Not_A_Hat_Person

Not_A_Hat_Person RN

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  1. CBD oil

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Mariatvillanueva's topic in Private Duty

    Then the MD needs to add it to the

  2. Home Health: Not Being Paid??

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to emilyjacobs's topic in General Nursing

    Talk to HR. If they won't help, you should talk to your state Department of

  3. Family Member Watching Pro-terror/ Anti-America/ Anti-Semitic video

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to sugarmagnolia3's topic in General Nursing

    I would definitely mention the video watching to the charge nurse, and in report. I don't think that family would react positively to their child having a Jewish or Muslim roommate, or being cared for...

  4. CBD oil

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Mariatvillanueva's topic in Private Duty

    Supplements and essential oils aren't regulated as medications; they're not regulated at all. If a nurse were to administer either without a doctor's order, and things went wrong, it would not turn...

  5. CBD oil

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Mariatvillanueva's topic in Private Duty

    The OP should talk to her employer. Depending on state law, she may not be able to give CBD oil even if a doctor does prescribe or recommend it. My state has had medical marijuana for over a decade,...

  6. Jahi McMath "What does it mean to die?"

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Christy1019's topic in Nursing News

    Tuskegee wasn't that long ago. It happened in my parents' lifetimes, so it would have been within Jahi's mother and grandmother's lifetimes. Untreated obstructive sleep apnea can kill; it killed an...

  7. Nursing Shortage!! It's real and it bites (new grads, can't find a job? Read this post!)

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I'm still jaded from seeing the last "nursing shortage" turn into a glut very, very quickly. I graduated in 2008, just before the economy crashed. Suddenly, no one was hiring nurses,...

  8. "Safe Injection Houses"- What's This?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Sarah Matacale's topic in General Nursing

    My town, which recently banned cigarette smoking in parks, is seriously considering safe injection sites for heroin users. I used to live near a methadone clinic. Apparently, it was a great place to...

  9. Jahi McMath "What does it mean to die?"

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Christy1019's topic in Nursing News

    It certainly changes the family's willingness to accept the

  10. Nursing Shortage!! It's real and it bites (new grads, can't find a job? Read this post!)

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    The facility should consider reaching out to new grads, even those without a BSN, and and hiring them. My local hospital complained for years that they were unable to find staff. They were only...

  11. Jahi McMath "What does it mean to die?"

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Christy1019's topic in Nursing News

    To me, it sounds like she's saying they would have been willing to pull the plug on Jahi if the staff hadn't blown off the family's concerns about her post-op bleeding. The family fought so hard...

  12. NY Times article: loss of license

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to missmollie's topic in Nursing News

    Private student loans often have co-signers, usually a parent or grandparent. Lenders don't make it easy to remove a co-signer. If the co-signer dies or declares bankruptcy, the lender can put the...

  13. Jahi McMath "What does it mean to die?"

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Christy1019's topic in Nursing News

    The only people who know "what really happened" were there, or have access to Jahi's medical

  14. NY Times article: loss of license

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to missmollie's topic in Nursing News

    That should say "And increase higher education *funding* so students don't pay $600+ for one credit at a state

  15. NY Times article: loss of license

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to missmollie's topic in Nursing News

    Pulling professional licenses for student loan default was intended for doctors and lawyers, who are often self-employed. It's not hard to structure a business so you have no income on paper. How do...

  16. Personal Medical Leave

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to ccatrone's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen doctor's orders with ICD-9 codes for diagnoses. Would that be discreet

  17. Would you pray with a student?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to smudges.blips's topic in School

    I assume you work in a public school. From what I understand, public schools can't favor one religion over another. Either all faiths are recognized or none are. What if the student wasn't the same...

  18. Do employers care where you went to nursing school?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Guest1033582's topic in General Nursing

    In my area, recruiters tend to favor local schools because they're more likely to see the students in clinical. Otherwise, as long as your degree is from a reputable school, it shouldn't matter much....

  19. Driving While Elderly

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    According to the statistics I've seen, 65-year-olds have the same accident rate as 16-year-olds, and 85-year-old drivers have triple the accident rate of 16-year-olds. When I lived in MA, every...

  20. Why do some nurses hate it in others pump at work?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

    I worked at a facility where I was literally the only non-smoker on my shift. The rest of the staff, including the charge nurse, took their smoke breaks en masse, leaving me as the only person in the...

  21. Driving While Elderly

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    If it was up to me, all license renewals would require a road test. Once a driver hit 65, they would get a "senior license" valid for 2 years, with a road test required for renewal. In my experience,...

  22. What's the shortest time you stayed at a job and why did you leave?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to sweet sunshine's topic in General Nursing

    45 minutes, at a nursing home outside Boston. It was January 2009. I had graduated from nursing school the previous May, and passed the NCLEX in July. The Great Recession had hit, and NO ONE wanted...

  23. Trouble for taking Doctors candy

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to zynnnie's topic in General Nursing

    When I got fired from Nursing Home Hell, one stated reason was that someone found candy wrappers in the trash in a resident's room. Never mind that the charge nurse regularly brought in candy for the...

  24. Are new grads prepared for the bedside?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Robert.CFRN's topic in General Nursing

    I got an ADN in 2008. Clinical sites ran the gamut from a noted teaching hospital to a nursing home so bad we stopped going there, and they shut down not long after. If you weren't really aggressive...

  25. Do ASN/ADN nurses still get hired in the hospital?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Wannabenurseneko's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on the local market. My local hospital is transitioning to an all-BSN workforce. I graduated with an ASN in an area where hospitals only hire