SunnyPupRN

SunnyPupRN specializes in Psych.

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1. 5 Questions to Ask if You Think Your Patient is a Victim of Domestic Violence

   SunnyPupRN replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

   PS, Love the

2. 5 Questions to Ask if You Think Your Patient is a Victim of Domestic Violence

   SunnyPupRN replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

   Very, very common. I've seen prosecutors who refuse to charge a DV suspect because they say 90% of the survivors will just

3. 5 Questions to Ask if You Think Your Patient is a Victim of Domestic Violence

   SunnyPupRN replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

   Maybe, maybe not. "Unexplained" could just mean the pt doesn't want to disclose. But it's too far a leap to suspect DV based on STIs that don't have a known

4. 5 Questions to Ask if You Think Your Patient is a Victim of Domestic Violence

   SunnyPupRN replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

   I know. I was actually going to say the same thing. But domestic violence reports are not black and white. If there are children in the home, that changes the

5. 5 Questions to Ask if You Think Your Patient is a Victim of Domestic Violence

   SunnyPupRN replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

   I'll also add that you must weigh your decision to report carefully. If your facility is not going to be involved any further than turning it over to LE and sending the patient home, you might be...

6. 5 Questions to Ask if You Think Your Patient is a Victim of Domestic Violence

   SunnyPupRN replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

   Ask when not in the presence of

7. Case Study: Why Is She Having Hallucinations? The Mystery of The Dog in A Fedora

   SunnyPupRN replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in Critical Care

   I'm late to the party, but pesticide

8. Are Nurses Considered "First Responders?"

   SunnyPupRN replied to SunnyPupRN's topic in General Nursing

   "Steal?" Little heavy

9. 3 medication-related errors in 6 months. Is this a sign I should quit?

   SunnyPupRN replied to hnnrgh's topic in General Nursing

   You are working under unreasonable conditions [not unusual but still unreasonable.] The environment in which you work has become the harbinger of floor nursing. Hospitals will throw you under the bus...

10. First Time Traveler

    SunnyPupRN replied to rnccf2007's topic in Travel

    There was the thing where the nurses on this site were sued for naming certain companies in their posts and remarking about them, as it were. Better to

11. What was the REAL reason you called off

    SunnyPupRN replied to Orion81RN's topic in General Nursing

    I called off last week. My child's father died on Tuesday in the middle east, and although we were divorced, I felt I needed to stay with

12. Coping skills for anxiety?

    SunnyPupRN replied to MA Nurse's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Hi. Sorry you are going through this. I have tremendous anxiety, sometimes to the point that I feel I cannot clearly convey what I want to say, or cannot stand up for myself. I got sick of feeling...

13. The worst job you had before becoming a Nurse?

    SunnyPupRN replied to Want2BeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I worked for the county animal shelter. When people were bitten by mammals without a known vaccination history or wild mammals, I had to euthanize them, remove their heads, and prepare the head for...

14. Forcing patients to attend groups?

    SunnyPupRN replied to femaleRN's topic in Psychiatric

    I totally agree with you. And I think it is counter-intuitive to the truth that people must be ready for treatment and willing to go. On our part, that means being supportive and encouraging, but...

15. Any Tips For Assessment of Wiggly Kids?

    SunnyPupRN posted a topic in Pediatric

    What hacks do you have for assessing kids who don't want to be assessed? We have orders for full assessment of all systems q shift of preteen with heart defects, gtube, trach, OCD, and undiagnosed...