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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. 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...

  9. Are Nurses Considered "First Responders?"

    SunnyPupRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I often see certain promotions for "first responders" but the examples listed include police, firefighters, paramedics, and EMTs. Last night there was one at a restaurant where people could buy a FR a...

  10. Are Nurses Considered "First Responders?"

    SunnyPupRN replied to SunnyPupRN's topic in General Nursing

    "Steal?" Little heavy

  11. 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...

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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...

  15. 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...

  16. LPN Changing G-tube?

    SunnyPupRN posted a topic in Home Health

    I hope to gain some clarification from some of you, as my agency is not very helpful, and I generally get the impression to keep my head down and stop approaching them with questionable procedures....

  17. 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...

  18. One Liner to Diffuse Escalating Situation With Patient

    SunnyPupRN replied to Lev's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Exactly. That's why you don't get to make those calls. It's unprofessional and belittling to those who suffer from

  19. Is LinkedIn Necessary?

    SunnyPupRN replied to bete-noire's topic in General Nursing

    I refuse to use it. I've had people I don't even know offer to vouch for me and ask me to vouch for them. It is fraudulent in those situations and I think it's a very slippery

  20. Nursing speciality for someone that hates people

    SunnyPupRN replied to Gogol's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Why not medical research? You've identified what makes you miserable, and nursing is full of it.Try something where you'll be in a room crunching numbers and tabulating trends in medical

  21. Ridiculous things. This is a new one one me.

    SunnyPupRN replied to Cattz's topic in School

    .............

  22. Controversial Patient Odors in Nursing

    SunnyPupRN replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    We have to be careful about our assumptions of why people are slender, too. Slenderness can have just as pathological causes as obesity, not 'poor personal hygiene.' I've said it elsewhere, but I'll...

  23. Controversial Patient Odors in Nursing

    SunnyPupRN replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    Skip that shower – a daily wash is doing you more harm than good - BT There are multiple studies reporting that Americans overbathe, and it opens the skin up to dryness, cracks, and reception for...

  24. December 2016 Top 8 Captions Contest - Select $100 Winner

    SunnyPupRN replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    " Rough night?" "Let's just say: 12 Santas sniffling, 11 in the ER, 10 babies bawling, 9 fakers faking, 8 just want a waitress, 7 people punching, 6 code browns -FIVE HAVE C-DIFF - 4 techs called...

  25. I'm a new grad RN and I'm offered per diem position at PSA Healthcare. Should I accept it?

    SunnyPupRN replied to FNPStudentLife's topic in Florida Nursing

    I hope you enjoy it! One of the pros with PSA is that you really do get to spend time with your