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    Ask Dr. Fever

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

    I read a biography of him years ago & the historian called him "the first rock star". When he went over to France during the Revolution to get the French to side with us he put on this carny show...
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    Ask Dr. Fever

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

    From what I've read of Ben Franklin the last place he would look for a piece of tail would be from the woman he was married
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    Why Do We Continue to Harm Patients?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Yes we need a unified front!!! We need to put aside our petty differences and focus. I believe in most cases that which is good for nurses (descent pay, working conditions and staffing) also is good...
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    Ask Dr. Fever

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

    Why is everything I hold dear like drinking, smoking, eating all the wrong foods and promiscuity bad for
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    Why Do We Continue to Harm Patients?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    There's no magic to better staffing ratios. It's more money for nurses. Unfortunately every trend I see is the opposite. When hospitals became a business we nurses became an expense to be...
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    Failed pre employment drug screen in Texas, now what?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to NurseTexas2018's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Well Hppy, you put it well as it could be put I think. Thank you for sharing & I'm glad you are sober &
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    Nurse Bullying. Have you experienced it?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Alexx_xox's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well thank you
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    Nurse Bullying. Have you experienced it?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Alexx_xox's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't know but it seems to me that a definition of bullying and acceptable conduct should be made more clear. I think that nurses should have a civil relationship with one another that optimizes...
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    Nurse Bullying. Have you experienced it?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Alexx_xox's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    WOW Katie I'm
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    Nurse Bullying. Have you experienced it?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Alexx_xox's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yeah Wuzzie I hear ya. I think its pervasive in units that operate 24/7. I've worked in the ER most of my career and the gossip, pettiness and total lack of any acceptable boundaries are obvious. I...
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    Nurse Bullying. Have you experienced it?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Alexx_xox's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yeah, I don't think I've ever been bullied. I'm a big, grumpy old guy who usually could give two poops what most other people think unless its important and has to do with my job. I think what you...
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    Fired for Falsifying Documents. What to expect

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to LPNewbie's topic in General Nursing

    LPNewbie, All Nurses make mistakes. We aren't perfect. I don't think this is gonna be any sort of hanging offense with the BON & I rarely say nice things about that gaggle of vampires. Anyway,...
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    Ohio BON help

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Lulu3387's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yeah, I wouldn't swear to signing any particular release when I signed all my paperwork last October but there was a stack of them. I would be shocked if a medical release wasn't one of them....
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    Failed pre employment drug screen in Texas, now what?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to NurseTexas2018's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I don't know anything about the programs in Texas. However, welcome to our little corner of the internet. Welcome. Hopefully you will find some helpful advice here. I know you will have the...
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    Ohio BON help

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Lulu3387's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Oh boy!!! I think you are walking into a whirl-wind of poop. I'm not trying to be negative but simply honest. You are accused of diverting. You have a history and you refused a drug test. Ouch....
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    Essential Oil Overkill

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Kayauhs's topic in General Nursing

    When the lunatic fringe takes over they are "normal". The minority that used to be considered normal now become members of the lunatic fringe. The most extreme example I can think of here is Nazi...
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    In process, after evaluation, rpp wants 1 year monitoring without having a diagnosis

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Beazy's topic in Nurses Recovery

    What exactly are they evaluating? This nurse was on pain meds prescribed by a doc for acute pain. Once the pain went away so did the pain meds. To me that is an appropriate use of such meds. She...
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    Essential Oil Overkill

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Kayauhs's topic in General Nursing

    Truthfully, it sounds like you work in the land of the lunatic. You have leadership on board with this mystical nonsense and even a doc writing orders for it. You could report all this stuff to...
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    Evaluation scaries

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Nursebry91's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yeah the sad truth of these programs is that they don't do recovery. They do punishment and monitoring. A person in recovery is there because they want / need to be there. After a 28 day stay in...
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    My children made the choice for me

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Organized, Yay on both counts. The time that you actually have with your kids in life is very limited. If you can afford to pay the bills and want to stay with your kids Good Choice!!! I was young...
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    Nursing accessories for ER/ED?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to HalfBoiled's topic in Emergency

    I wear Carhartt Black Scrubs exclusively. Tons of Pockets, super durable and un-stainable. Good sturdy shoes. I wear salomon's but that is a personal preference. An incredibility think skin. An...
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    Evaluation scaries

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Nursebry91's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yeah but I wonder if it does Tricia? Many of us in this giant net have no intention at all of sustained recovery. Honestly I think the folks caught in the web who need all this recovery benefit....
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    Evaluation scaries

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Nursebry91's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Personally I think the BONs are tied up with the rehab industry. They have either been sold a bill of goods about the efficacy of these programs or they are simply corrupt. I would love to see a...
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    Evaluation scaries

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Nursebry91's topic in Nurses Recovery

    We had a question we were supposed to think about for a nurse support group meeting for a week. The question was "are you an alcoholic / addict?". We were supposed to self-diagnose based upon...
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    Whats your favorite part of nursing?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Grobyc82's topic in General Nursing

    I like getting paid every two