santhony44 MSN, RN, NP

FNP, Peds, Epilepsy, Mgt., Occ. Ed

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    Best thing since sliced bread!

    santhony44 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    laparascopic surgery pulse
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    LPN's negative attitude is driving me nuts!!

    santhony44 replied to CNAinNeb's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I worked with a nurse like this once. No matter what, she could turn any positive into a negative. It got easier to deal with when I remembered this saying from my childhood: "She wouldn't be happy...
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    Why do people think the hospital is like the Holiday Inn Express?!!! LONG...

    santhony44 replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, Kizzy, I think she told the absolute honest-to-God truth that time! My younger son was a scheduled C-section. I was in the process of getting my epidural put in when people suddenly started...
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    Being a patient, your opinions

    santhony44 replied to BeachBayNurse's topic in General Nursing

    When I've been a patient, my biggest complaint was that, when I was on clear liquids, the kitchen kept sending me orange jello! (I detest orange jello). Honestly, that was my big complaint. I got...
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    ERs fail as the nation's safety net

    santhony44 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Thank you! That's exactly what I meant when I said defensive medicine! What I find very scary are cases where patients sue providers for their own lack of responsibility, and win! A theoretical...
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    ERs fail as the nation's safety net

    santhony44 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Well, move over on the soapbox and make room for me. I work for a small rural critical access hospital and do some ER coverage. Most of the people we see are not uninsured and have a PCP. Most of the...
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    ERs fail as the nation's safety net

    santhony44 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm in Family Practice and have worked in peds. I don't send people in to the ER on a regular basis, by any means. I have done pedi telephone triage as an RN, and taken pediatric call as a NP,...
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    How long did you take off work post cholesystectomy

    santhony44 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Ten days with an open chole? I'm amazed. I have taken care of quite a few of those, pre-laparascope days, and would expect 4-6 weeks of recovery time. Those were quite painful! I was extremely...
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    How long did you take off work post cholesystectomy

    santhony44 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    I had mine on a Friday, went home Saturday, and was back at work on Monday. However, I'm a FNP in a clinic and knew that I would not be required to do any lifting and so forth. By two weeks, though, I...
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    Doctor Practices that Dump Patients

    santhony44 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, the reason for dismissing a patient whose insurance changes would be if that provider doesn't take that particular insurance. (A better way of putting it would be that the insurance won't pay...
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    Doctor Practices that Dump Patients

    santhony44 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't resent medicaid patients. I resent patients who milk and abuse the system. And, I resent a system that allows a parent to take a kid in to the ER for a diaper rash, but which won't help the...
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    Doctor Practices that Dump Patients

    santhony44 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well. There's income, and then there's income. I worked in a federally funded clinic that had a sliding scale. There is a portion of the population- not a large portion, but a portion- whose income...
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    Doctor Practices that Dump Patients

    santhony44 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a FNP and have worked in both pediatrics and family practice, and my experience pretty much is the same as yours. Coming in for every little thing- like "he's been vomiting." Twice, two days ago,...
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    What to do with a bothersome co-worker!

    santhony44 replied to SWEETNURSE1974's topic in General Nursing

    Does your unit have policies that specify what LPNs can and cannot do? If so, use those! "You said you can't do X because you are an LPN. See, here in our policy it clearly states that LPNs can do X."...
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    Doctor won't back up his telephone orders!

    santhony44 replied to In_Chantress's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. Mental health, substance abuse, or dementia, perhaps. This makes that incident report paper trail even more important. If the floor nurses are noticing this, I have no doubt that the...
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    Vacation 'Denied' due to another nurse's medical leave: Fair or not??

    santhony44 replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. While the one is out with his scheduled surgery, other staff members may get sick, have an accident, have a family emergency, and so forth. What would they do then??? This time off issue in...
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    "You can't return to work until you're afebrile for 24 hours!"

    santhony44 replied to hellerd2003's topic in General Nursing

    You're kidding! I've known and used afebrile for the entire time I've been in nursing and never encountered anyone not familiar with it! To the OP: I hope you feel better soon. I think I'd have a...
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    First Aid for Human Bites

    santhony44 replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    Remember that an abrasion from teeth is pretty much the same as a bite, with the same
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    if i wasnt so frustrated i would laugh

    santhony44 replied to candycane267's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It happens to everyone. I had a patient tell a doctor once "I didn't sleep at all, all night long." She had been up once to the bathroom and went right back to sleep. What the patient forgot was that...
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    Any Float Nurses Out There?

    santhony44 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    It's been a long time ago, but I worked float pool. While occasionally you get dumped on, some floors are so happy to have help they're really nice to you. Too, you don't get caught up in unit...
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    Best Compliment Ever...

    santhony44 replied to MelBel's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You'll carry that one around with you forever! Good for you.
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    Tired of being asked to work extra...

    santhony44 replied to KarmaComesAround's topic in General Nursing

    I thought the OP made it pretty clear that she said "no" because she didn't believe she'd be giving good, safe care on that 4th 12-hour shift in a row. Her profile, I believe, also indicates that...
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    Stupid Decision???

    santhony44 replied to Toots71506's topic in General Nursing

    Small correction: a BSN is a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. You probably don't have that already, but a BS or BA. That aside: do what works best for you and your family. The accelerated programs,...
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    i'm a RN

    santhony44 replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    My parents do the "my daughter the nurse" thing too. I too want to crawl into a hole. Once my dad was in the hospital for a procedure and the nurse came in to start his IV. She was having a little...
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    Tired of being asked to work extra...

    santhony44 replied to KarmaComesAround's topic in General Nursing

    well, stop feeling guilty!! you realize that more than three shifts are too hard on you, and you want to function well on the job, and there's nothing wrong with that. i also agree that "sorry, i...