woody62

woody62 RN

icu, er, transplant, case management, ps

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  1. Patients on Medicaid

    woody62 replied to DiEd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You are working, as a nurse, aren't you. And if you screen name indicates where you live, you are making much more then nurses in my little corner of the world. And if you can't afford your...

  2. Patients on Medicaid

    woody62 replied to DiEd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I paid taxes as well. As a matter of fact, I begain paying them at the age of 14 and continue to until I was 42. I thought I had planned well for myself. But I hadn't planned as well as I thought....

  3. RE: Pt. disch. No teaching, No instructions, No nothing!!!

    woody62 replied to celeste7767's topic in General Nursing

    How insulting. I am a graduate from a program, in which I graduated in 1971. Yes, we had more time to teach patients and family members. As the years passed, patients spent less and less time in...

  4. Class of .........

    woody62 replied to nurz2be's topic in General Nursing

    1967 LPN 1971 RN 1973 BSN 1976 MS I guess with one other, we are the two oldiest ones here.

  5. RE: Pt. disch. No teaching, No instructions, No nothing!!!

    woody62 replied to celeste7767's topic in General Nursing

    I am truly sorry for what happen to your husband. There is no excuse for what his surgeon failed to do, what the ostemy nurse failed to do, what the home health agency has failed to do. I would be...

  6. Nursing injuries

    woody62 replied to crone57's topic in General Nursing

    I suffered a herniation, at L4-5 on the right side, in March of 1988. It took me until May to get authorization from the insurance company to see a neurosurgeon, who performed a myelogram on me, that...

  7. Told to pee in her depends

    woody62 replied to dv0806's topic in General Nursing

    In the summer of 2006 I had to be admitted to an assisted living facility. Before I was admitted, I had to meet with the nursing supervisor, as well as one of the assistant administrators. They went...

  8. pathophysiology of schizophrenia

    woody62 replied to jmarz's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Besides the neurochemical link, there is thought to be a genetic link. But it is not linked to just one gene, mutiple genes located on different chromonsomes are thought to be involved. And there is...

  9. Pre-diabetic

    woody62 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am curious about the term 'pre-diabetic'. How many of you have heard this term used before? What defines a pre-diabetic, in your opinion? What have you been taught about this term, either in...

  10. Pre-diabetic

    woody62 replied to woody62's topic in General Nursing

    May I ask you a question? If Type 2 is considered the result of eating too much sugar, how does one explain the genetic factor or the steroid impact, or gestional diabetes. I am not looking for an...

  11. They called the cops!

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

    Everyone in your neighborhood showing up is one of the reasons I don't like my daughter to call 911. Rescue squad, fire truck and a police officer is generally the response. And it pulls out all the...

  12. Pre-diabetic

    woody62 replied to woody62's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you everyone for your responses. I was curious because I have heard the term tossed around on diabetic message boards. To me, someone is either a diabetic or not a diabetic. I understand the...

  13. Nurses are Pathetic!!

    woody62 replied to lorster's topic in General Nursing

    I worked as a nurse for about twenty-five years. And I don't ever recall becoming 'burnt out' or even approaching it. Perhaps it is because I changed my jobs every two to three years, going into an...

  14. Patients can sue all the nurses?

    woody62 replied to autumn_sky's topic in General Nursing

    ]During my nursing career, I was named twice in a patient's lawsuit. The first time, the attorney named everyone whose name appeared in the chart. And sorted it all out later. Although I was...

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

    woody62 replied to Tadpole's topic in General Nursing

    You are welcome. And in case you haven't notice, he still hasn't responded to any of our comments. I would like to think it is because he is too embarrassed but I doubt it.

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

    woody62 replied to Tadpole's topic in General Nursing

    He doesn't but he will never admit that what he is doing is equally wrong. He likes to believe he is doing a public service. I have asked him if he is so correct, why not just turn in the tape to...

  17. What is UTILIZATION REVIEW?

    woody62 replied to azzurra29's topic in General Nursing

    I did U.R. for the NYS Department of Health, New York City back in 1976. The legislature had passed a ruling that all nonemergency Medicaid admissions had to be pre-approved. And that all ER...

  18. Can't we be self-employed???

    woody62 replied to luvmy2angels's topic in General Nursing

    I worked as a subcontractor, so all I had to deal with the the IRS. Not only do you have to prepay your estimated taxes but you are more likely to be audited. And as a self employed individual,...

  19. Ever been stalked by a patient?

    woody62 replied to marygirl's topic in General Nursing

    It is not your fault, you did the right thing, you need to file a report with your police department and hospital security. If you see him again, get his license plate number and provide it to the...

  20. I asked my doctor to get me a licensed person to give me an injection

    woody62 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    My PCP is part of a group pratice, that has a N.P., a R.N., two L.P.N.'s and several M.A.'s. I, like the orginial poster worked hard to get my education, to earn my license and to practice. My PCP...

  21. Old textbooks

    woody62 replied to ahsweeney's topic in General Nursing

    I sure wish I had my 1964 Fundamentals of Nursing textbook. Some of the things it it were classics.

  22. Helping family understand chronic pain

    woody62 replied to clemmm78's topic in General Nursing

    Since most nurses and physicians do not understand how to properly manage chronic pain, in their patients, how can they be expected to explain it. Most are very good at explaining and managing acute...

  23. Inappropriate sexuality...where to draw the line?

    woody62 replied to Kunzieo's topic in General Nursing

    I couldn't agree with you more. But how about our peers and physicians? Why do we automatically assume that a patient can always control his behavior? Why do we always assume that he is just being...

  24. Inappropriate sexuality...where to draw the line?

    woody62 replied to Kunzieo's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know about this man but I do recall what I was told of my own behavior following a severe closed head injury. I suffered a subdural hematoma and the portion of my brain that was affected was...

  25. Hero to Zero

    woody62 replied to satis17's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I suffered my firsyt depressive epsiode in 1966, while a junior in nursing school. I was misdiagnosed. I suffered my second depressive episode in 1973 and saw a shrink for three years. I was...