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    Linguistic Pet Peeves

    Spidey's mom replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I don't either . . . however it doesn't denote how educated a person is as one of our really smart, kind, and compassionate physicians says "irregardless". I let that slide. One of the...
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    Organ Donation Organization Unethical

    Spidey's mom replied to dangerous1's topic in General Nursing

    I add that caveat only as info that I'm not commenting about your post because I'm against organ donation. I've been here a long time and sometimes posts can be misinterpreted. :) We have a...
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    Organ Donation Organization Unethical

    Spidey's mom replied to dangerous1's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, I didn't interpret the OP's original post the same at all. Amazing how we all see things differently. I was surprised by the timing of the post because I had a recent negative experience with...
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    Organ Donation Organization Unethical

    Spidey's mom replied to dangerous1's topic in General Nursing

    Well, a few of us think she has a pretty good
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    Organ Donation Organization Unethical

    Spidey's mom replied to dangerous1's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, the timing of this thread is shocking! I'm in California as well and I work hospice. For our hospice patients in SNF, when they die, we have to call that 1-800 number. I've been doing it for...
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    Linguistic Pet Peeves

    Spidey's mom replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yeah, all that shortened-word-talk . . . is "totes"
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    Linguistic Pet Peeves

    Spidey's mom replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    A couple of us have - so you have some solidarity there! Can't stand it either. It sounds pretentious to
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    Linguistic Pet Peeves

    Spidey's mom replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    That has always bugged me as well and even when I explain why, people don't get it. I say the T in often ... otherwise it would be offen, right? But not in the other words mentioned. And...
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    NCLEX on a Saturday. When do I do the PVT?

    Spidey's mom replied to SafeRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Don't do it! It isn't worth it. Plus, it is simply a glitch and doesn't always work. Why worry about it? You can't do anything about the test you already took. Just take a deep breath and wait...
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    Cashing out 401k a good idea?

    Spidey's mom replied to marie813's topic in General Students

    I agree with not cashing out your 401K. Get some financial advice. Many places will look at your concerns first before charging you when you become a
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    New EMR Launch

    Spidey's mom replied to Nurse_Ratched's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I don't mean to rain on your parade but . . . our EMR system went down almost two weeks ago. We may have lost everything. Folks are having to chart using a pen and paper. I can't help but laugh a...
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    7/30 This week, I learned Deanna Troi sucks

    Spidey's mom replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    We get that in hospice too. But we can't cure a lifetime's worth of psychologic pathology while taking care of a hospice patient. Unless they are a danger to the patient, our hands are kinda tied....
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    7/30 This week, I learned Deanna Troi sucks

    Spidey's mom replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    LOL . . . I was thinking you all were talking about a Tapas bar or restaurant . . . Tapas - Wikipedia, the free
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    7/30 This week, I learned Deanna Troi sucks

    Spidey's mom replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I think your experiences, while awful, are anecdotal. There are lots of "the worst" dying as well. As hospice, I see a mix. We've had a meth addict who continued to use meth and other drugs, who...
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    7/30 This week, I learned Deanna Troi sucks

    Spidey's mom replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    These ear stories are intriguing! I'm not sure why this is difficult unless the bug has burrowed past your tympanic membrane and is headed to your brain. Down them in mineral oil and do those ear...
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    "Are you a Christian?"

    Spidey's mom replied to anon456's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I think your response was fine OP. Hospice is unique in that we are put more into this kind of situation due to end of life and how hard that is for folks. Recently I had an odd experience during a...
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    It Ain't Like The Movies!

    Spidey's mom replied to madricka's topic in General Nursing

    I love that show. Definitely hope they don't cancel it as it is one of the few medical dramas with realistic scenes to show what an ER really looks like. We don't have CNA's in our ER. And...
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    It Ain't Like The Movies!

    Spidey's mom replied to madricka's topic in General Nursing

    I do notice after a medical emergency, many times the folks involved just get together for a beer afterwards. Who does the massive amount of charting? However, I get it . . . they only have less than...
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    It Ain't Like The Movies!

    Spidey's mom replied to madricka's topic in General Nursing

    We are a small rural hospital. Some of our docs do lots of that kind of stuff too - especially in the ER. Especially one particular
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    It Ain't Like The Movies!

    Spidey's mom replied to madricka's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly what I was going to say! I love detective shows as well as medical shows and don't pay much attention to accuracy. I'm sure real detectives have something to say about accuracy but . . . it...
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    Best two Bios to take together?

    Spidey's mom replied to mdriggs20's topic in General Students

    I took Anatomy first - then Physiology - then Microbiology. I'd never heard of AP classes until I came on AN. There is a lot of memorizing in anatomy so I'd take that
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    Taking time off...

    Spidey's mom replied to CAL3's topic in General Nursing

    I've been in the nursing supervisor position and we've hired nurses who were out for years raising their kids and if they were hard workers and good nurses, that never goes away. Some reorientation...
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    Is it possible to go through fnp program online and have newborn and toddler?

    Spidey's mom replied to *Butterfly8*'s topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I think this is realistic advice. Can it be done? Yes. Without any effect on your relationship with your husband, kids, home life, etc? Mostly likely not. Give this some careful thought....
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    When our older nurses die :(

    Spidey's mom replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I do appreciate the fact that when I became a nurse at age 40, I was working with a generation of nurses who were at retirement age or older and had been trained in what I consider a more efficient...
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    EpiPens....who knew?

    Spidey's mom replied to roser13's topic in Patient Medications

    My last sentence is bugging me . . . I meant to say that epi isn't a brand new drug and also isn't very expensive to manufacture. New drugs on the market are priced high at first. Epi is an older...