Thunderwolf MSN, RN

Med-Surg, Geriatric, Behavioral Health

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    How does a psych career affect the psych nurses?

    Thunderwolf replied to malusport's topic in Psychiatric

    I think the poster is asking "how does psych nursing as a career affect a psych nurse's mental health?" or does it? I really believe, in answering this question, that it depends upon the nurse and how...
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    BPD, bipolar and RN?

    Thunderwolf replied to FrostedGlass's topic in Psychiatric

    As an ex-psych nurse of 10 years, I highly recommend you getting your issues addressed and worked on and worked through before and during your venture into psych as a nurse. You can only give your...
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    How do Doctors treat nurses

    Thunderwolf replied to IWANT2BEEANRN's topic in General Nursing

    I really believe it depends on the "philosophy of the administration towards nursing" of that health care setting...where, as a result, that philosophy trickles downhill. In one facility, nursing may...
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    Intoxicated Crisis Patients

    Thunderwolf replied to Foolmoon's topic in Emergency

    As you see, it depends on the hospital set up and the philosophy of care of the institution regarding intoxicated patients. It is not uncommon for these patients to be seen as "undesirable"...in ED,...
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    Poll: "Do Not Use List" of abbreviations

    Thunderwolf replied to soontobe_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm for it. Now, if we could just have the docs write their names legible...we'd really be in business. Hate finding a chart with orders and no one knows who wrote them and no one can decipher the...
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    Bush Administration Proposes Cut in Veteran Benefits

    Thunderwolf replied to barefootlady's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    How tragic that our Pres will send you to war and yet deny the responsibility to care for those who have been maimed in his name. No wonder we have a moral decay in our country. Like many, I can't...
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    Are you a nurse from a dysfunctional family?

    Thunderwolf replied to jenpstudentrn's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree...many of us folks in the health care field enter it because of past dysfunctional experiences due to family. I agree also, nursing is not the place to heal our inner child, although...
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    Munchausen's or psudoseizures??

    Thunderwolf replied to RN_2_B_2006's topic in Psychiatric

    Personally, I wouldn't give it much attention. If she presents with a grand mal like seizure, is she post ictal?...if not, Hmmmmm. When she presents with a seizure like activity, tap her between the...
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    I wonder why.....

    Thunderwolf replied to begalli's topic in General Nursing

    Positive, neutral or negative...many of the posts spark debate...not a bad thing. Sharing joy or venting frustrations gives you a piece of someone else's world. Not a bad thing at all. The posts...
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    nursing student baptism by fire

    Thunderwolf replied to leopold's topic in General Nursing

    This is the reality of our field. Your response is not
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    Discharging disheveled patients from the hospital

    Thunderwolf replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Tacky and a poor reflection of that
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    Difference between RN and LPN responsibilities in the hospital setting?

    Thunderwolf replied to RebeccaJeanRN's topic in General Nursing

    Suggest going to your state board of nursing, or their web sites, to find your
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    Intoxicated- does it mean incompetent?

    Thunderwolf replied to TlhRNED's topic in Emergency

    Incompentency is a legal term...NOT MEDICAL. You may wish to say, impaired. But, incompetency is a ruling handed down "by a judge", not a medical
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    VIP Patients

    Thunderwolf replied to k_cole21's topic in General Nursing

    I totally agree with the posters above. Everyone gets -->the
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    Nurses struggling with mental illness

    Thunderwolf replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Thanks, Zoeboboey. Sometimes, all one can do for someone else is to tell our own story. Sometimes, all one can do is listen and learn from others tell theirs. This is how we can support one another,...
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    Charge Nurses, Team Leaders, and other set ups???

    Thunderwolf replied to Mystery5's topic in General Nursing

    We rotate the charge nurse position daily on our med surg floor on each shift, so just about every RN has had a crack at it. It sort of is nice in that no one person gets burned out. However, there...
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    Nurses struggling with mental illness

    Thunderwolf replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    To add my 2 cents in. I first began having symptoms in 1998 when my two children became the same age that I was when I had it very rough as a kid. The nightmares and images about my own childhood...
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    How many male nurses work on your floor/unit?

    Thunderwolf posted a topic in General Nursing

    We see more male nurses (RN/LPN/LVN) more often now. How many do you see? If you do not have male nurses working on your floor/unit, what comments would you like to
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    4/22/05 Show 20/20 H2O myth

    Thunderwolf replied to bellcollector's topic in General Nursing

    Each person's body is different, but some indicators of poor hydration that has stood the test of time is skin turgor and the color of one's urine. Good skin turgor and light colored urine might be...
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    cerner

    Thunderwolf replied to caringRN's topic in General Nursing

    We use Cerner for everything except meds and charting....but, that is about to change pretty soon I hear. In the near future, meds and charting will be included. So far, Cerner has been very easy and...
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    think i gotta quit

    Thunderwolf replied to jasonn's topic in Emergency

    There are better jobs out there, pal. Look around. You owe it to
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    Venting...Hosp pts coming from skilled nursing facilities

    Thunderwolf replied to stidget99's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, if a patient rolled into the hospital like this from home...we consider it abuse and neglect. It should make no difference if from a LTC/SNF. Buddy, I tell you, if my loved one in a facility had...
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    Sick Days

    Thunderwolf replied to caren19's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses ARE a different lot. We ARE exposed to sickness much more than other professions. I always had some difficulty accepting the rationale for being held on the same level as other professions...
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    Paroxysmal Atrial Fib....Can you tell me more about it?

    Thunderwolf posted a topic in Cardiac

    I was recently diagnosed with the above condition. I had a similar episode about 6 years ago, was placed on Inderal at that time, and I cardioverted back without further incident....until about 1.5...
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    Paroxysmal Atrial Fib....Can you tell me more about it?

    Thunderwolf replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Cardiac

    Thanks everyone for your input. Toprol seems to be doing the trick for me. It may seem like a silly question, but....does stress play a role for the onset of A fib? Had to ask. Anyway, again, thank...