KaroSnowQueen RN

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    Can ppl read their own PPD?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to RNOTODAY's topic in General Nursing

    I can't say that's its proper, but I saw a lot of that in LTC. A nurse would get her PPD, she'd have 3 days off and didn't want to drive back in to have it read and would call another nurse and say,...
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    My ER experience....what do you think??

    KaroSnowQueen replied to feebebe23's topic in General Nursing

    I have driven myself to the local band-aid station (3 blocks from home), rather than my usual hospital (45 minutes away), when I felt one coming on. Last time it happened, everyone who lived with or...
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    in shock my daughters life on the line need your help!!!

    KaroSnowQueen replied to cathleenrmermaid7's topic in General Nursing

    Good for you for standing up to the doc and getting him to reverse his first decision!!! You are your daughter's best advocate. Now that she is in the hospital, they can work on this wound and get...
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    Leave your high stress career for....nursing!

    KaroSnowQueen replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    I believe that entire ad falls under "false advertising." If they want to leave their "high stress" career and enter nursing, guess what, pal, you just jumped from the frying pan into the fire!!!!!...
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    How much is your pay?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to rainbowcak3's topic in General Nursing

    LPN. Kentucky. 40K yrly. Case mgmt, (not in a facility). Great job, more money than I was making in hospital or in LTC. 24 yrs
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    Kidney Stones!!!!!

    KaroSnowQueen replied to rgroyer1RNBSN's topic in Emergency

    I hated my stents. You know the feeling you get in your throat when you first get sick -- it hurts, itches and tickles all at the same time and you cannot do anything that will make it stop? That's...
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    Migraines....Anyone else have 'em?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have had migraines since 1997. I finally have gotten some relief in the last couple of years. A new doctor found I had displaced discs and bone on bone facet points at C-3 through C-5. He burned...
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    99 Balloons - Warning. You'll probably cry your eyes out.

    KaroSnowQueen replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    :redpinkhe:crying2::crying2:
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    Migraines and the night shift

    KaroSnowQueen replied to JenNJFLCA's topic in Health, Stress Management

    As a fellow migraine sufferer, I would advise against it if you know irregular sleep patterns are a trigger for you. I used to work nights three days a week, and be up "normal" hours on my days off...
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    I Dislocated My Kidney I Can't Poop

    KaroSnowQueen replied to SDS_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I bet she watched the rerun of "House" where a patient had a "falling kidney" and embroidered on the story. Although I think his patient didn't have any excretory
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    Blood Glucose Monitoring w/o Dr.'s orders

    KaroSnowQueen replied to kels764's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Checking a patient's blood sugars if need be is a common nursing judgement and you do not need a dr's order. If you are concerned, by all means, call the doc and get an order. But you don't need it...
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    Would this be enough to make you quit?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to Lovely_RN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Check to see if they have a WRITTEN policy on withholding the orientation pay. Chances are they don't. I don't know about your state but in mine, they HAVE to give you your money within 10 working...
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    May I speak to Dr. so&so?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to Alibaba's topic in General Nursing

    THAT IS SOOOOOOOOOOOO WAY COOL!!! I AM IMPRESSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    LPN acronym

    KaroSnowQueen replied to michael79's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Low Paid Nurse Little Play Nurse Lowlife Peon Nurse:p Literally Plumb Nuts!! Likable Pleasant
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    Migraines.. is this normal treatment?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to mommyoffour's topic in Emergency

    I can only speak from my own treatment and what I have seen in the hospitals. I have a history of horrible migraines, sometimes lasting for days. I am prescribed a Rx specifically for migraines to...
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    Anybody regret leaving the bedside?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to Roseyposey's topic in General Nursing

    My answer is....ummm......uh.......NO!!! Work a couple or four weeks at the new job. Take a prn shift at the hospital. You will not want to go back again. That's what I did. :trout: Consider...
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    Difference bw assisted living and nx home?Assisted living job 42 pt per nurse, safe?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to seneyka's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Its been a good while, but I think the assisted living would be fine. Assisted living is people who just need a bit of assistance -- given their meds, or reminded to take them. Usually they are able...
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    do you go to work sick?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

    I used to go to work sick all the time. Knowing others would work short, mgmt would give me a guilt trip when I did come in, etc. Also for years and years and years, up until just seven years ago I...
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    Pediatric Vaccinations

    KaroSnowQueen replied to pagandeva2000's topic in Pediatric

    My niece's child had seizures within five minutes of recieving his MMR. He and his siblings have all had their shots spaced out one per month, he had been getting two or three at a time, as is on the...
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    Moral Dilemmas

    KaroSnowQueen replied to happyhelpert's topic in General Nursing

    As a nurse, I have taken care of many prisoners (shackled by the ankle to the bed, with a guard in the room). I don't know what they did or why they did it unless they tell me. I can't say that I...
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    Does anyone else find themselves doing this...

    KaroSnowQueen replied to MrsCaseyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think I even give off a "helpful person vibe" or something. It's become a family joke, how often strangers will stop me and ask for directions or some other kind of assistance. It's really funny...
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    Are we adequately treating pain?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to ag01medic's topic in Emergency

    This past Saturday night my middle daughter said she couldn't take it any more, she had a headache for five days solid and she couldn't deal with it any more. She couldn't get off work to get to the...
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    Feeling 'uncomfortable' with an assignment

    KaroSnowQueen replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Agency Nurses

    I can't get past the 15 patients part!!!! Tell me this is in an LTC and not in acute
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    Nursing Uniform Policy

    KaroSnowQueen replied to rustysflygirl's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. I have worked at two facilities where they tried to color code the staff and it did not work. The patients/families/doctors, none of them tried to learn who was who and they still asked the...
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    Is this addiction or pain control? or both??

    KaroSnowQueen replied to Kashia's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I have not been addicted to drugs, but I don't think taking a pain med to decrease your actual pain - per your post it appears you are having actual physical pain - is an addictive behavior. When...