woody62

woody62 RN

icu, er, transplant, case management, ps

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  1. any nurses out there with back injuries

    woody62 replied to rehab nurse's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    In March of 1988 I suffered a herniation, at L4-5 right side, when I helped a 100 pound old gentleman get up in his bed. I underwent a percutanous diskectomy in May of 1988 and suffered a...

  2. very discouraged and tired

    woody62 replied to Silkiebyrd's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I would like to take the opportunity to invite you to the American Diabetic Association website. There are several of us nurses who are Type 1 and 2 diabetics. You will receive the support that even...

  3. Impaired Nurses

    woody62 replied to SR@csi's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I have never been an addict nor an alcoholic, althought my mother and younger brother both suffered from the disease of alcoholism. I believe nurses, that have voluntarily turned themselves into...

  4. Thousands Of Doctors Secretly In Rehab While Practicing

    woody62 replied to TeleNurse2010's topic in General Nursing

    In fact doctor, I know a physician, who I turned into the Florida Department of Professional Regulation for prescribing drugs, turning some of her and my clients into addicts. I went so far as to...

  5. Huntington's Disease

    woody62 replied to CT Pixie's topic in General Nursing

    I had one patient in the late stages of this horrible disease. And one who successful committed suicide after learning that she was the forth member of her family to be diagnosed with this disease....

  6. Thousands Of Doctors Secretly In Rehab While Practicing

    woody62 replied to TeleNurse2010's topic in General Nursing

    You are correct doctor, you are held to a higher standard. But because you are physicians, you are frequently given repeated passes by your peers. Few doctors are willing to confront a peer about...

  7. Thousands Of Doctors Secretly In Rehab While Practicing

    woody62 replied to TeleNurse2010's topic in General Nursing

    To the nurse who implied we should not be concerned if our physician uses drugs during his own time off. Bull hockey. My neurosurgeon lost his license after he was caught driving under the...

  8. "Reciprocity"??? Ya, sure

    woody62 replied to Diahni's topic in General Nursing

    The thing is, I allowed my Florida license to laspe in 1990 because I could not afford to renew it. And I was still recoverying from injures I had received in a car accident. They didn't make me...

  9. "Reciprocity"??? Ya, sure

    woody62 replied to Diahni's topic in General Nursing

    Perhpas you can explain something to me. I took the two day state board, in New York State, in 1971. And passed, the lowest score being 776. In 1980 I moved to Florida. And I received my Florida...

  10. Thousands Of Doctors Secretly In Rehab While Practicing

    woody62 replied to TeleNurse2010's topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry doctor but you are wrong. Physicians rarely have their license revoked due to impairment, be it alcohol or drugs. Physicians loath to call another physician on his drinking or drugging....

  11. Thousands Of Doctors Secretly In Rehab While Practicing

    woody62 replied to TeleNurse2010's topic in General Nursing

    Physicians and Boards of Medicine are not known for their ability to self police. When their insurance rates go up, they blame attorneys and greedy patients. When they suffer from addictions,...

  12. Families from Hell

    woody62 replied to traumamomtx30's topic in General Nursing

    I do find it wasted energy to continue to complain about how bad things are at work. And to do nothing about making a change. And I find it strange for an adult person to allow themselves to be...

  13. Is this typical for an LTC facility?

    woody62 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I also live in the South. Refusing to allow you to go to the ER and ordering you to submit to a drug test or you have to stay, this nurse and this facility are breaking several laws of your state....

  14. Families from Hell

    woody62 replied to traumamomtx30's topic in General Nursing

    IMHO anyone who is abused, remains with their abuser and does nothing to escape from their abuse, be it physical or emotional, generally is getting what they ask for, more abuse. I know that a woman,...

  15. Is this acceptable behavior from a nurse?

    woody62 replied to luvmy3kids's topic in General Nursing

    No it is not acceptable. Nor has it ever been, not even prior to HIPPA. All the times I have paid a visit to the ER, I had one nurse do what yours did. AND I very quietly told her I would...

  16. Families from Hell

    woody62 replied to traumamomtx30's topic in General Nursing

    What makes so many of you think that I have never been physically attacked or threaten? I was physically assualted, by a patient's son, as I escorted him out of ICU, to the front door of our medical...

  17. Families from Hell

    woody62 replied to traumamomtx30's topic in General Nursing

    You know, I must be really Lucky. I have been in the ER at Mercy Hospital, San Diego, Albany Medical Center, New York, Roosevelt NYC, St Joes, SW Florida, to name a few of the ER's I've had to visit...

  18. Families from Hell

    woody62 replied to traumamomtx30's topic in General Nursing

    I am well aware of the fact that patient care and acuity has changed. I may be sixty-two years old but I am still capable of looking, listening, observing. I didn't just suddenly forget about the...

  19. Families from Hell

    woody62 replied to traumamomtx30's topic in General Nursing

    Since the family is part of the care of the patient, how can you ignore the family problems? I am not asking you to fix the family problems, just to take them into consideration when dealing with the...

  20. Vent/Trach nurses: If a trach becomes dislodged, what do you do?

    woody62 replied to Dunno?'s topic in General Nursing

    Depends on your facility's policy. When I have worked in ICU, we were taught to insert a new, smaller trach tube, with the obulator. And page Respiratory Therapy stat.

  21. Families from Hell

    woody62 replied to traumamomtx30's topic in General Nursing

    let me share something with you. in may of 1998 my eighty two year old father was admitted to the hospital with acute pancreatitis. he was also found to need surgery for gall stones. it was suppose...

  22. Families from Hell

    woody62 replied to traumamomtx30's topic in General Nursing

    I'm afraid I don't understand your 'rules'. His wife is his next of kin. I am assuming that when he was admitted, he was able to indicate this and authorize her to receive information, so I don't...

  23. Families from Hell

    woody62 replied to traumamomtx30's topic in General Nursing

    I hope that they will. I understand that there are some patients and some families that can really get on staff nerves. But I thought that all the eduation we received was aimed at long past our...

  24. Families from Hell

    woody62 replied to traumamomtx30's topic in General Nursing

    I find it amazing that so many nurses have such poor relationships with their patients and their families. I have yet to see anyone start a thread or post that a family has not been demanding or a...

  25. Need help figuring out what happened to this guy!?!?

    woody62 replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    As he is a diabetic, did you check his blood sugar?