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kanzi monkey

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  1. Sad & Angry

    kanzi monkey replied to brenda1234's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Brenda, don't stew. When you find yourself stewing think of something cute and fluffy (that's what I do). Stewing is just a cloud of badness hovering over you making you feel bad about yourself and...

  2. Does This ED Tech Screening Question Seem Odd?

    kanzi monkey replied to ambz13's topic in Emergency

    Totally ridiculous. And yet hilarious. I actually laughed out loud

  3. The Value of AN

    kanzi monkey replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Yup, already contributed. Sorry it wasn't to your liking, doesn't mean it wasn't

  4. The Value of AN

    kanzi monkey replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    -Agree with the first paragraph. -Disagree strongly with the second paragraph, though it does help to illustrate my

  5. Please can Pathophysiology

    kanzi monkey replied to martins1a's topic in General Nursing

    It's a great band

  6. The Value of AN

    kanzi monkey replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Calling someone out is totally different from "not liking them". It's making a statement based on observation. It's not personal. Also, when I used the term "COB" earlier I meant it in an endearing...

  7. The Value of AN

    kanzi monkey replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    It seems like everyone acknowledges the anonymity of an online forum, but then forget that they are responding to anonymous people when they express frustration with their perception of "newbie...

  8. The Value of AN

    kanzi monkey replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Ruby Vee-- I think that sometimes you make an assumption that someone who is new is ignorant based on, well, I don't know what. Tone? Which is obviously difficult in an online forum. I doubt it's...

  9. The Value of AN

    kanzi monkey replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    But you ostracize newbies on AN all the time... Just because it's anonymous doesn't mean your harsh comments to new nurses, students, pre-nurses aren't taken to heart (and not in a good way). I've...

  10. Would you hold Metformin fot a BS level of 149

    kanzi monkey replied to Nola009's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    It does sound a bit dysfunctional. Listen to your instincts, ask questions, and maybe keep looking for a new position. Sounds like your co-workers need some refreshers on diabetes medications. Also,...

  11. AANP Response to Comments on O'Reilly Factor

    kanzi monkey replied to Corey Narry's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    He's such a

  12. Requiring Bedside Experience for NP

    kanzi monkey replied to matthewandrew's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am a DE NP who worked as a bedside RN during the NP portion of school. I have now been practicing as an NP for 4 years. My experience as an NP has helped me become a better NP. My experience as a...

  13. Pharmacology designated CME

    kanzi monkey posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hi! I'm cranking out some online education credits in anticipation of re-cert later this year. I've been really happy with some of the free on-line or app options (medscape, epocrates), and a lot of...

  14. Pharmacology designated CME

    kanzi monkey replied to kanzi monkey's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thanks all! Will check out your

  15. Saw a nurse yelling at a patient in ICU

    kanzi monkey replied to inspiredbynavy's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I worked as a volunteer while I was applying to nursing school. Lucky for me, I had very limited knowledge of illness and disease, and how people cared for sick patients in general (because I hadn't...

  16. Do you still perform skin testing prior to giving IV antibiotic?

    kanzi monkey replied to plethoraldork's topic in Patient Medications

    Have had a few patients with vaguely documented (and recalled) antibiotics allergies (usually pcn, but a few to quinolones) undergo skin testing followed by antibiotic challenge. Depending on the risk...

  17. HIPAA Violation? Article about nurses caring for Tsarnaev.

    kanzi monkey replied to Spidey's mom's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    They were commenting on a situation of international interest--and yet their stories were simply about their experience taking care of this human being. This patient, by the way, is not a celebrity,...

  18. What if the Boston bomber was your pt

    kanzi monkey replied to imintrouble's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wow. Holy...cow. Thank you for sharing this. This story is, well, real. This is what happened at BI. This is how the nurses responded. I have almost painful admiration for those nurses. With the...

  19. Septic from Venepunture

    kanzi monkey replied to skittlebear's topic in General Nursing

    If it's really pus, could be pyoderma gangrenosum or sweet syndrome. Both are interesting diagnoses that are worth your while to look up on uptodate-they're rare, but they pop up sometimes and make...

  20. Awful Doctors

    kanzi monkey replied to JKimRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Didn't say that it did. Also don't know that there was verbal abuse--I wasn't there. In the interest of ensuring that the potassium was repleted, a conversation between the nurse and the OC was...

  21. Awful Doctors

    kanzi monkey replied to JKimRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ordering clinicians are not always familiar with the nursing chain of command. They may not know who to take their grievance to, when that person is around, or what their role is. In a situation where...

  22. Awful Doctors

    kanzi monkey replied to JKimRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Based on the OP's description of the interaction with the MD, it sounds like the MD may have been a little panicked. I have been the ordering clinician for a patient with a baseline low K (baseline...

  23. Is there any truth to this?

    kanzi monkey replied to Nurse SMS's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I always go by symptoms. If the fever is less than 101 (and depending on other factors such as recent surgery) and the patient "feels like crap"--specifically malaise, sweats, or rigors--they will get...

  24. I think I made a mistake

    kanzi monkey replied to RNikkiF's topic in General Nursing

    Any reason to consider autonomic dysreflexia for this pt? That is quite a response to his beta blocker (a dose that he has presumably tolerated before) and hydral. I had a similar thing happen once...

  25. NP resume

    kanzi monkey replied to kanzi monkey's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thanks for the