Kooky Korky BSN, RN

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    Reasonable time frame for prn medication to be given?

    Kooky Korky replied to nicegirl2's topic in General Nursing

    Not all nurses are overworked or as totally devoted as you expressed. I do know that communication is key. The nurse needed to explain that she needed to get a doctor's order for Lomotil, the Lomotil...
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    "That's a myth about nursing"

    Kooky Korky replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I am glad that nurses are savvy. Time to start
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    HR for facility. Not for employees.

    Kooky Korky replied to Angelsofmercy's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds awful. You need to file a formal complaint with several parties. Hopefully at least 1 or 2 of the complaints will survive the chart culling that seems to be happening. State the facts,...
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    Anyone Knowledgeable Here About Medicare/Insurance?

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

    Thanks for your post, but I am confused. What are you saying in your first sentence? Can you define SNF? Is it inpatient? Does Home Health by a licensed care count as skilled care? Not private...
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    Anyone Knowledgeable Here About Medicare/Insurance?

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

    If such a letter were written, it would be for her eyes only, as a suggested format of how to write a humble letter. I would never write to him, don't know where he is either. SHE wants the wife...
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    Anyone Knowledgeable Here About Medicare/Insurance?

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

    I learned the other day that there are 60 extra days available per year, don't remember what they're called - some sort of supplemental days - but there are qualifying requirements, of
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    Anyone Knowledgeable Here About Medicare/Insurance?

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

    No, no private duty, just dressing changes and med set-up via Home Health visits twice per week. No aides either except if she occasionally hires someone herself, which happens rarely. Burnout (her...
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    Anyone Knowledgeable Here About Medicare/Insurance?

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

    Why was she degrading you, especially in view of the fact that you were saving her tons of money? How would she have gotten by if you hadn't helped her? How did she get by Monday - Friday? Is the...
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    Anyone Knowledgeable Here About Medicare/Insurance?

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

    Depression is likely a very real factor. The injuries occurred several months ago (winter) and I think the metal screws used for her ORIF's cause(d) very real pain. So pain is real. As far as I...
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    Anyone Knowledgeable Here About Medicare/Insurance?

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

    Not 100? 60 is even worse. Maybe she got 100 because she had a supplemental
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    Anyone Knowledgeable Here About Medicare/Insurance?

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

    You are so right. No good deed goes unpunished, that I have already learned in life, LOL. And yes, we are often not knowledgeable about how relationships have gone in the past, what grudges have been...
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    Anyone Knowledgeable Here About Medicare/Insurance?

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

    Being single, she is allowed to keep her house, she says. She has no car. I don't know and don't want to know what other assets she has. I am not nearly as involved in her life as I might have...
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    Anyone Knowledgeable Here About Medicare/Insurance?

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

    Yes, there is one. I have spoken with her about this pt and she is planning to do a reassessment visit with her soon. She's working on getting a doctor's order for the
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    Anyone Knowledgeable Here About Medicare/Insurance?

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

    She's a current patient, soon to be former. It's hard to not hear when she talks to Burnout or when Burnout cries on my shoulder (not literally). Being involved in all this mess, however...
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    Anyone Knowledgeable Here About Medicare/Insurance?

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

    Yes, it is long. Thanks for reading it through and responding. 100 days that insurance covers before kicking you out because you have used up your 100 days. you have to know a little about Medicare...
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    Open visitation in the ICU

    Kooky Korky replied to Mini2544's topic in Critical Care

    When the patient needs to be turned, cleaned, nude how do you handle this? I have never been comfortable with patients being nude in front of just anyone and everyone. I don't think it's right for...
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    Can nurses get their licenses revoked or suspended for fighting outside of the workplace?

    Kooky Korky replied to Nsco2018's topic in General Nursing

    Short answer: yes, I think so. Probably depends on circumstances, such as self-defense vs. drunk as a skunk and provoking someone else, history, and what state, maybe more
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    How long have you been a nurse

    Kooky Korky replied to Rocknurse's topic in General Nursing

    Yes and no. Will there be enough replacements with adequate experience when we sail off into the big
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    How long have you been a nurse

    Kooky Korky replied to Rocknurse's topic in General Nursing

    Since right after The
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    BS 94, Lantus 20 units, give HS snack?

    Kooky Korky replied to knotizer12's topic in General Nursing

    This situation is akin to Melania Trump's shirt message about "I really don't care". For days, there was speculation on national news as to what she didn't care about. It would have been just too...
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    Do you go to work with vomiting/diarrhea?

    Kooky Korky replied to designer-mommy's topic in General Nursing

    You are an educated professional adult. You hold other peoples' lives in your hands. You are actually able to decide when you are too sick to go to work. The HELL with what some boss or staffing...
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    Didn't scan a narcotic at bedside

    Kooky Korky replied to Hailbop16's topic in General Nursing

    and we should never co-sign for a med we did not actually see wasted. You should go back and error that
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    Didn't scan a narcotic at bedside

    Kooky Korky replied to Hailbop16's topic in General Nursing

    This excessive government and excessive concern with these meds is why we don't have time or personnel to locate the misplaced children who were stolen from their parents at the
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    Is it possible for a nurse to become a doctor?

    Kooky Korky replied to madel23's topic in General Nursing

    Try to test out of a class or two. Go to school outside the US, like the
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    Dr makes me feel so incompetent?

    Kooky Korky replied to mzsuccess's topic in General Nursing

    She gets paid more to make people feel badly by pitching a fit. LOL OP, the only thing you did wrong was to not wait a little while to call the doc, who, BTW, SHOULD have written parameters to hold...