LilPeanut MSN, RN, NP

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    Mass shooting

    LilPeanut replied to Tenebrae's topic in General Nursing

    I am lucky to not have experience with this, but my heart breaks for all Kiwis, and I'm so sorry this has happened. Good thoughts to all of
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    Do I have to disclose mental illness

    LilPeanut replied to NurseChaiPls's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed. I have been controlled on meds for depression since I was 19. I don't put it on my applications. I'm not a danger to myself or others. I interpret that question to be regarding uncontrolled...
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    Is giving information to the police a HIPAA violation

    LilPeanut replied to YeeHaw2000's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I just thought of a real life scenario that actually happened to me when I was a unit secretary. Police called to ask about a patient condition, and I hesitated as I was about to transfer to someone...
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    Ventilated Patients

    LilPeanut replied to rn39648's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Any high frequency (jet, oscillator) would not have a rate documented. Everything else
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    Does your school's coursework include anything on educating the students about the increased risk of substance abuse for nurses?

    LilPeanut replied to RecoveryNurse2015's topic in General Students

    I think the rates of addiction of nurses are similar to other people, but I'm not positive on that. The problem is that if you are someone who is on the threshold of addiction or prone to addiction,...
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    Do you think interviews for nursing school can lead to discrimination?

    LilPeanut replied to SilverNova's topic in General Students

    If it wasn't for personal essay/interview, I would have had a much more difficult time getting into school. I didn't have a terrible GPA (3.2something undergrad) but I had definitely let senioritis...
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    I dont think I have the personality for nursing, and may need to switch majors...

    LilPeanut replied to WorldEscapes's topic in General Students

    psychopath....hmmm. that explains a lot about me I was in the theater when I was younger. I do better when I have an audience I have to perform for. ? My first LP on a baby was with very nervous...
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    Vaccination for clinical

    LilPeanut replied to Grad 2020's topic in General Students

    I've had to show titres/records for every job. I work in peds though. Why in heaven do you want to go into medicine/nursing if you don't believe in
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    Tennessee Nurse RaDonda Vaught - Legal Perspectives of Fatal Medication Error

    LilPeanut replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

    I view that as a separate issue. People commit suicide because of mental illness and inadequate coping skills, not to mention impulsivity. I have always felt very uncomfortable with "blaming"...
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    Nurses being reported on their spare time?

    LilPeanut replied to balld899's topic in Nurses Recovery

    If someone slipped me a mickey - which if the story is what you are saying, that is what they did: they substituted a substance in order to intoxicate you more - that's illegal and if I was really...
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    My IV Skills are Terrible!!!

    LilPeanut replied to CardiacRNLA's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a little different, since I'm solely a visual IV placer (yay for babies being see through ) but I am a "floater" for IVs typically. Once I get the tip of the catheter in, I don't try and advance...
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    Tennessee Nurse RaDonda Vaught - Legal Perspectives of Fatal Medication Error

    LilPeanut replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

    ☝️This a
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    Realistic Facts About FNP in Northeast Ohio

    LilPeanut replied to WellNurse83's topic in Advanced Practice

    Starting out? It's not far off. There's actually a fair amount of places where an experienced nurse who becomes a new NNP will have to take a pay cut when they start practicing. In Columbus,...
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    Tennessee Nurse RaDonda Vaught - Legal Perspectives of Fatal Medication Error

    LilPeanut replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

    That's absolutely what everyone needs to remember - computers and pyxis/omnicells are not replacements for our brains, they are helpers. I don't need to memorize all the dosages I prescribe because I...
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    Tennessee Nurse RaDonda Vaught - Legal Perspectives of Fatal Medication Error

    LilPeanut replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

    But for most people, it has improved med errors and mistakes, when they are simple misreading or inattention blindness. That computer double checking you provides an important service that does not...
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    This MD culture

    LilPeanut replied to darren_callcareer18's topic in General Nursing

    As a provider, I've definitely had those 3am calls where I'm like....really? You're calling me at 3 because a newborn has milia? Or a mild diaper rash? And not only that, you are calling every time...
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    Tennessee Nurse RaDonda Vaught - Legal Perspectives of Fatal Medication Error

    LilPeanut replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

    I believe RV has her CCRN. I don't have the same hospital bedside experiences as most people here, even before I started work in CA with the mandated ratios, so that makes me perhaps less likely to...
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    Realistic Facts About FNP in Northeast Ohio

    LilPeanut replied to WellNurse83's topic in Advanced Practice

    I lived in NE Ohio a few years ago - that's not the area I would anticipate a high-end holistic NP practice. It's an economically depressed area, overall. I'm a hospital based practitioner, and my...
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    NPs how many hours a week are you considered full time?

    LilPeanut replied to amlk's topic in Advanced Practice

    36 hours, but I'm hospital based, and we changed to hourly from salary a year or two ago. There's good and bad parts of
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    Losing job due to injury

    LilPeanut replied to JB2014's topic in General Nursing

    I would be expecting the van that hit you to be paying a lot of money. I might be in the minority, but I can definitely understand why a workplace cannot leave a position unfilled for an extended...
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    Tennessee Nurse RaDonda Vaught - Legal Perspectives of Fatal Medication Error

    LilPeanut replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

    Nope, the UK cases all involved med errors, but I would argue this wasn't a med error. This was a total failure to employ any aspect of nursing. It's not different, IMO, than any of the other...
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    Is this nursing?

    LilPeanut replied to Catalin's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked at 4 hospitals in my career so far, some amazing, some so so, some horrific. I think part of the problem is the growing pains nursing is having as a discipline that have never been...
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    Tennessee Nurse RaDonda Vaught - Legal Perspectives of Fatal Medication Error

    LilPeanut replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, and I'm personally shocked that they didn't make RV pee in a cup after it happened. It is standard in all airline accidents, everyone involved gets drug tested, from people on the ground, to...
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    Tennessee Nurse RaDonda Vaught - Legal Perspectives of Fatal Medication Error

    LilPeanut replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

    It's not "apples and swingsets" so much. RV did not do any part of the nursing process. Why should we consider her actions those of a nurse? The nurse in WI was actually a little more similar that...
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    Tennessee Nurse RaDonda Vaught - Legal Perspectives of Fatal Medication Error

    LilPeanut replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

    No, the housekeeper legitimately thought they were helping out the nursing staff. Housekeepers often have access to med rooms because they need to clean them. Arguably, RV was acting more like a...