woody62

woody62 RN

icu, er, transplant, case management, ps

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  1. Trauma Naked?

    woody62 replied to mark90's topic in General Nursing

    Over the years, I have been in the ER more times then I care to remember, for more things then I thought possible. I have been there dor hypoglycemia, asthma, burn on my foot, multiple trauma-1989,...

  2. LPN Supervisor Over RNs.???

    woody62 replied to zimsaint's topic in General Nursing

    I suggest you check the Nurse Practice Act of New York state. It is not a matter of bruised ego that RN's refuse to be supervised by LPN's, it is a matter of law, under their state's Nurse Practice...

  3. $4 prescriptions

    woody62 replied to woody62's topic in General Nursing

    Believe it or not, I was not happy when Part D was passed by Congress, signed into law and pushed on me. I resisted it for two years. Why? I knew that the providers of Part D coverage would raise...

  4. $4 prescriptions

    woody62 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have a question. I have Medicare prescription coverage. Two medications I take are four dollars at WalMart. I get charge four dollars, Part D gets charged $31 pluse. I have talked to several...

  5. $4 prescriptions

    woody62 replied to woody62's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry to take so long to return. Let me explain a few things. 1. I enrolled in my Part D and listed them as payer for my prescriptions. 2. About one year later, WalMart began to offer certain...

  6. Single Parents Nurses and Nursing Students

    woody62 replied to KEYLATI's topic in General Nursing

    My daughter was twenty-one months old when I returned to get my associates. I also worked full time. My daughter was in day care, taken there by my mother, picked up when she finished worked and...

  7. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    woody62 replied to szccdw's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I started at a diploma program, in Brooklyn, in 1964. I was told that by 1970 most programs would be at the BSN level. I started at Hudson Valley Community College in 1969, graduated in 1971 with...

  8. Nurses Past Their Prime

    woody62 replied to dialysis12041999's topic in General Nursing

    Upon receiving my MS, I went to work for the NYS Department of Health, for two years, then the Department of Education, as an administrative assistant, at Downstate. My previous experience, in...

  9. Nurses Past Their Prime

    woody62 replied to dialysis12041999's topic in General Nursing

    I have read this thread with a great deal of interest. In August, I will be 63 years old. I have been unable to work, due to injures, since 1988. I started my initial nursing education, in 1964, in...

  10. No one dies in OR

    woody62 replied to shock-me-sane's topic in General Nursing

    You will not get flamed by me. I worked both out on floors and in ICU's. I have sent patients to the OR that we didn't give them a snowballs chance in h*** to return to ICU alive. And they did....

  11. NP's calling themselves MD's

    woody62 replied to shelly304's topic in General Nursing

    I all ways understood that anyone who earned their PhD was entitled to call themselves doctor. All of my professors, in graduate school, had earned their Ph D's. And we all addressed them as Dr....

  12. NYC: To Join a Union or NOT?

    woody62 replied to nyforlove's topic in General Nursing

    With the exception of 2000 to 2003, I have not lived or worked in NYC since 1980. But I have had experience with NYSNA representation and with representatives of 1199. The NYSNA has always...

  13. Looking for sub-specialt

    woody62 replied to irehabu2's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Rehap is a good choice. Some rehab units and facilities require an acute care experience of a year or two. But given the shortage, they may not still have that requirement.

  14. Nurses with chronic back pain

    woody62 replied to letina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I am S/P L4-5 and C4-5, 5-6, 6-7 laminectomy. I suffered my first low back injury back in the early 1970's. I have always slept on an extra firm mattress, which has helped me. I also went to...

  15. Sliding Scale Insulin

    woody62 replied to RN BSN 2009's topic in General Nursing

    I do not know the educational background of the original poster, you are referring to. But thinking on diabetes and coverage has changed, even in the past few years. There is now a group that...

  16. Co-Workers Read My Medical Files

    woody62 replied to nurse7272's topic in General Nursing

    Finally, someone else says what I was about to post. Not only should this be reported to your states Health Care Administration Agency but all the nurses involved should be reported to the Board Of...

  17. chronic pain patients: pain in the behind to care for

    woody62 replied to Tadpole's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, there are quite a few medications that put on the pounds. I am an asthmatic and have to take prednisone, which of course puts on the pounds. I also take soma, again one of the side effects...

  18. Why Is Aspirin Prescribed to Diabetics?

    woody62 replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    I have been a Type 2 since 1990. I have never been prescribed or advised to take aspirin. And I was on coumadin, for one year, following clot development, following a fractured ankle. I am all most...

  19. Relocating to Florida

    woody62 replied to Makingadiff's topic in Florida Nursing

    Unfortunately, hospital and urgent care positions, for LPN's, are not widely available here in Florida. And those positions that are available pay between $10 to $14 per hour. There are numerous...

  20. Deposition and what do I expect?

    woody62 replied to nursalicious's topic in General Nursing

    I have been named in two lawsuits, in my nursing career. One back in the 1970's and one in 1989. The first one, I was named along with everyone else who had had any contact with the patient. I was...

  21. Poll: Hand Washing

    woody62 replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    I washed my hands just as much as you do. The funny thing is, I suffered a severe staph infection, at a suture line, following surgery. My surgeon found out that I was a staph carrier when he...

  22. Nurses struggling with mental illness

    woody62 replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    i enter a diploma program in 1964. in 1967 i suffered a depressive episode and was hospitalized over night, released to my parents and went on a ten month leave. to make a long story short, i never...

  23. Jobs for disabled nurses

    woody62 replied to Cobweb's topic in General Nursing

    A potential employer cannot ask, prior to hiring you, about you medical history. However, how does one explain a one, two, three, ten, fifteen or twenty year gap in your employment history. And...

  24. Say Hello to Dr. Nurse

    woody62 replied to tanthalas's topic in General Nursing

    I have been a nurse since 1968. I have always addressed my patients by Mr., Mrs., Miss., last name. I have never addressed a patient by their first name, or granny, or honey, or dear. If I expected...

  25. Jobs for disabled nurses

    woody62 replied to Cobweb's topic in General Nursing

    At the risk of sounding negative, I found out sixteen years ago that most hospitals, clinics, and other employers, despite saying they are willing to hire the handicapped, they truly arenot. They...