poppycat ADN, BSN

poppycat has 47 years experience as a ADN, BSN and specializes in pediatrics; PICU; NICU.

Latest Activity

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   Blast from the past!

   poppycat replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Nurses Recovery

   I finished my program in 2009 & recently shredded al the documents,
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   Age vs Years Nursing

   poppycat replied to Erika Patterson's topic in General Nursing

   I’m 63 & have been a nurse 42
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   Aveanna Takeover of Maxim

   poppycat replied to River&MountainRN's topic in Private Duty

   I work for Aveanna & today was informed that I’m getting a raise to$28/hour effective
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   What's the nicest compliment you've gotten as a nurse?

   poppycat replied to NurseNinja1990's topic in General Nursing

   This came from the family of my private duty patient: nurses are the heart of our
5. 

   Fairly new RN with newly diagnosed RA

   poppycat replied to lilpsychRN2017's topic in Nurse Disabilities

   I was diagnosed with RA just over 6 years ago at the age of 54. The rheumatologist first put me on methotrexate but I had bad side effects from it so I was taken off it after only 3 weeks. At that...
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   Autonomous Jobs out there?

   poppycat replied to 2BS Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   Private duty home care. You're the only nurse there for the whole
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   Here's a new one I've not considered until today...

   poppycat replied to catsmeow1972's topic in Nurses Recovery

   I know a product that can help your kitty. It's called Calming Collar. It's an aroma therapy collar for the cat. They work wonders for my scaredy
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   Alabama nurse killed...

   poppycat replied to Alexx_xox's topic in Nursing News

   According to one article I read, the hospital did have metal detectors & they haven't figured out how the person got the gun into the
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   Did you contract anything from a patient?

   poppycat replied to RNrhythm's topic in General Nursing

   I played several games of "Cootie" with my grandson this
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    Did you contract anything from a patient?

    poppycat replied to RNrhythm's topic in General Nursing

    I got influenza A from my patient in
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    Working nights w/ barking/needy dogs that probably wouldn't let me sleep during the day

    poppycat replied to lmb93's topic in General Nursing

    My dog loves our life. I work nights & my husband works days so there's always someone for the dog to sleep
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    NY Times article: loss of license

    poppycat replied to missmollie's topic in Nursing News

    In Illinois, you can lose your license if you're behind on child support,
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    Well on My WAY!!!!

    poppycat replied to Adrianaboydlewis's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not going to argue when you have your facts wrong. Good luck with your
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    Well on My WAY!!!!

    poppycat replied to Adrianaboydlewis's topic in General Nursing

    Associate degree in nursing is an AAS. I know this for a fact because that was my basic nursing
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    Well on My WAY!!!!

    poppycat replied to Adrianaboydlewis's topic in General Nursing

    AAS & ADN are the same