WoofyMutt80

WoofyMutt80

Geriatrics, Cath Lab, Cardiology,Neuro

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  1. This Is Crazy!!!

    WoofyMutt80 replied to WoofyMutt80's topic in General Nursing

    BTW, I am NOT black, but when I lived in a city south of Boston, in a ghetto neighborhood, I got "hated on" by certain authority figures just for living in the ghetto. Lets call it DWLG (driving while...

  2. My God, these family members!!

    WoofyMutt80 replied to SoundofMusic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I so wish I could of told the families of my HHA clients, who didnt work the days I was there, and they bossed and ****** me off, "Instead of complaining and ordering me around on your day off, why...

  3. Having a hard time with less hygienic patients

    WoofyMutt80 replied to Manatee111's topic in General Nursing

    Keep a small bottle of scented lotion in your pocket, rub it in your hands and lightly on the shoulders of your uniform. BTW when a pt is admitted from a LTC facility find out if they have been...

  4. This Is Crazy!!!

    WoofyMutt80 replied to WoofyMutt80's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly! Not only she was hammered, she took her stupid pill. BTW, I am NOT black, but when I lived in a city south of Boston, in a ghetto neighborhood. Not all blacks are "ghetto" or bad. It is sad...

  5. Rheumatoid Arthritis

    WoofyMutt80 replied to Jeanine1970's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I too have the good and bad days. I am now taking fish oil supplements TID and it is helping and I am having less flare ups. Everyday I too have to force myself to get going, plus I have a job I love,...

  6. Diagnoses you never thought you'd see?

    WoofyMutt80 replied to KarafromPhilly's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen a male pt. who had some sort of heart surgery (maybe CABG) years ago and the doc's never put the chest plate back so all this fluid built up and surrounded the heart and it ballooned out so...

  7. This Is Crazy!!!

    WoofyMutt80 replied to WoofyMutt80's topic in General Nursing

    The Patriot Ledger is considered "tabloidish" here south of Boston and on their site and their sister site for the paper The Enterprise you can post comments about articles but it is monitored, so at...

  8. Are you aware of how you conduct yourself in public?

    WoofyMutt80 replied to rkitty198's topic in General Nursing

    this is a perfect example: boston police charge south shore couple by patriot ledger staffthe patriot ledger[color=#999999]posted apr 12, 2009 @ 11:14 am last update apr 13, 2009 @ 04:56 am boston-...

  9. SNOTTY MA claiming to be a nurse!!!!

    WoofyMutt80 replied to KY RN's topic in General Nursing

    Also I remember in MA school that "we are going to be doing most of the things that RN's do" Well that is so not

  10. Diagnoses you never thought you'd see?

    WoofyMutt80 replied to KarafromPhilly's topic in General Nursing

    What about the post a long time ago where the "school nurse" who was a CNA "diagnosed" a kid with

  11. Diagnoses you never thought you'd see?

    WoofyMutt80 replied to KarafromPhilly's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked as an aide at a Assisted Living Facility we had a woman in her 80's with a prolasped uterus which looked like a giant testicle and the kicker was she gave birth to ONLY ONE

  12. Terminated because of my Attention Deficit Disorder

    WoofyMutt80 replied to LPN&momof3's topic in General Nursing

    I'd get a lawyer, and file with the EEO and the ADA (Americans With Disabilities Act) and go to the local

  13. SNOTTY MA claiming to be a nurse!!!!

    WoofyMutt80 replied to KY RN's topic in General Nursing

    Kudos to your kid! I am a CMA and I get a wee bit ticked when I get referred to as a nurse. I went to school for 9 mos but I didnt take the NCLEX, so therefore I am a CMA and not a nurse. Also that MA...

  14. Military Veteran wanting to work for the VA or a Military Hospital

    WoofyMutt80 replied to davey67_86's topic in General Nursing

    I work for the VA in Boston and vets and VA employees from what I hear do get top priority when applying for

  15. Too much sadness this shift...

    WoofyMutt80 replied to praying_mantis's topic in General Nursing

    I am terribly sorry and for some patients that pass, it is for some reason I cannot put my finger on, it is harder than other patients who pass. I have been a Cath Lab Tech for 5 months now and a week...

  16. Nasty Doctor

    WoofyMutt80 replied to scrubberRN's topic in General Nursing

    Like I said before, when a patient gets out of hand like that we call a psych code, so why not call one (if your facility has one) on

  17. Nasty Doctor

    WoofyMutt80 replied to scrubberRN's topic in General Nursing

    You and your fellow nurses should keep a notebook documentating the date, time and nature of the incident and location (ex outside a pt's room). The more in writing the better. And if management still...

  18. briefs or diapers

    WoofyMutt80 replied to nrsman1's topic in General Nursing

    I had a client in home care once and she called her Depends her "paper

  19. Nurses on immunosuppressives?

    WoofyMutt80 replied to LanaBanana's topic in General Nursing

    These products are now my best friends: Purell (I keep one on my keychain, and use the Purell dispensers at work) Handwashing like that Monk guy Lysol wipes Airborne Blueberry Pomegranate juice O.J....

  20. briefs or diapers

    WoofyMutt80 replied to nrsman1's topic in General Nursing

    I like the term "step-ins" better than

  21. Rheumatoid Arthritis

    WoofyMutt80 replied to Jeanine1970's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I take Indomethacin 75mg BID for Psoriatic Arthritis and I am 28 years old. Also I have been dealing with depression for years and I take Seroquel 25mg in the AM and Seroquel 200mg at night time, and...

  22. Bigger is not always better!

    WoofyMutt80 replied to ruralnurs's topic in General Nursing

    I give kudos to your hospital! And to the other hospitals that turned that pt down I got to ask "What the French

  23. briefs or diapers

    WoofyMutt80 replied to nrsman1's topic in General Nursing

    I used to put a towel and a chux (not a Chuck, Chuck is my cousin!) for double protection under bedridden incontinent pts. This was due to multiple bed changes and the lack of the proper amount of...

  24. I think peri/rectal swabs are a humiliating 'welcome' to the hospital

    WoofyMutt80 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    At my facility they just do nasal swabs for MRSA. As for the whole peri-anal swab issue, this must have been concocted by the person who is related to the one who invented the hospital

  25. Nasty Doctor

    WoofyMutt80 replied to scrubberRN's topic in General Nursing

    What is the psychiatric code to call at your hospital/facility to get the men in the white coats down to haul his a** away? At my facility we have a code green to call when someone is out of hand...