Thunderwolf MSN, RN

Med-Surg, Geriatric, Behavioral Health

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    From Australia to Canada.....Help Please

    Thunderwolf replied to aussieRPN's topic in Psychiatric

    and keep your eyes open. We have plenty of Canadian folk who come to the board. Have a safe relocation. I'm sure you will do fine on the
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    Is it ethical for hospitals to have Mickey D's on premises?

    Thunderwolf replied to SharonH, RN's topic in General Nursing

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    Education vs. Experience

    Thunderwolf replied to amullis's topic in General Nursing

    Good
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    hopefuly a nurse one day

    Thunderwolf replied to mtc's topic in General Nursing

    here is the link to the iowa bon: iowa board of nursing riverpoint business park 400 s.w. 8th street suite b des moines, ia
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    Groped on the job...

    Thunderwolf replied to Tony35NYC's topic in Men in Nursing

    I am amazed that you challenge a Moderator on the board. This is against TOS. You only know part of the story. You do not even know what I as moderator have done and discussed about this. Did you even...
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    What punishment should this nurse get?

    Thunderwolf replied to Daytonite's topic in General Nursing

    Well, we have come a long way with this thread and discussion. It has gone back and forth. Members have respected, for the most part, other members opinions...which is good. I think we have come to a...
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    Spouse as martyr

    Thunderwolf replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    Amen,
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    High Protein levels in urine

    Thunderwolf replied to NicInNC's topic in General Nursing

    You have received some good input. Let's see what the doc says. Keep us posted with the
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    Emdr

    Thunderwolf replied to krisssy's topic in Psychiatric

    Very good
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    Do you carry your work home with you?

    Thunderwolf posted a topic in General Nursing

    When you clock out and go home, do you carry your work into your home also? How have you overcome this and what helped you the most? I have known several colleagues who have stated that it was...
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    Ok....don't flame me ....questions for ya...

    Thunderwolf replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

    Thread
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    Does Your Facility Have the flu shot yet?

    Thunderwolf replied to Aneroo's topic in General Nursing

    Starting them soon at our facility for staff. I'm still very
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    Pa None Smoking!

    Thunderwolf replied to LisaG21's topic in General Nursing

    You raise a valid point, Someday
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    Ok....don't flame me ....questions for ya...

    Thunderwolf replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

    ILoveSnoopy, since this thread has answered your question and that you have started a new thread regarding dealing with chronic pain (how do others cope with it?), may I close this thread?
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    Ok...new take on the same question....

    Thunderwolf replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

    Your post was nicely
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    making assignments

    Thunderwolf replied to Lisbeth's topic in Medical-Surgical

    My team consists of 8 beds. I and the LPN had 2 discharges, 2 ERs, 3 fresh post ops, 2 pod#1, and 1 pod#2. This is not counting all the blood I hung today...or all the meds passed and treatments...
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    High Protein levels in urine

    Thunderwolf replied to NicInNC's topic in General Nursing

    The Nephrologist appt sounds like a good idea. Hopefully then it can get addressed and you can have some
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    making assignments

    Thunderwolf replied to Lisbeth's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I will say that I don't agree in the idea of splitting up teams just because its her or his turn to take the admit. Keeping teams together as much as possible improves the continuity of patient care...
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    making assignments

    Thunderwolf replied to Lisbeth's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Agreed. You can plan and organize it but need to be flexible as well. One day, one team's acuity may be higher than the other team's. Tomorrow, it could be reverse in acuity. It evens out. But,...
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    Mom is worried about safety/security..

    Thunderwolf replied to nationwide drama's topic in Psychiatric

    I think Charlie got this backward, but we know what he meant. Thanks Charlie for the input. Excellent feedback as usual.
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    Pet Peeves

    Thunderwolf replied to sjb2005's topic in General Nursing

    "It's going into the machine" an hour later is what gets me...and I'm not even talking results
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    As a psych nurse, what non-psych nursing skills do you wish you were stronger in?

    Thunderwolf replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Psychiatric

    Keep it coming folks. Maybe as psych nurses, we can formulate some good list of topics for additional learning for ourselves here. Then, when the chat room really gets up and running, we can meet...
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    making assignments

    Thunderwolf replied to Lisbeth's topic in Medical-Surgical

    On our med surg floor, current patients and scheduled surgeries to arrive are part of that team's assignment....same for the other teams. ER admits are rotated if possible, but if a team has 3...
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    America's view of the nursing profession

    Thunderwolf replied to elatty's topic in General Nursing

    totally agree...we would most likely be recognized more for our technical and educational abilities...because we would charge good money for those
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    Do you give up your seat for a doctor?

    Thunderwolf replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, Marie, common courtesy and common sense should dictate this...not one side trying to out trump the other. Put the issue of doc and nurse aside, tradition vs breaking a tradition...your insight is...