Dances with wool

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1. Do I have to report depression/suicidal ideation to the Texas BON?

   Dances with wool replied to wolac992's topic in General Nursing

   Glad you are okay. I’ve been there. To have my care covered I was hospitalized where I worked and so almost everyone knew. At first I was horrified but everyone was so supportive of me. We lost one of our nurses to suicide and it was terrible. She wa...

2. What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

   Dances with wool replied to nirvana1's topic in Humor

   Knew someone named Muffin at school. Came across these doozies Over the years. Dusty Rhodes, Chip Monk, Sweet Jeezus, Rainn Mann, Chocolat, Gypsie Rose, Stetson Roper (obviously a cowboy) Maverick, Raeven Blak, Jagger, MK (just the initials of his pa...

3. What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

   Dances with wool replied to nirvana1's topic in Humor

   I worked with a woman named Muffin. Not a nickname. It was the name on her birth certificate

4. What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

   Dances with wool replied to nirvana1's topic in Humor

   Dorcas was actually used quite often before it had the connotations it does now. I've met several of them. They're usually 60+

5. Feeling guilty about calling in sick.

   Dances with wool replied to Becca, RN's topic in General Nursing

   Unfortunately it is all too common for nurses to b put on a guilt trip for being sick. I bet we have all felt forced to work sick at one time or another.

6. Can nurses live a luxurious life?

   Dances with wool replied to Aa1Bb2Cc3's topic in General Nursing

   Luxurious no. Comfortable yes.

7. How long to work in one place?

   Dances with wool replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

   Stay where you are if it works for you. My staying at the same facility for 18 years turned into a huge blessing when I had to retire unexpectedly last year from MS complications. The retirement plan my employer offered now pays me a monthly check. I...

8. Inappropriate Conversations in the Workplace

   Dances with wool replied to Shookclays's topic in General Nursing

   If "Political topics" are the inappropriate conversations in your workplace, consider yourself lucky. I have had to deal with the most foul language and a step by step guide to oral sex! The thing about nights is that so much can be hidden from manag...

9. My own family is the PITA in the hospital

   Dances with wool replied to Dances with wool's topic in General Nursing

   The patient will be 41 in April and the other will be 37 in July. Old enough to know better.

10. My own family is the PITA in the hospital

    Dances with wool replied to Dances with wool's topic in General Nursing

    He was not raised that way.

11. My own family is the PITA in the hospital

    Dances with wool posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am so upset right now. My son had emergency surgery on Sunday night. He had an open compound tib/fib fracture. Part of the wound was left open and was draining serosanguinous fluid into the dressing, all normal. On Monday he and my other son were t...

12. Doppler during Code

    Dances with wool replied to eastcoastrn586's topic in General Nursing

    It has some value in verifying that compressions are effective. The hospital I worked in uses a femoral Doppler for that purpose. It's just a tool and of course doesn't substitute for other measures

13. What's the biggest mistake you've ever made as a nurse? What did you learn from it?

    Dances with wool replied to Mini-Murse's topic in General Nursing

    The scariest was not one I did but one that I caught. I was taking report on a patient who was 2 hours into CABG recovery. The off going nurse reported that she had just hung Hespan for hypotension. I noticed the BP was not coming up and most of the ...

14. Did you contract anything from a patient?

    Dances with wool replied to RNrhythm's topic in General Nursing

    I got C-Diff. I was always careful to wear PPE and wash my hands, but I probably incubated C-Diff. So many are not diagnosed right away and as we know alcohol based sanitizer doesn't do the trick. I have MS and my immune system was suppressed from me...

15. I hurt my back at work and I think my employer is going to fire me. Need career advice.

    Dances with wool replied to Amnesty's topic in Relations

    See an attorney. You can't go to your new department with any work restrictions Period. Sounds like you need some qualified legal advice. Embellishment also means "adding to" by the way.