LilPeanut MSN, RN, NP

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    Nurses Call the Governor of Tennessee

    LilPeanut replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

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    Nurses Call the Governor of Tennessee

    LilPeanut replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I mean....it could be handy I guess....? Not my style
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    Nurses Call the Governor of Tennessee

    LilPeanut replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I agree and disagree - I would call the nurse a tertiary victim at best, not the second victim. Tertiary relegates it to the periphery where it belongs because the family's loss should be the biggest...
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    HIPAA violation and future employment opportunities

    LilPeanut replied to kmcd90's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    The friend who supposedly got thrown out for confirming a patient was currently at the hospital - that shouldn't be correct. You can't confirm a past admission, nor anything about the admission,...
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    Will I get in trouble?

    LilPeanut replied to Mousyrn's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    No, there will be no way for them to ever track this particular hipaa violation. They can't verify she didn't call in, there's going to be no record in her chart like a note (just the back end audit...
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    What is Abandonment?

    LilPeanut replied to nycmoon's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    The only exception in very rare cases is if it was an unofficial walk out or sick out, which are illegal and considered patient abandonment because you are not allowed to strike if it would endanger...
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    Oversupply of Nurse Practitioners

    LilPeanut replied to guest416560's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Oh, and because I live in the city, I don't need a car, which saves a bunch! I'm not going to get rich, but I can go on vacations, and live my life without thinking about money really. I've never...
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    New Grad NICU Support Thread

    LilPeanut replied to niculove's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I think that depends on the unit. If you are at a tertiary level IV referral hospital, there's always someone falling apart, being admitted and having issues. Now if you want a fully different...
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    Oversupply of Nurse Practitioners

    LilPeanut replied to guest416560's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    It's a little over 50k, after taxes, I can live very comfortably on that, if you've already taken my rent out of the picture. 4200 month to pay for food, cell phone, credit card, cat food, water,...
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    Nurses Call the Governor of Tennessee

    LilPeanut replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    But it was in the hands of the physicians when they reported to the ME whether they reported the med error. The physician calls the ME's office when a patient passes. I'm sure it was - but that's...
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    Nurses Call the Governor of Tennessee

    LilPeanut replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    She was going to document it when she handed the "versed" (vec) back to the primary RN, who realized it was vec, and then RV went to management who said the vec would have crossed over to the MAR from...
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    Choosing comfort over challenge, am I a bad nurse?

    LilPeanut replied to Superbabes's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hey, do what you like to do. One of the hospitals I worked at, we had NNPs that only worked the step down unit. Most of them were older, getting ready for retirement and they didn't want the stress...
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    Ever forgotten to feed a baby?

    LilPeanut replied to jennylee321's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Have definitely had that dream. Have unfortunately had the nightmare come true of being on rounds and people say "baby x. who is rounding on baby x. Oh, I think that's your patient!" Me: "What?...
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    NICU visitation policies needed

    LilPeanut replied to anicu's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    NICU level IV private patient rooms Mostly, some "twin" rooms that end up as shared. number at bedside 2, including parents (I personally wish it didn't include parents, so grandparents and parents...
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    Working as a Neonatal NP in other states

    LilPeanut replied to Anna Bee Bop Berry's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    If you like chronic care, there are some places you might be able to work that have BPD units that might hire a PNP as they work with an older population, but I agree, go back and get the NNP if you...
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    Kangaroo Care Policies

    LilPeanut replied to TeenyTiny's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We encourage kangaroo care, ASAP. They can't with HFOV or ECMO. HFOV because the tubes are too short, ECMO the cannula are too positional and with the anticoagulation, it's too dangerous. If it is a...
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    Oversupply of Nurse Practitioners

    LilPeanut replied to guest416560's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm an NNP and there's definitely a shortage of those, there aren't as many schools that offer that as a specialty. When I started out, I made ~90k ish which was a big bump up from my RN salary and I...
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    Nurses Call the Governor of Tennessee

    LilPeanut replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    There were additional errors she made that people haven't even added to her count: * She never looked at any MAR. She essentially took a verbal order for a controlled substance from a nurse without...
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    Standardization of NP Education

    LilPeanut replied to RN-dancer's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm a DE grad (undergrad in spanish/international studies) and I'm an NNP, so I worked for 3+ years prior to going back to finish my NP portion of my program. I had far more neonatal pathophys than...
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    HIPAA and talking about patients

    LilPeanut replied to mashamontago's topic in General Nursing

    But your coworkers, being that they are coworkers, know much more information than anyone in the general public has. ie: On my unit you can say "Oh my God, it was so much like bed 5, it was creepy."...
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    Mispronouncing a word makes you less of a nurse

    LilPeanut replied to Unique87's topic in General Nursing

    I will say that it does make you look less intelligent/educated when you cannot hold a conversation with proper grammar. It doesn't mean you are not smart or educated, but it will appear to others...
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    HIPAA and talking about patients

    LilPeanut replied to mashamontago's topic in General Nursing

    I have a similar issue. We had a patient die (a primary for me) and I posted on facebook about it. We call all our babies "Friend", so I said I was "sad that Friend died and wished his family peace...
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    My time in a NICU in Honduras

    LilPeanut posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Some of you might remember me :) I'm an infrequent poster (I go in spurts) Well, I'm taking my boards tomorrow and to help calm myself, I'm going to share with you all my experiences from my recent...
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    "Customer service" and nursing

    LilPeanut posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've seen a lot of people talk about 'customer service' in a disparaging manner, as if that is not what nursing is about and it's making their lives harder to provide it. Could someone explain that...
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    trach+ spit fistula/esophagostomy?

    LilPeanut posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hey, has anyone out there run into any babies with both? We have a baby with a spit fistula for an unrepaired EA, and he also has tracheomalacia and really needs a trach. But, no one has dealt with...