woody62

woody62 RN

icu, er, transplant, case management, ps

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  1. Where appropriate place to break news about brain dead relative in ER?

    woody62 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I guess my daughter was fortunate. In January of 1989 and July of 2006, I was taken to the ER near death. When my daughter arrived, she was escorted into a 'quiet' room and told of the seriousness...

  2. I work at Disney World now!!

    woody62 replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    I once had a fellow patient who had been an R.N. at Disney World. What she shared with me made me sick. To protect 'other park visitors' the rescue squad team must enter thru the underground tunnels...

  3. Surgical Tech with "Nurse" on lab coat

    woody62 replied to Sue Damones's topic in General Nursing

    in most states this is part of your npa. i would call your bon and report this violation. i do really care about their feelings, or who ordered what or the physician. they are misrepresenting...

  4. Patient advocacy & legal liability

    woody62 replied to DJ-Adia's topic in General Nursing

    In most hospitals it is against hospital policy for anyone to provide literature or sell a product without written permission from the hospital's administration.

  5. Is a degree from excelsior.edu worth anything?

    woody62 replied to spicychickensandwich's topic in General Nursing

    If you are an LPN or former military medic, getting your Associates then your BSN is worth it. However, the is a very small number of state BON that do not recognize their degree and will not allow...

  6. Male RN gets to pay more?

    woody62 replied to churro's topic in General Nursing

    When I first started working, as an RN, in 1971 I got the same pay as the newly hired male nurse. When I satrted working in SW Florida, in May of 1980, a male that was hired when I was earned more...

  7. unsafe MD

    woody62 replied to girlgizmo's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with most of what you have posted. Isn't it the admitting nurse's responsibility to review and report any abnormal vital signs or blood work. If a patient is having eye problems because of...

  8. Docmentary "The Bridge" and Suicide

    woody62 replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't seen the film. But I have been to the Golden Gate Bridge numerous times, both on foot and driving over it.. I find it hard to believe that people could jump off of it as freely as some...

  9. pre-employment exam from h*ll

    woody62 replied to pedinurse05's topic in General Nursing

    I used Workstep Evaluations when I did case management but they were to assess the client's physical limitations and strengths. And none of my clients were ever man handled by a PT. If they had...

  10. Can a patient be a full code and a Hospice patient in NY?

    woody62 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Dr. Fine is correct. I am licensed in NYS and I live in SW Florida. The hospice organization that runs hospice in my county, requires that patients be made aware that the type of care they are...

  11. Assisting handicapped person to public bathroom

    woody62 replied to Valanda's topic in General Nursing

    Some stores and malls have a unisex handicapped public bathroom, that is seperate from their other public bathrooms. I am handicapped myself and have no problem with a man bring his daughter into the...

  12. Patient or Client??? Which do you say?

    woody62 replied to Olive Oyl's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in the hospitasl, they were my patients. When I did case management, they were my clients. While some of my responsibilities included those of a nurse, they also included being a...

  13. Hospital Administrator Fired for doing jury duty!

    woody62 replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    On the questionnaire that I filled out the first time I served on a jury, here in Florida, I put that I was essentially self-employed. And as such, serving would be a financial hardship. Neither the...

  14. Lots of reactions to the flu vax this year

    woody62 replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    What most people do not realize, and this includes a good number of nurses, is the deaths from flu are not actually caused by the flu itself. Most of the elderly and the young die from pneumonia....

  15. Obesity - Implications For Nursing

    woody62 replied to starshine07's topic in General Nursing

    I have read this thread with some amusement. Everyone is complaining about hurting their backs because of the lack of sufficient staff and/or equipment to turn or mobilize an extremely obese patient....

  16. Lots of reactions to the flu vax this year

    woody62 replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have gotten the flu shot every year since the 1976 swine flu vaccination. The only time I have ever gotten the flu was in 1976. The swine flu vaccination covered the wrong strains that year. I...

  17. How do you handle non compliant patients??

    woody62 replied to pink2blue1's topic in General Nursing

    A year ago this past July, I spent twenty-one days in ICU, with an NG tube down my nose. The first week and half, I really was out of it. But once I came around, I was terrible thirsty. I would...

  18. Really Scary - medical Insurance

    woody62 replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was visiting Montreal in 2001. I had a very severe asthma attack and had to go to a Canadian ER. Unfortunately, not only did I have an asthma attack but also pneumonia. I was admitted to their...

  19. Really Scary - medical Insurance

    woody62 replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

    A few reasons your hospital did not discharge the illegal alien. 1. Have any idea how expensive it is to fly a patient from one state to another, let alone to another country? 2. No nursing home...

  20. Gay Boomers and nursing attitudes

    woody62 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I read an interestiing article, in the NYT, today. Apparently the first wave of gay boomers have begun to hit our LTC, Assisted Living, home health agencies. And more and more of them are being...

  21. Hospital Administrator Fired for doing jury duty!

    woody62 replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry but Florida is a right to work state. It means that an employer can terminate you without giving a reason. And having lived and worked and served on two juries down here, I am almost certain...

  22. What do you think about people calling you "honey"?

    woody62 replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    If it is an elderly patient calling me honey, I generally irnore him, for calling me honey, and see what he wants. If it is a male patient that is in control of all his senses, I generally respond...

  23. Egg Allergies

    woody62 replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    I suffer from an allergy to penicillin. Get anywhere near it and I go into anaphylaxis. I suffered a rapid onset of anxiety, difficulty in breathing, a feeling that my throat was rapidly closing...

  24. Close to breaking... seriously.

    woody62 replied to SICU Queen's topic in General Nursing

    If you have health insurance, consider seeing a psychologist. Sometimes a few sessions are all we need to resolve our feelings about not being able to help those entrusted to our care. Good luck...

  25. BiPolar on Texas SSDI and want to work

    woody62 replied to phlox's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    The Social Security Administration, which is responsible for SSDI, instituted a program, in 2001 I believe, that helps people to return to gainful employment. It is administered by individual...