poppycat ADN, BSN

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    Tools for opening medication packets?

    poppycat replied to oatmeal89's topic in Health, Stress Management

    You get to bring your truck in your
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    Can cat owners really get schizophrenia from their cats?

    poppycat replied to Alnitak7's topic in Psychiatric

    My cats definitely make me crazy at times but I don't think it's gotten to the point of schizophrenia
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    Tools for opening medication packets?

    poppycat replied to oatmeal89's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Hi, oatmeal, & welcome! i don't know anything to help with the med packets but I can definitely relate to the arthritis in hands. I've got RA that is affecting my hands now. A few months ago I...
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    Not having kids until 35

    poppycat replied to waiting4ivpush's topic in General Nursing

    I should also say that when my husband & I are out with our grandson we get a lot of strange looks because, since he started talking, the grandson has called all his grandmas "momma" & all his...
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    Not having kids until 35

    poppycat replied to waiting4ivpush's topic in General Nursing

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    ECT

    poppycat replied to edie1's topic in Psychiatric

    I just have to say I love your
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    Do you break your own anonymity?

    poppycat replied to shoozy76's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I've never broken my anonymity in a work setting. I would be concerned that if I did I might end up with a target on my back. It's not any business of my employer or my patients what I've been...
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    Hope and Encourgement :)

    poppycat replied to PEPPER1's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Congratulations, PEPPER1! That's
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    Drug seekers

    poppycat replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing

    That was the whole problem. The nurses in that unit were not trained in hospice. There were no full time hospice nurses there because they didn't always have patients in the inpatient unit. The...
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    Cleaning up a dead person in a hospice setting

    poppycat replied to PhoebotNiChungngay's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    When my dad died in hospice, the nurse & CNA cleaned him & changed the linens (this was an inpatient hospice unit). We then we're able to stay with him until the funeral home arrived. He was...
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    Drug seekers

    poppycat replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing

    This reminds me of when my dad was in hospice a few years ago. He had morphine ordered with a dose range & he needed the highest dose in the range. One of the night nurses refused to give any...
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    NICU Documentaries

    poppycat replied to maeli's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    There's an awesome documentary called "Little Man" that I would recommend. It's probably about 10-11 years
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    Nursing with mental illness

    poppycat replied to BirdieBird's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, Bridget, I'm sorry you're going through this. I completely understand the feeling of being incompetent when coming back after a break. About 25 years ago, I went through a period of 3 years...
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    Stuck myself with dirty needle - please help.

    poppycat replied to danedsel's topic in General Students

    Do you mean abstinence from
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    Stuck myself with dirty needle - please help.

    poppycat replied to danedsel's topic in General Students

    I better go get tested for sleep apnea! My husband has it and uses CPAP & I frequently sleep with
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    When you just don't want to go to work....

    poppycat replied to dec2007's topic in General Nursing

    I do the same thing for exactly the same reason. If I'm having a problem because of my bipolar, I'm not much good to anyone else so there's no point in me even leaving home. I don't think it's a cop...
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    When you just don't want to go to work....

    poppycat replied to dec2007's topic in General Nursing

    This probably isn't the kind of answer you're looking for but when I have a bad case of the I don't want to go's I think about how skimpy my paycheck will be if I stay
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    Nurses turn to pet therapy

    poppycat replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Lily is also a snuggler. She waits until I turn on my right side & then cries to get under the covers. She gets in & lays down facing me & kneads her paws on my stomach until we both...
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    Nurses turn to pet therapy

    poppycat replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I had a problem with pictures not loading so I started a thread about it in site feedback. Joe sent me an email & was able to resize my pictures. They were too large for the
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    Nurses turn to pet therapy

    poppycat replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    The eyes belong to Poppy. She's 11 years old. The one in the arch is Lily. She's 7 & Poppy can't stand her! We call Lily the goat. She will try to eat anything & frequently knocks over...
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    Nurses turn to pet therapy

    poppycat replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I'm attaching pictures of my kitties. I think this will prove, once & for all, that MY kitties are the cutest in all the land!Sadly, Boots (tuxedo) is no longer with us. He crossed the Rainbow...
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    A coworker made me so mad!

    poppycat replied to typoagain's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I thought this thread was going to be about something that's worth being upset about. For example, the night I got to work (many years ago) & had a 4 year old getting a transfusion. The 3-11...
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    Nurses turn to pet therapy

    poppycat replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    He looks like my Boots! I used to love it when he laid that
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    Nurses turn to pet therapy

    poppycat replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    We also have an obese cat. The vet recommended Hills Science diet. They have one for weight loss but you can only get it at the vet's office. It's about $35 for an 8 pound bag! I don't remember...
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    Nurses turn to pet therapy

    poppycat replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    We have 2 kitties. One of them is soooo addicted to sleeping in bed with us that she gets up in the morning to be fed when my husband wakes up. When I get home from work a half hour later, she...