college degrees, now retired, enjoy doing all kinds of stuff. Born Pittsburgh Pa, have lived and worked and an RN in Pittsburgh, Pa, New York City, San Antonio, TX, and Corpus Christi, TX. I now live in Pittsburgh with a dog, a sister, and too many cats. . . . .

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  1. can I become a RN with a misdemeanor charge?

    In some states it is possible to "expunge" (more or less erase) the record of a conviction. If a conviction is expunged you can say that you have no convictions. Expungement can usually be asked for "x" number of years after the conviction. You migh...
  2. Do you (Active NP's) feel respected by MD's/DO's/PA'S

    I never had any problem with the psychiatrists with whom I practiced. In fact, they trusted my judgement with decisions that I was supposed to review with them, e.g. hospitalizations. ("Just write up the patient, put him in an ambulance and send him...
  3. Does your facility allow the floor/unit nurses write up other nurses?

    Nurses writing up other nurses usually means that the "writing up nurse" doesn't have enough to do and his/her unit is overstaffed. It's also the reason that I will never work for another nursing unit again in my life.
  4. Adult CNS-EXAM

    I'm going to check out the Barclay & Assoc. group that you cited in one of your earlier posts, too. Looks like my reviewing and studying might be interrupted to have an artificial cardiac pacemaker "installed" (is that the right verb?). I've been...
  5. Adult CNS-EXAM

    I feel bad for you. My heart goes out to you. . . . After such a long preparation to fail an examination is a crushing defeat. I am dismayed at what I face. Here is my story: I am 66, retired, and contemplating a return to work as a PsychCNS after...
  6. How do you wash your scrubs?

    I doubt that hot or cold washing with detergent would kill germs on scrubs. Hot water at home is not THAT hot. Using a small amount of chlorine bleach or an H2O2 based additive (put into the wash water, agitate for a few seconds, and only then put in...
  7. I'm 39 and want to become a nurse.

    Go for it! I don't think you will find discrimination - i didn't. I suggest you try to enter the profession with as advanced a degree as possible - MSN if you can find a program that admits non-nurses, otherwise a BSN program. There are lots of nurse...
  8. Male Nurses

    Being a male RN will make you MORE desirable as a boy friend/fiance/husband/father/whatever: better salary, more job prospects, more prestiege, more girlfriends. You're listening to the wrong people! Where I live, ALL nurses, male and female alike, a...
  9. Psych nursing to start out?

    Following the advice of instructors and others, I spent some time working med-surg before I switched into psych nursing. I personally found that my med-surg year gave me experience unrelated to and irrelevant to psych nursing. If you want to work in ...
  10. BSN or BHA ????

    TheNipper is retired. I spent most of my life as a floor nurse or nurse practitioner. I think you are making a big mistake. A BSN/MSN will take you where you want to go. I know people who got the degrees you seek, then they go back and get the MSN...
  11. BSN or BHA ????

    I have seen few RN's benefit from getting a BHA degree. In fact, the last one I knew (a nurse manager) was shown to the front door because of unprofessional conduct, probably because she treated "her" RN's with contempt. Clinical expertise is the sou...
  12. (1) The writer of this message should check with the financial aide office of her local nursing schools about what assistance is available. A LOT of help IS available. Every indication is that assistance will soon increase under the Obama administrat...
  13. psychopharm references

    I've seen little in the way of written instructions about how to taper one med and then how to start another. When you taper a patient from a given medication you consider many factors including such things as (a) the half life of the medication, (b)...
  14. 3 year Diploma from India...trying to study for BSN

    Hello Nurse2Work: Congratulations on your success, passing the NCLEX and coping with the ordeal of getting your RN from any American nursing board. In the past I have taught and counseled American nursing students, so here are some suggestions based...