poppycat ADN, BSN

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    Non-negative drug screen

    poppycat replied to Ash2213's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Congratulations on your 1 year anniversary! That's a huge
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    WILTW 10/29: Trauma for breakfast

    poppycat replied to LadyFree28's topic in General Nursing

    In Illinois it's called DCFS & the first time I had to call them I had been out of school less than 6 months. It's a horrible feeling to have to do that but I had a 6 week old with broken ribs...
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    Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    poppycat replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    I used to do home care for a 3 year old who was in an iron lung whenever she slept. This was less than 20 years ago. They look much different than they did in the "old days",
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    Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    poppycat replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    Did any other COBs use KY jelly to "glue" the stripe to their cap? It held the stripe in place very well but if you needed to remove the stripe to wash the cap, it came off easily. One of our...
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    CEU to good to be true

    poppycat replied to campingRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've used Western Schools for a lot of my CEU's over the years and never had any
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    WILTW 10/29: Trauma for breakfast

    poppycat replied to LadyFree28's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, it's rather sad that the "recovery rate" for allnurses addiction is very
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    Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    poppycat replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    All through school we heard about the 2 different envelopes. So when I got a white, business-size envelope 7 weeks after taking boards, I just knew I had failed. The truth was the envelope contained...
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    Is this ethical?

    poppycat replied to pumpkinspice's topic in General Nursing

    No one ever better try to stop me from taking a
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    WILTW 10/29: Trauma for breakfast

    poppycat replied to LadyFree28's topic in General Nursing

    I've learned that I'm not very good at being off work & not being able to do much because my right hand is in a splint. I've always known my left hand is only there for decoration & to make...
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    WILTW 10/29: Trauma for breakfast

    poppycat replied to LadyFree28's topic in General Nursing

    I've driven nothing but Hyundai for the past 10 years. We currently own a 2013 Tucson. It's a crossover & we love it. I live in the Chicago suburbs so lots of ice & snow. This is the first...
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    I'M DONE, as in SUCCESSFULLY

    poppycat replied to SororAKS's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I am over-the-moon thrilled for you, SororAKS! What a frustrating roller coaster ride the past month has been for you. No one should be put through that! From the day you posted about coming up...
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    Anyone available to talk?:(

    poppycat replied to Bsn10's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Bsn10, First of all, here is a ((((hug)))) for you. I know you can't send PMs yet but I think you can receive them. I'm going to PM my phone number & email address to you. Feel free to call or...
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    For those of you with HAND arthritis

    poppycat replied to nervousnurse's topic in Retired Nurses

    This won't help you as far as finding work but I have arthritis in my fingers, too. I recently bought some buckwheat-filled terry cloth mittens which you can heat in the microwave or chill in the...
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    What Can Be Done to Avoid this error?

    poppycat replied to callienewh's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Since you're using an eMAR, is there a way to have an alert pop up for scheduling the next INR at the time the new dose order is
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    WILTW 10/22: ENT and the Priapism

    poppycat replied to LadyFree28's topic in General Nursing

    We already have all of those detectors. The problem was that the gas leaks were so small that the guy from the gas company said the detectors would not pick them up unless they were right at the site...
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    Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    poppycat replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    You'd think I would know better than to look at Davey Do's pictures when I'm drinking coffee. Now must go clean my
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    Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    poppycat replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    I'm surprised no one has mentioned glass IV bottles. Having to adjust IV flow rates using a roller clamp & your
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    WILTW 10/22: ENT and the Priapism

    poppycat replied to LadyFree28's topic in General Nursing

    Not nursing related but I learned it's really hard to live in a house with the gas turned off & no shower for 4 days (cue the puking smiley!). I also learned how much I hate owning a house. Last...
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    Good grief...I came up Positive

    poppycat replied to SororAKS's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Too bad there's no "thumbing your nose at them"
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    Alternative to AA?

    poppycat replied to safenurse10's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I have to agree that it's ridiculous to force everyone into the same stipulations no matter what they're placed in monitoring for. I was put in a monitoring program because of a psych issue. At the...
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    Training for ER; Didn't do so hot

    poppycat replied to RNEulogy's topic in Emergency

    In my opinion, three weeks doesn't sound like enough for them to really know anything about you. I think they should have given you the type of orientation they would give a new grad in that...
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    Did You Know the Specialty You Wanted to Work In Before Clinicals?

    poppycat replied to Shookclays's topic in General Nursing

    You're right about this. When I graduated in 1978, we had 4 hospitals in the suburban area where I live. Two of them had Peds units. Now none of them have separate Peds units. They have a few beds...
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    Did You Know the Specialty You Wanted to Work In Before Clinicals?

    poppycat replied to Shookclays's topic in General Nursing

    I knew before I ever started nursing school that I absolutely did not want to work with adults. Sick adults make my skin crawl. They are whiny & I just want to tell them to suck it up. In spite...
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    Paper Charting Sucks (...just a vent...)

    poppycat replied to TJ'sMOM's topic in General Nursing

    I do private duty home care, too. My agency went to computer charting about 3 years ago. All of our assessments are done in the computer but we still paper chart meds, treatments, feedings, &...
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    Demand for Nurses in Chicago

    poppycat replied to WannaBNursey's topic in Illinois Nursing

    My first job after graduation was in a hospital on the north side of Chicago. I had an apartment 1 block away so I walked to work. All the shopping I needed was also within walking distance. I had...