TopazLover BSN, RN

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    Am I wrong to think...

    TopazLover replied to rmarz's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have walked in your shoes. It is hard to work night shifts when many aides seem to think that night shift is job security, even if they don't do their jobs. Bottom line is that a paper trail has...
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    Should Continuing Education for Nurses be mandatory in all states?

    TopazLover replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I really come down hard on fence on this. OH, that hurts. I do think some things really need to be mandatory and supplied by the facility. These things are updating on CDC/state Infection Control...
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    Best Lotion for cracked hands?

    TopazLover replied to austin9104's topic in General Nursing

    I think I have tried almost all listed at one time or another. Currently I am using Vaseline Deep Moisture Creamy. It is Petro. based, so not at work. Just an aside. Last time I was fingerprinted...
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    How to dodge HIPAA?

    TopazLover replied to liam36's topic in General Nursing

    I don't work ER, but in our state I believe any MVA is reportable to the police. The idea is that if the accident is serious enough to require med eval there should be a police report on file. Not so...
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    Why Dogs Make the Best Friends

    TopazLover replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

    it is great having a dog to cuddle with after a bad day. Mine just feels the need to clean my ears. She does not have the need to try to "fix" like my husband
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    Nurses struggling with mental illness

    TopazLover replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Thanks for sharing your story. I have been scared away from AAP after seeing my child, who was diagnosed before me, gain weight and have bland to no affect. I had Stevens-Johnson Syndrome with...
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    HIPPAA Dilemma: Pt Privacy vs. Suffering Animal

    TopazLover replied to HapkidoMedicine's topic in General Nursing

    Turf it to the Social Worker. We can't be all things to all people. And we can't fix what we are not allowed by the patient to do. The SW must have been involved so it would not be a huge stretch to...
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    HIV+ Nursing student!

    TopazLover replied to disconurse's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I agree with everyone else. Keep the personal info out of the education and use your knowledge and experience to help them out of the dark ages. It is interesting that you have limitations. What...
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    Providence Alaska and Alaska Regional

    TopazLover replied to Candidnt's topic in General Nursing

    Prov. Regional, and the Native Hospital are all in Anchorage. Prov. also has sites in other parts of the state. Kodiak comes to mind but I know there are more branches up here. Interior is more...
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    Why Dogs Make the Best Friends

    TopazLover replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

    We now have a Whippet who had been a mama dog in a puppy mill, taken in a drug raid. We got her from the shelter and know little about her previous life except what we have put together. This is one...
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    Bush Nursing in AK!

    TopazLover replied to alaskabound's topic in General Nursing

    I have lived in AK for many years. In general "bush" means off the road system. If you mean small villages, communities not well served for health care, it can mean lots of different things. Pay...
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    pvc's

    TopazLover replied to allmytimestudying's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I don't care how "benign" PVCs are, they are scary when they happen to you. I had them when I worked nights. My husband has had them for 25 years and is less bothered by them than I will ever be. I...
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    MDs you love?

    TopazLover replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked with Dr. L, who seemed to think that meant Lord, and Dr. D, who just knew it meant divine. But for each of these I have also worked with multitudes of wonderful men and women. Dr. H,...
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    How are you spending your retirement?

    TopazLover replied to Grace Oz's topic in Retired Nurses

    Ah retirement! I always figured I would be the one turning out the lights as the facility closed. Instead I retired while I still had health and interests. Last year I drove across country with my...
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    Nurses struggling with mental illness

    TopazLover replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I also struggle with Bipolar illness. I was diagnosed after a particularly difficult episode. Until then I did not know why I reacted the way I did. That was more upsetting than getting the...