Kooky Korky BSN, RN

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    When Your Doctor Doesn't Listen

    Kooky Korky replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    You have to pay a premium of $100 or so per month for either A or B. And when a doc does accept your Medicare, it means you will likely have to pay 20% of the bill. It's seriously way more...
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    School Nurse Gives Wrong Medication

    Kooky Korky replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Because it is scary. Scary for the nurse, scary for the
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    Feeling extremely underappreciated

    Kooky Korky replied to Medic2RN_'s topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Maybe you could just calmly, courteously say to the people telling you to do all of these things "I have been assigned by Susie to do X, then by Nancy to do Y, and by Abby to do Z. It will take...
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    Polycystic Liver Disease

    Kooky Korky replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, Katie, and thanks for this information and for caring. I am going to look up UNOS and learn as much as I can because I really was startled about what I learned on that phone call and by what you...
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    Polycystic Liver Disease

    Kooky Korky posted a topic in General Nursing

    I recently encountered a patient with a liver so enlarged by cysts that she has sustained rib fractures. Has anyone ever seen this? She only has about 10% liver function, also has polycystic kidneys,...
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    When Your Doctor Doesn't Listen

    Kooky Korky replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe you could see an ENT? Maybe you could speak openly with this young newbie, as you have here? Just being totally frank with her? Explain that you have lavaged and navaged and taken the Rx she...
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    LVN keeps personal notes about patients

    Kooky Korky replied to VegGal's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Is pt consent necessary for this purpose? How do we know where or how it is stored? Where does the author find the
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    Polycystic Liver Disease

    Kooky Korky replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    I called today to a major, world-renowned, magnet facility to ask about becoming a donor. Well, hush my mouth. The first person (and I am controlling myself to not say "idiot' - oops) who answered...
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    Best specialty for a new nurse interested in ED?

    Kooky Korky replied to Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B's topic in Emergency

    Go to work in the ER. Congrats and Best
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    Verbal Attacks. What should I do?

    Kooky Korky replied to Butterfly9839's topic in Home Health

    Time to move on. Mom has blown a gasket. I guess her lifestyle is cramped by having a sick child and someone in her space 24/7 or money is a problem, or her relationships have gone downhill due to a...
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    Polycystic Liver Disease

    Kooky Korky replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for the informative link, La Chica Suerte85. I was glad to see that normal liver cells are not affected, that the cysts form in other places in the liver in a way such that they do not harm...
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    Polycystic Liver Disease

    Kooky Korky replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    Fibrous? Hmm, I was thinking they were filled with fluid. I will check out her imagining and other test results. There is a procedure they are thinking to do - it's called de-roofing. With an...
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    Polycystic Liver Disease

    Kooky Korky replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    Eek is right! I was just shocked. I really started wondering if someone had hit her, pushed her down, wondered if she had fallen (she denied anything along those lines - violence or falls). I...
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    Polycystic Liver Disease

    Kooky Korky replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    Ruby, yes she says they are.
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    Problem with Custody Sargents

    Kooky Korky replied to stedfast01's topic in Correctional

    They also get to continue, at taxpayer expense, hormones to keep them whatever gender they say they are - if they have been taking hormones before being locked up. Maybe these aren't as costly as Hep...
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    Problem with Custody Sargents

    Kooky Korky replied to stedfast01's topic in Correctional

    And where are your DON, CNO, or whatever the boss nurse is called, and other Nursing bosses? Has Custody ever wanted you to do something you knew was wrong from a Nursing standpoint? What came of
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    Thankful To Be A Nurse On Thanksgiving

    Kooky Korky replied to TheCommuter's topic in Nurses Rock

    Thanks to all who work on holidays, weekends, etc., especially when they would rather be home or with loved ones on a great
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    Legal analysis of race-based staffing at patient request

    Kooky Korky replied to RiskManager's topic in General Nursing

    And then this lovely woman turns out to have a hidden weapon with which she surprises you. You never know what to expect in our insane world. Personally, it's OK with me to not be wanted as someone's...
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    Hospital being sued

    Kooky Korky replied to deefizzle's topic in General Nursing

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    Why Can Pre-Med Students Know Their Choice But Nursing Students "Can't"?

    Kooky Korky replied to Shookclays's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know the answer to your question, except that Nursing has a long history of expecting nurses to be well-rounded and do Med-Surg first. And it is a good idea to have a back-up plan. Learn...
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    Nursing student getting abuse from instructor

    Kooky Korky replied to Nursingbabydoll's topic in General Students

    She should be corrected but not berated or yelled at, no matter what her age
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    Nursing student getting abuse from instructor

    Kooky Korky replied to Nursingbabydoll's topic in General Students

    Why do you think her attitude is "know it
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    HELP! Threats to call BON!

    Kooky Korky replied to Nechic01's topic in General Nursing

    Don't say a word to anyone at work if you can possibly avoid it. HR is not your friend. If they see you as a problem, a distracted worker or student who has a problem, they will get rid of you so...
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    Two residents have refused my care

    Kooky Korky replied to CNA2016:)'s topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    You are new? Time to learn, learn, learn. You don't seem to take to heart what people are saying here. If I were in need, no matter how trivial my issue might seem to a young, able-bodied new aide,...
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    Two residents have refused my care

    Kooky Korky replied to CNA2016:)'s topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Try to do a better job of answering the call bells, even if the patients are not yours. You say you always help when needed, but that's not true if you are ignoring call lights. Why "Ha ha"?...