Fuzzy

Fuzzy

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  1. I Double Dawg Dare You, Do It!

    Fuzzy replied to Bipley's topic in General Nursing

    Well Bipley here's mine. Mine is about a dog who came in last week--gunshot wound. The right radius and ulna were shattered near the carpal (wrist) joint. Plus she had lacerations between the rear...

  2. Patient/Family Rage

    Fuzzy replied to sawbuck's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I've been treated very well by the nurses when I have been in the hospital. They have always been good about answering my questions and seeing to my needs. However, as a veterinary technician, I...

  3. CATS AND SCHIZOPHRENIA/ this is so stupid

    Fuzzy replied to RENAISSANCE RN's topic in Psychiatric

    Actually we tell this to pregnant women and immunocompromised individuals all the time when the kitty is brought in for it's comprehensive exam. Sadly, some of the MD's still feel that the kitty...

  4. CATS AND SCHIZOPHRENIA/ this is so stupid

    Fuzzy replied to RENAISSANCE RN's topic in Psychiatric

    Actually, it is thought that people exposed to Toxo more commonly from eating under cooked meat than from their feline friends. Yet that part never makes it to the media.

  5. Discharge orders you'd LIKE to write!!!

    Fuzzy replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in Emergency

    Here are some that I would like to write from the animal side of things. Just because the OTC says it's safe for human use does not mean that it's safe for your dog, cat, ferret, bird.etc. I don't...

  6. Topamax

    Fuzzy replied to ER-RN2's topic in General Nursing

    I took topomax once (only 2 doses). My doctor thought that it would help with my epilepsy. The first dose caused some numbing and tingling around my mouth, eyes and hands. The second dose caused me...

  7. Received this email today and I am steamed!!!

    Fuzzy replied to MomBSN's topic in General Nursing

    There are jokes like these for many professions as I have received them. There was one awhile back on small animal vs large animal veterinarians. I wish that I would have saved that one because it...

  8. I Love My Crocs!!

    Fuzzy replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I wear them also. Light, comfortable, and inexpensive. The problem that I have had is if you step in water or on a wet surface. Talk about a ride. I found out the hard way that it is difficult...

  9. If not a nurse...what????

    Fuzzy replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in my dream job now. I'm a Certified Veterinary Technician (CVT). When I was younger I wanted to be a nurse just like my aunt. I found that I get along better with animals and their people...

  10. Drug seekers "Drug of Choice"

    Fuzzy replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    "The ER Doctor came in and said to me in front of my husband that he gave me enough valium to knock out a horse and in his opinion I was just trying to get narcotics from him and he was not falling...

  11. Study: Nearly 16 million insured adults lack adequate health coverage

    Fuzzy replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Actually, I'm not on welfare and never have been. I could be and have been on disability for problems that I was born with and not aquired by lifestyle choices. I am no longer on disability and...

  12. Study: Nearly 16 million insured adults lack adequate health coverage

    Fuzzy replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I feel that all the politicians from the President on down needs to go without health insurance for them and their families for say five years. I bet that if that happened there would be changes....

  13. Study: Nearly 16 million insured adults lack adequate health coverage

    Fuzzy replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Insurance!? What's that? I know that I don't have any. I'm soon going to find out how much it is going to cost to have a gall bladder removed. This is very scary to me. Hopefully it can be...

  14. Peter Jennings' Death, and pt teachings

    Fuzzy replied to Fun2's topic in General Nursing

    John Wayne also died of lung cancer. I don't need any education that smoking is bad. I watched my mother die for two years from cancer and yes she was a heavy smoker. She died in 1974. I was 13...

  15. How Many is Too Many

    Fuzzy replied to Fiona59's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm the oldest of six kids because of a death and remarriage in the family. When I was a sophmore in HS my half-sister was born. Then two half brothers were born in my junior and senior year. This...

  16. What is the #1 healthcare problem in the USA?

    Fuzzy replied to nurse_wannabe's topic in General Nursing

    >>>I am covered by my employer's health insurance - but for some reason, hospitals and doctors offices usually have pretty crappy insurance for their employees. At least you have some kind of...

  17. Has a patient asked you to help him/her die?

    Fuzzy replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a veterinary technician (CVT) and I have been asked about assisted suicide more than once. Maybe it's because animals have the euthanasia option. Many people tell us that this is the way that...

  18. Sad and confused

    Fuzzy replied to javanurse2000's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    TPTB=the powers that be, I think.

  19. What is the #1 healthcare problem in the USA?

    Fuzzy replied to nurse_wannabe's topic in General Nursing

    Lack of affordable healthcare for people who are not covered by insurance. Also lack of healthcare in general in rural areas.

  20. if only for one day......

    Fuzzy replied to babyktchr's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My patients are animals (I'm A CVT) so I ask them not to bite me. Most are quite obligding and don't bite me. The clients are their owners and there are some that I would like to ask, "Do you really...

  21. need help for severe depression

    Fuzzy replied to needs help's topic in General Nursing

    Needs Help If you cannot afford a private therapist at a $100+ per hour contact your community mental health center. You can get services on a sliding fee scale. If the fees are still too high you...

  22. "Socialized medicine"

    Fuzzy replied to Grushenka's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    My mother died of cancer when I was a teen---no insurance. That ruined our family. I'm trying hard not to follow in these footsteps with my own healthcare needs. I cannot get insurance because of...

  23. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    Fuzzy replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    I guess that I have worked around animals too much. It also doesn't help that I watched my mother die of cancer as a teen. I remember her trying to eat/drink and vomiting and crying because she...

  24. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    Fuzzy replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    >>>Heck, why not just put a pillow over her face? I'm glad to see that you have read 'in between my lines'.

  25. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    Fuzzy replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    I think that thing that bothers me most is not the fact that people are fighting over Terri's life but the way that she is expected to die. She is to be deprived of water and food. To me this is...