Cattitude

Cattitude

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  1. Recovering One Day At A Time

    Cattitude replied to Guest 260512's topic in Nurses Recovery

    the internet ate my first response tp you, argh. anyway, congrats on your recovery and keep coming back! _______________________________________________________________ no it didn't...the forum is...

  2. Recovering One Day At A Time

    Cattitude replied to Guest 260512's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Congrats on your recovery Stringer. It IS scary to bare your soul on a public forum even though we can semi-hide behind our user names . At first I was scared to tell anyone, anything because I...

  3. Welcome to our new Nurses & Recovery support forum

    Cattitude replied to sirI's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Finally! I haven't been around in quite a while and was pleasantly surprised to see this new forum. I'm happy to see that All Nurses is allowing a space for those struggling with addiction and...

  4. Resident with STD

    Cattitude replied to erika89's topic in General Nursing

    That may be a bit harsh. The OP did make a mistake and needs to work on the name calling thing but that's what learning is all about. I think as seasoned professionals, we can educate and encourage...

  5. Pimples, blackheads and acne

    Cattitude replied to weirdRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my grossness! I have no seen everything on the web:bugeyes:. People amaze me but I had to LMBO!!! Funny and nasty at the same

  6. Rude remarks by doc with his own kids

    Cattitude replied to Lorie P.'s topic in General Nursing

    Agree. And even if the patient DOES like kids, they are ill and just may not be in the mood to deal with someone's little darlings at the moment. Being that it is their Dr's kids, they may feel...

  7. Unexcusable

    Cattitude replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    What does being an aide have to do with how you handled the situation? And why the nurses were not happy? Seriously , what would any other human being have done differently in your position no...

  8. What some Home health aides do while on the job

    Cattitude replied to catlynLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Management may not be there but they are only a phone call away. If one of my aides was told by a pt. to "go to sleep" and did not want to, they certainly wouldn't have to! Home health aides are not...

  9. What would you do??

    Cattitude replied to IngyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I work in home health and have a pocket mask in my home care bag anyway. It's always in my trunk. I'd stop and do CPR. I think I'd do it even without the mask. I couldn't look at someone and do...

  10. Tired of impaired nurses

    Cattitude replied to epipusher's topic in General Nursing

    I don't disagree with that at all. My ex DH had to go to jail a couple of times for DUI's. He had no say in the matter at all. I think it was a good thing that he got caught by the cops driving...

  11. Tired of impaired nurses

    Cattitude replied to epipusher's topic in General Nursing

    Contrary to what some believe, not every addict can be "fixed" by being arrested or going to jail. I know that getting arrested did little to help my recovery. Oh it halted my addiction for a little...

  12. weight gain in home health

    Cattitude replied to tnurse63's topic in Home Health

    I've actually lost a LOT of weight in the past couple of years. I think it is all a matter of what you plan for your day. I bring fruit, a light yogurt smoothie, water, cut up veggies, etc. I also...

  13. Pimples, blackheads and acne

    Cattitude replied to weirdRN's topic in General Nursing

    You win the thread!!! Seriously, that turned my stomach a little but I probably would have had to get it out too.

  14. Pimples, blackheads and acne

    Cattitude replied to weirdRN's topic in General Nursing

    Some of us are just natural born poppers. It's an urge, a drive, instinctual. Some could care less. And some, like yourself, are sickened by it. It's all good. There's room for all of us. I'm a...

  15. Tired of impaired nurses

    Cattitude replied to epipusher's topic in General Nursing

    I completely understand how you feel. I was in a horrendous marriage to an alcoholic for years. I tolerated a lot of broken promises and I found it hard to find compassion. That is why I speak of...

  16. Tired of impaired nurses

    Cattitude replied to epipusher's topic in General Nursing

    thank you for the words above. especially the ones highlighted in blue. we are not bad people, we have a bad disease. yes we may have done bad things but no one is perfect. i know i wasn't even...

  17. Tired of impaired nurses

    Cattitude replied to epipusher's topic in General Nursing

    It's hard at times to get the complete meaning of words across in a post! I was not intending to sound critical at all. Of course nurses in active addiction should not be working. That goes without...

  18. Tired of impaired nurses

    Cattitude replied to epipusher's topic in General Nursing

    Yes it is. Addiction is a problem in society and nurses are not exempt. Unfortunately, people want to look at it as a logical problem and addiction is not a logical disease. Stealing/Diverting narcs...

  19. Do I have a right to be upset?

    Cattitude replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    Amen to that. People only treat us how we allow them to. Do NOT let them get away with this. You have already fulfilled your obligation. Tell them you already made holiday plans as you knew your...

  20. Anyone Else Experience Mobbing?

    Cattitude replied to WeakAnkles's topic in General Nursing

    I see no one has responded to your question. Why am I not surprised? Not ONE nurse on this forum can step up and admit to bullying? It would have been interesting to hear from the "other side". I...

  21. Don't wanna always give baths, clean up feces, etc., where to work?

    Cattitude replied to WannaBCRNA's topic in General Nursing

    In the hospital I used to work for, ONLY MD's were allowed to disimpact patients. So when we had an uncomfortable pt. that had not had a BM in several days and nothing else had worked, it was time to...

  22. Can we talk about MRSA?

    Cattitude replied to AmericanChai's topic in General Nursing

    Either you instructor is overzealous or you misunderstood. It's not BOTH handwashing and alcohol gel. Can you imagine the rate of non-compliance? We can't even get MD's to do EITHER of those things...

  23. Need some help!

    Cattitude replied to Laurentina1975's topic in General Nursing

    First off, I'm sorry for your loss and you shouldn't be judged if you are prescribed these meds and using them appropriately. However, as a recovering addict myself,reading this thread, it doesn't...

  24. home health aides knowing patient diagnosis

    Cattitude replied to renerian's topic in Home Health

    Well proper care doesn't happen when an aide quits beacuse they learn that the pt. is HIV +. Do you have home care patients that are HIV+/AIDS? I do. At least 1/2 of my caseload is comprised of...

  25. home health aides knowing patient diagnosis

    Cattitude replied to renerian's topic in Home Health

    I know this is a zombie thread but I will say this because it's important info regarding HHA's and knowing diagnoses. Our agency prohibits telling aides the dx. of our patient. Of course you can tell...