Kooky Korky BSN, RN

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    Need advice on what to do to get back into nursing after being being dismissed???

    Kooky Korky replied to Guest 11/08/18's topic in Texas Nursing

    Do you have to tell other schools that you were
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    Unexpected phone interview...

    Kooky Korky replied to littlenurse23's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Was it HR with a pre-interview set of questions she had to fill out? Or was it your hiring
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    If You Want To Be Part of the Solution

    Kooky Korky posted a topic in General Nursing

    Guys, I urge you to realize that you can be part of the solution. When you are consistently overworked, don't get breaks, are told by Management to magically produce more - and efficiently use same...
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    False-Positive PPD test....negative chest xray...is antiobiotic required?

    Kooky Korky replied to 2015RN2b's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Dumb questions here - why did they say your PPD's were false +? And why are you thankful to have a CXR showing evidence of TB? Why was INH
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    Nurse: 'I was fired for refusing flu shot'

    Kooky Korky replied to DesertRN2's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm not sure we can necessarily separate one thing from another so completely. We are full-range people, Al. And this topic, about being forced to have shot into your body something that you do not...
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    Forced wearing of nursing cap.

    Kooky Korky replied to onetiredstudent's topic in General Students

    America is a constitutional republic, not a democracy. And you are missing the whole member/lady parts aspect of this issue. OP, contact someone at EEOC or some other federal agency or your Senators'...
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    Forced wearing of nursing cap.

    Kooky Korky replied to onetiredstudent's topic in General Students

    The cap is definitely sexist and discriminatory. Get a lawyer. For those who say she should wear what the majority voted for, you must have missed the part where the MALES do not have to wear caps....
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    What's the weirdest thing management has said to you?

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

    Write to
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    What's the weirdest thing management has said to you?

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

    I certainly see your point. Your manager sounds like so many managers I've seen in operation. They are tough enough, mean enough to tell you to do something that no human nurse, including them,...
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    New OR Nurse and feeling overwhelmed...

    Kooky Korky replied to astrn's topic in Operating Room

    This is very common OR culture. Ignore it. You will do just fine if you laugh at yourself. Just let it all roll off. As for why the tech is nasty, it's probably jealousy. You're an RN, young,...
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    Playing Footsies: The FDA and URL Pharma - The Shocking Story of Colcrys (colchicine

    Kooky Korky posted a topic in Patient Medications

    Colchicine used to cost 9 cents per pill. 9 pennies. Pretty affordable. It now costs $4.85 per pill. Why? Because the FDA gave exclusive marketing rights for colchicine to URL Pharma for the years...
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    How Do I get a Camp job for next summer?

    Kooky Korky replied to GoosbyLPN's topic in Camp

    There are specialty camps - for asthmatics, for CP, for diabetics, for the blind, for the overweight, and for special interests - computers, art, dance, drama, horses, wilderness survival, religious...
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    What are the nurse's rights regarding difficult family members?

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

    Excellent point! Report dtr as an abuser of her mother! That might solve the whole mess. I love it, sorry I didn't think of it. Do NOT tell ANYONE, ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYWHERE that you reported, if...
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    Playing Footsies: The FDA and URL Pharma - The Shocking Story of Colcrys (colchicine

    Kooky Korky replied to Kooky Korky's topic in Patient Medications

    Thank you,
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    Passing meds prepared by someone else

    Kooky Korky replied to cdeyoung's topic in Patient Medications

    Where do things stand
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    Epsom Salt and DM Wound Care

    Kooky Korky posted a topic in General Nursing

    I see a lot of docs order Epsom Salt in warm water soaks BID x 20 minutes, followed by garamycin. The salt must cause bleeding, thus scabbing. Sometimes the docs wipe the scab away q 2 weeks. Is...
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    Pain and the diabetic foot

    Kooky Korky replied to LookForward's topic in General Nursing

    There can definitely be pain, although there often is not. I think some little nerve fibers get damaged by poor circulation and some don't. That's why, I think, some parts of a person's feet/hands...
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    Can I be terminated for this mistake?

    Kooky Korky replied to Born_2BRN's topic in Nursing Career

    A Med Resident failed to obtain a surgical consent from my loved one before doing an invasive procedure. I actually saw her do the procedure and then obtain the consent after! You're not the only...
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    Do you call the doctor at night for low B/P's on night shift?

    Kooky Korky replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    First, why doesn't this doctor write some parameters??? Then, what does your DON have to say about this ridiculous situation? Lastly, what do the other nurses do? Oh, is the pt in distress? Are you...
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    Do you cut corners in your daily nursing practice?

    Kooky Korky replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Wish you could get those "secret shoppers" to pitch in and actually do some
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    Do you cut corners in your daily nursing practice?

    Kooky Korky replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Is anyone helping her to realize what she needs to change in order to carry a full patient
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    The math doesn't add up

    Kooky Korky replied to noyesno's topic in General Nursing

    I don't get
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    Do you cut corners in your daily nursing practice?

    Kooky Korky replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    I used to wonder why my co-workers at a certain job ALWAYS got smoke breaks, meal breaks, and left on time, while I was always getting off late and never breaking for more than 15 or 20 minutes, while...
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    Do you work at Hilton?

    Kooky Korky replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Holistic care. Get your Manager involved stat if another department is making you look bad. Just put in the work orders, get a repair guy up to the pt's room quickly, give the pt the phone # to repair...
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    Do you work at Hilton?

    Kooky Korky replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe the dtr didn't think that a hospital wouldn't have coffee? How should she have known that your coffeemaker was on the fritz? Maybe it never occurred to her to call and ask if Mom wanted...