WoofyMutt80

WoofyMutt80 specializes in Geriatrics, Cath Lab, Cardiology,Neuro.

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1. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

   WoofyMutt80 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations

   It is my PET PEEVE when I used to hear fellow CNA's say to pts in Depends...."go ahead and poop in it, that is what is used for" Well last I knew, Depends DONT WIPE YOUR BEHIND OR FLUSH! IT IS NOT AN ALTERNATIVE TO A TOILET! I told one girl to go and...

2. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

   WoofyMutt80 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations

   I work in SMALL clinic, no interpreters, but the community is mostly Spanish, Portuguese, Cape Verdean, Haitian

3. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

   WoofyMutt80 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations

   i was asked this question by 2 pts last week and arrrrrggggggghhhhh.... "me english no good, do you speaka portuguese?" i said "no i do not" (i do not look latino, i am irish and french!) what i wanted to say........ i don't speaka portuguese beca...

4. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

   WoofyMutt80 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations

   I am the same way too Pepper the Cat! I can drink a McDonalds 32 oz Sweet Tea PRIOR to a dr appt, bladder full, and I CANNOT pee on demand!

5. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

   WoofyMutt80 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations

   to the parents of our pediatric pts, and their whole family is on free healthcare: if you can afford that coach bag, prada shoes, and that lincoln navigator parked in our lot, then you can afford health insurance for you and your kid!!!

6. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

   WoofyMutt80 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations

   We had a pt who came in for chronic pain and the Dr prescribed Percocet, a little while later I get a call from the pharmacy saying they cannot fill the Percocet because she is taking Suboxone and it will lower the amount of pain med in the Percocet....

7. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

   WoofyMutt80 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations

   There are some PIA pts, as sad and sick as they are, need to have their picture on file at ER's and pharmacies and have a notice IF YOU SEE THIS PT DON'T SERVE THEM! but sadly it doesnt work that way!

8. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

   WoofyMutt80 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations

   No I am NOT your DRUG DEALER and nor is YOUR PRESCRIBING DOCTOR....here are the directions to the nearest dealer on the street corner! Also proper language is required to get a refill...We have pts asking to refill their "Vic's" or "Oxy's" and our Nu...

9. ER patients falsify info...has it really come to this?

   WoofyMutt80 replied to RNYC's topic in General Nursing

   My boyfriend is a LEGAL CITIZEN (Puerto Rican) so "looking latino" gives NOBODY the right to think he or anyone else of any origin to look "illegal"

10. ER patients falsify info...has it really come to this?

    WoofyMutt80 replied to RNYC's topic in General Nursing

    I get this situation at the Neuro Clinic I work at. We get people calling in to refill their controlled pain meds, or to have a Dr call back to give them test results, or we or other facilities have to call them back to set up tests/procedures. Then ...

11. I have a hunch about a patient and I cannot prove it!

    WoofyMutt80 replied to WoofyMutt80's topic in General Nursing

    I DID NOT read her record, her name was on a paper attached to a RX in our Narcotic/Controlled Substance pile. I have known this lady for years! I have told the cops about the meth lab, the BS going on there. Unfortunately, these people are too damn ...

12. I have a hunch about a patient and I cannot prove it!

    WoofyMutt80 replied to WoofyMutt80's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't lived there in over a year, and from what I hear she still lives there. The cops have been there numerous times for noise, fights, and harrassing other neighbors (one who has an anxiety disorder and heart problem!), when I lived there. It t...

13. I have a hunch about a patient and I cannot prove it!

    WoofyMutt80 replied to WoofyMutt80's topic in General Nursing

    Luckily we have EMR with Office and Phone Notes, SO EVERY LITTLE THING is documented, included last date the Rx was filled. I am going to keep my mouth shut, until then let the universe deal with them! Hopefully she will go on the drug maintenance pr...

14. I have a hunch about a patient and I cannot prove it!

    WoofyMutt80 replied to WoofyMutt80's topic in General Nursing

    I just hope I NEVER see her or her nephews in my office! I'll just tell the Office Manager I cannot be around her due to a "conflict of interest".

15. I have a hunch about a patient and I cannot prove it!

    WoofyMutt80 posted a topic in General Nursing

    i just started a medical asst job at a neuro. clinic. we see alot of pts with chronic pain, worker's comp, disability approvals, etc.... to make a long story short, over a year ago i moved out of an apartment building in a bad part of town, one reaso...