SuesquatchRN BSN, RN

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    Help!!! I can not find a job!!

    SuesquatchRN replied to Robin, RN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Try
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    Thoughts on Hospice Care w/ non-terminally ill patients

    SuesquatchRN replied to simplyme06's topic in General Nursing

    Alzheimer's is terminal, although the lack of an AD-specific terminal event leads to this misapprehension. That said, abx are not inconsistent with hospice. We do not attempt to cure the underlying...
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    "No Complaints Voiced"??

    SuesquatchRN replied to Hooch's topic in General Nursing

    I ask the A&O. "Any pain? Everything
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    Heartbroken. Ball was dropped BIG TIME. Advice?

    SuesquatchRN replied to cmcervantes63's topic in General Nursing

    Nor is a dead body just a corpse in mine, and to be with a loved one at the time of death is a universal desire, pretty much. However, you spoke of your sadness that he was alone when he died. You...
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    Heartbroken. Ball was dropped BIG TIME. Advice?

    SuesquatchRN replied to cmcervantes63's topic in General Nursing

    There is nothing you can do to prevent it from happening again. Your family should have been notified and was not because protocol broke down. It is not the first and won't be the last time that a sad...
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    I'm grateful for you crusty old bats

    SuesquatchRN replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    I can;t wear that
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    Defining nursing with a single word...

    SuesquatchRN replied to tgyles's topic in General Nursing

    hard.
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    I'm grateful for you crusty old bats

    SuesquatchRN replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, WE hijacked the thread. She made one comment that was pretty much ignored for pages and then someone's back got
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    What do I do if the patient's family member is very fresh because I am a sitter?

    SuesquatchRN replied to leogirl8's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, honey, some family members think nurses are useless, too. Don't take it to
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    Any nurses here deaf in one ear?

    SuesquatchRN replied to flmd's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I am betting that you learn to compensate for balance. And I work with a nurse who has a very deformed face, let alone a little paralysis, and does fine. Good luck. Brain surgery is, you know,...
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    Discharged at the point of death.

    SuesquatchRN replied to DixieRedHead's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Depending on where the poster lives it may be one ethnos. It sure is here. Our diversity extends to Methodists AND
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    Any nurses here deaf in one ear?

    SuesquatchRN replied to flmd's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I can use a good Littmann - can't hear anything with the cheapies. The electronic ones won't help the ear (yours) that has nerve damage anyway. It would probably help me because mine is not and...
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    Discharged at the point of death.

    SuesquatchRN replied to DixieRedHead's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm disappointed in this thread. This is a societal problem, a reimbursement problem, a cultural problem, and here we are pointing fingers - LTC vs. Hospital - when that's just a distraction from the...
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    Any nurses here deaf in one ear?

    SuesquatchRN replied to flmd's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I'm pretty HOH and wear a HA in my right ear. I just need to turn the ear with the HA in it towards people when they are trying to whisper. And I place it CAREFULLY into a pocket when I use the...
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    Mental Health Issues and Nursing

    SuesquatchRN replied to chunkiesundae's topic in Nursing Career

    My BONs have never asked if I'm on any meds. I always disclose the AD and benzo for drug testing and it's just
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    cdiff death?

    SuesquatchRN replied to purple10's topic in General Nursing

    Who knows. In my world, everyone they can't figure out seems to get sepsis. Maybe this guy just latches onto
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    Do nurses get holidays off?

    SuesquatchRN replied to Jmiami's topic in General Nursing

    You know, I didn't get the feeling that the OP thinks she deserves holidays off because she has kids, but simply that she would LIKE them and KNOWS that that's an
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    Discharged at the point of death.

    SuesquatchRN replied to DixieRedHead's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm so sorry,
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    Discharged at the point of death.

    SuesquatchRN replied to DixieRedHead's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    maelstrom, you make some very valid points. We've out-sourced death. When I was a kid CPR was still very new and old folks with big problems just - died. If not the first MI then the second, or the...
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    Kaiser Should Be Ashamed Of Itself!

    SuesquatchRN replied to clinicalteach's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm
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    Discharged at the point of death.

    SuesquatchRN replied to DixieRedHead's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm doing hospice now and they get discharged home to die. Sad. "Impending death" is no longer covered by
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    Do nurses get holidays off?

    SuesquatchRN replied to Jmiami's topic in General Nursing

    I work on-call for hospice. This week, in a wicked thunderstorm, I got called to the home of a dying person. The first words out of the caregiver's mouth were, "I'm so sorry to get you out on a...
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    I'm grateful for you crusty old bats

    SuesquatchRN replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    Aw, they just nibble. And thanks, too, for those times my heart is breaking at the sadness we all see and you help me
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    Would you have called?

    SuesquatchRN replied to Art_Vandelay's topic in General Nursing

    Nah. Aside from that the standard is always PO over parenteral if possible and effective. If I need to wake up an MD they'd best not yell at me. But I don't wake 'em up unless it's vital. And this...
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    Just quit a job (LTC) after a few weeks and have a ?

    SuesquatchRN replied to CrystalClear75's topic in General Nursing

    Good