canigraduate

canigraduate

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  1. How do you manage ADHD in your clinic?

    canigraduate replied to GoodNP's topic in Advanced Practice

    Not enough information to go on here. What specialty are you in, or are you in general practice? Treating children or adults? There's a big difference. Unless you are a mental health provider, you...

  2. male nurses

    canigraduate replied to bonta's topic in Men in Nursing

    Jeez, what is this? Misogyny week? First, male patients are better, now male nurses are better? I'm going to go get a prosthetic and a mustache and fake it. **slams door, flounces off** Far, you can...

  3. Are we over-reacting?

    canigraduate replied to RainMom's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It is standard practice not to put pants on incontinent residents at night in a lot of facilities. It's hard on the residents with dementia to have "strangers" take their clothes off at night. You...

  4. Doctors answering services

    canigraduate replied to menot's topic in General Nursing

    I always call the answering service because that's the only option at night in my hospital. The hospitalists' answering service has it pretty streamlined. The different specialists' services, however,...

  5. bullying? racism? or overreacting?

    canigraduate replied to beachbum2000's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Actually, secretaries make bed assignments where I work, too. The clinical manager covers three units. I don't like the system, because it's based on numbers and not acuity, but it is policy in my...

  6. Nurses smoking weed?

    canigraduate replied to bunnynurse's topic in General Nursing

    The whole point that I was trying to make is that comparing MJ to anything else is stupid. People who promote MJ are always comparing it to alcohol, which I think is dumb, because it is completely...

  7. Female vs male patients

    canigraduate replied to qaz99's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Really?!? Men are better than women, patient version? Ugh.

  8. bullying? racism? or overreacting?

    canigraduate replied to beachbum2000's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The original post was pretty hard to follow. It sounds like the clinical supervisor is a jerk and the secretary is playing favorites. There is not enough information here about interpersonal...

  9. Is this a hipaa violation?

    canigraduate replied to NurseRatchedTheBest's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Depends on what you said, who you are, and who you are talking to. A healthcare worker can only divulge protected health information (PHI) to someone who has a need to know to complete their job...

  10. Why are Nurses and CNAs so mean/rude

    canigraduate replied to guest05/03/16's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    BINGO!! (This is not aimed at the OP, but at an old thread. I just won flounce

  11. Nurses smoking weed?

    canigraduate replied to bunnynurse's topic in General Nursing

    We obviously lived in different parts of Colorado. I've never been around a chronic user (giggle!) who functioned better than anyone. The decades-long potheads I've been around are usually menial job...

  12. Why are Nurses and CNAs so mean/rude

    canigraduate replied to guest05/03/16's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think you're probably right. I sense an incipient martyr

  13. Meaning of your username?

    canigraduate replied to Flightless Bird's topic in General Nursing

    **Snort** Nope, not Canadian. Former trailer trash from the South. I was the first person in my family to graduate college and one of the few without a GED. I was also the first person in my family to...

  14. HELP! I have to write policies now??!

    canigraduate replied to ArisTomas's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Find out what your nursing resources are supposed to be from and write the policies of off that. For example, my current workplace uses Mosby's. Also, use the same format as your pre-existing...

  15. Why are Nurses and CNAs so mean/rude

    canigraduate replied to guest05/03/16's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm pretty offended that you lump all nurses/CNAs together because you work at a crappy facility. Or at one where you don't like the people you work with, at least. No, I don't agree with you, at all....

  16. So I kind of messed up

    canigraduate replied to oopsmybad's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, OP. I wish I had some hope to offer you, but I don't. Every school I applied to had a strict drug policy and if you screened positive, you were out. No questions asked. You can try to talk to...

  17. Vacation?

    canigraduate replied to Nurse131382's topic in General Nursing

    Make sure of your PTO policy. A lot of places have certain dates when you can submit requests. For example, you want off during August, you have to submit in February. If you sent your request too...

  18. Nurses smoking weed?

    canigraduate replied to bunnynurse's topic in General Nursing

    When I lived in Denver, it was legal on the state level, yes, but employers still screened you and refused to employ anyone who tested positive for marijuana. It's still illegal federally. Most...

  19. Meaning of your username?

    canigraduate replied to Flightless Bird's topic in General Nursing

    Sully is my favorite monster, and also the character name of a super hot dude on an old TV show (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman), so I liked you even before I liked you. Judging from comments over the...

  20. Meaning of your username?

    canigraduate replied to Flightless Bird's topic in General Nursing

    Mine's an existential question. Can I graduate? On the surface, it was a question about nursing school at a time when I was figuring out my oddness was an actual condition. Underneath, it is a...

  21. Nurses smoking weed?

    canigraduate replied to bunnynurse's topic in General Nursing

    Man, this thread went south quick. I wonder if vitamin C mixed with MMJ cures

  22. "Your job is to make me happy"

    canigraduate replied to Nurse216's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I give them the side eye and say, "Nope, my job is to keep the docs from killing you. Have a fabulous night." I have a deadpan face, so most patients think I'm

  23. Question for Day Shift Nurses Who Own a Dog

    canigraduate replied to westieluv's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like the most practical solution for you is a dog run and a doggie door. You can get a covered dog run at most hardware or pet stores. I would also get a little dog house so the dog has...

  24. What offends you (nursing related)?

    canigraduate replied to milesims's topic in General Nursing

    People who shriek freak me OUT. I have been known to give them the side-eye and ask WTH is wrong with them. Especially when I'm starting an IV. Do you WANT me to stab

  25. 4/16 What I learned this week: POD2 and I want my button back

    canigraduate replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Hugs,