Kooky Korky BSN, RN

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    Getting out just in time!

    Kooky Korky replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    If I got such a note, I'd want to know what it was about. I'd be calling you, taking up at least as much time as you would need to write a complete note in the first
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    Breaking the Rules to Save a Life

    Kooky Korky replied to BunnyBunnyBSNRN's topic in School

    Why don't you have any? Have you personally done everything you can to get them? I think the example in this article should be a lesson to all about being much more militant about getting rules,...
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    Breaking the Rules to Save a Life

    Kooky Korky replied to BunnyBunnyBSNRN's topic in School

    And sue the doodle out of the parent who did not supply the glucagon and Admin who did not force the parent to supply it or suspend the student and who caused the nurse to be put in this position....
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    Elizabeth Warren says doctors, nurses don't treat black women same way as other women

    Kooky Korky replied to Kallie3006's topic in Nursing News

    What have you seen?
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    Elizabeth Warren says doctors, nurses don't treat black women same way as other women

    Kooky Korky replied to Kallie3006's topic in Nursing News

    Could you please explain what in the world you are talking
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    Elizabeth Warren says doctors, nurses don't treat black women same way as other women

    Kooky Korky replied to Kallie3006's topic in Nursing News

    Perhaps someone had been lazy, distracted, or whatever and simply hadn't ordered pain med? I am not excusing this, just wondering if it was error or oversight, not intentionally deciding to order...
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    Is Concierge Medicine Elusive for Most?

    Kooky Korky replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

    Did the NP not know that med was indicated? Same question about your Mom's blood work. Or did she know but not allowed to handle these matters without consulting with the
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    Is Concierge Medicine Elusive for Most?

    Kooky Korky replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

    I am tired of reading how minorities suffer. And by "minority" is meant non-white, right? There are plenty of non-minority poor or disadvantaged people who can't always get seen quickly or who see...
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    Afraid I gave someone a bloodborne disease

    Kooky Korky replied to RN8903's topic in General Nursing

    Survival depends on temperature, humidity, acidity, which fluid is involved, perhaps other factors not coming immediately to
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    Afraid I gave someone a bloodborne disease

    Kooky Korky replied to RN8903's topic in General Nursing

    Well, had that dressing material been in contact with the wound or bodily fluids of the HIV patient? If so, that nurse needs to be seriously counseled. The pt needs testing to determine HIV status....
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    Retaliation for reporting abuse?

    Kooky Korky replied to nursehaley91's topic in General Nursing

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    Retaliation for reporting abuse?

    Kooky Korky replied to nursehaley91's topic in General Nursing

    Typical. Nothing out of the ordinary, unfortunately. I'm sorry you have to go through this. I wish you the best. If anything like this happens in the future (the abuse/maltreatment and the cover-up...
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    Nurses March into Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital Health Commission Meeting

    Kooky Korky replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    If reasoning together hasn't worked, if people deciding about staffing have little or no clue about the realities of today's health care situation, if they turn a deaf ear and a blind eye to the input...
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    Saving Lives and Changing Laws: The Story of One School Nurse and Glucagon

    Kooky Korky replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Nursing News

    Was the nurse
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    Did anyone ever refuse a trip w/patient?

    Kooky Korky replied to Elektra6's topic in Private Duty

    It's a sad commentary on the state of health care in America that home care patients and their families are afraid of losing their staff, likely because there isn't really a reason for them to have...
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    Did anyone ever refuse a trip w/patient?

    Kooky Korky replied to Elektra6's topic in Private Duty

    The Mom has expressed this concern to you directly? I wonder why Mom doesn't tell her to stop coming to the case? Mom is likely desperate for help, despite her fears. Sounds like a real mess. Good...
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    Women's Right to Choose

    Kooky Korky replied to River&MountainRN's topic in General Nursing

    Not having sex outside of marriage will cut down on a whole lot of unwanted babies. Why is it the responsibility of society at large and of pro-lifers in particular to care for all of the unwanted...
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    What now?

    Kooky Korky replied to Crookshanks24's topic in General Nursing

    It's not just the doctor thing, it's the whole having been lied to, duped, and disrespected. And all of the ongoing lies, the broken appointments. yes, she probably needs the money. Sad
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    What now?

    Kooky Korky replied to Crookshanks24's topic in General Nursing

    Have you thought about a correctional facility? Adults, juvenile facilities, mens' facilities, women's; (State, county, federal Bureau of Prisons) The fed and probably state prisons do some...
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    What now?

    Kooky Korky replied to Crookshanks24's topic in General Nursing

    Did you ever tell him so? And you should have told him you were not going to allow him to speak to you in other than a courteous, collegial
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    What now?

    Kooky Korky replied to Crookshanks24's topic in General Nursing

    Was she the relative of someone in power? did her pts love
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    What now?

    Kooky Korky replied to Crookshanks24's topic in General Nursing

    If the pt is too cowardly to speak up (and I do understand the pt's vulnerability and fear), why should you get involved? I had a c/o from a frightened pt once about a CNA who was terrorizing him. I...
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    Women's Right to Choose

    Kooky Korky replied to River&MountainRN's topic in General Nursing

    Except it's not just the mother's body that is
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    Women's Right to Choose

    Kooky Korky replied to River&MountainRN's topic in General Nursing

    Let's sterilize everyone at
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    Women's Right to Choose

    Kooky Korky replied to River&MountainRN's topic in General Nursing

    So it's only old white