Guttercat ASN, RN

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    shocked @ email received

    Guttercat replied to mmc51264's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Not unusual. General email addy's for staff in any given facility are not that hard to find. All a recruiter needs is the names of RN's (easily found online through the State records) registered with...
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    TEACHERS>>>UMPH>>I"M DONE

    Guttercat replied to mycsm's topic in School

    ...asked you to...sew his pants??? I'm
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    Nursing judgement in dealing with difficult patients.

    Guttercat replied to FransBevy's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    All we as dialysis staff can do is educate. The decision is up to the patient. You are correct, patients (and that means any of us in any medical situation) have the right to refuse a plan of...
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    Nursing judgement in dealing with difficult patients.

    Guttercat replied to FransBevy's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I truly hope the artificial kidney technology progresses. The day that the need for dialysis ends will be a great day. I will happily stand in that unemployment
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    Nursing judgement in dealing with difficult patients.

    Guttercat replied to FransBevy's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Always know where the line is drawn, and that line is found within your company's protocols (and common sense). Blur those lines too much and too often and you are not only inviting trouble for...
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    Well here's something I didn't think about: secondhand pot smoke?

    Guttercat replied to Guttercat's topic in General Nursing

    Please bite harder.
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    Well here's something I didn't think about: secondhand pot smoke?

    Guttercat replied to Guttercat's topic in General Nursing

    Several of you will be glad he has not (as of today) blown himself up. In reading some of today's posts, however, I might blow my own self up. Good bye, cruel world. As for testing myself, I will...
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    May 2014 Top 8 Captions - Help Select $100 Winner

    Guttercat replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    Hooray! I made the cut!I agree with Joe V, there were so many zingers. Tough to choose one, but, I voted for me.
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    Well here's something I didn't think about: secondhand pot smoke?

    Guttercat replied to Guttercat's topic in General Nursing

    Stating the obvious! Yes indeed, you are correct. Many people (and tourists) have stopped going there. Part of the problem is that we (local folks) are in a remote area...and we wrestle with...
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    Nurses selling at work?

    Guttercat replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    But, I like the Avon catalogs! :) I've ordered a couple of really cute things through coworkers over the years. I found it convenient to peruse through the stuff on a lunch break.As another poster...
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    Well here's something I didn't think about: secondhand pot smoke?

    Guttercat replied to Guttercat's topic in General Nursing

    That's fine. I apologized (I often do forget that context and intent translates poorly over the internet), and how others receive or do not receive my apology is not up to me. As for those who condone...
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    Well here's something I didn't think about: secondhand pot smoke?

    Guttercat replied to Guttercat's topic in General Nursing

    Carry on, then. Be my
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    Well here's something I didn't think about: secondhand pot smoke?

    Guttercat replied to Guttercat's topic in General Nursing

    I do hope this is the case. My thanks to those of you who have quelled my fears a bit, and offered suggestions/words of
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    Well here's something I didn't think about: secondhand pot smoke?

    Guttercat replied to Guttercat's topic in General Nursing

    I apologized (pg. 2 of this thread) for not being clear as to my tongue-in-cheek (not serious, just venting frustration) reference to "blowing himself up." And yet I come back to find folks are still...
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    Well here's something I didn't think about: secondhand pot smoke?

    Guttercat replied to Guttercat's topic in General Nursing

    My purely tongue-in-cheek reference in wishing an incendiary end for the fellow did not come across. My apologies. I trust you understand my (and most residents of the area) frustration. The guy is...
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    Well here's something I didn't think about: secondhand pot smoke?

    Guttercat replied to Guttercat's topic in General Nursing

    Several weeks ago I walked in and it smelled particularly rank. One of the workers stated she thought the store owner had been cooking "pot butter" (whatever that is) in the restaurant's kitchen...
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    Well here's something I didn't think about: secondhand pot smoke?

    Guttercat replied to Guttercat's topic in General Nursing

    All right. I will look into that. Hopefully I am just being a worry-wart, and exposure has been minimal. I frequently give the store owner a piece of my mind on the detriments of pot use (I am wholly...
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    Well here's something I didn't think about: secondhand pot smoke?

    Guttercat replied to Guttercat's topic in General Nursing

    That's an excellent idea. Didn't know they had that. I'm assuming these are send-out
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    Well here's something I didn't think about: secondhand pot smoke?

    Guttercat replied to Guttercat's topic in General Nursing

    (My apologies for the gigantic, run-on paragraph in my OP. I did not write it in that
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    Clonidine Use in the Chronic Unit

    Guttercat replied to westieluv's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    P.S. be sure to also scan the related articles in the link (right
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    Clonidine Use in the Chronic Unit

    Guttercat replied to westieluv's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Westie, They're one and the same article/study. As to your particular patient mentioned above, with older folks (and those younger folks who are chronic fluid abusers) there are often cardiac output...
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    Clonidine Use in the Chronic Unit

    Guttercat replied to westieluv's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    As you know Westie, intradialytic htn can be a head-scratcher. I do not like to throw big guns (clonidine) at patients unless I have exhausted other means, because it's addressing a symptom instead of...
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    Emergency Department to Dialysis

    Guttercat replied to ErinRN84's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    ErinRN84, Did you shadow yet? How did it go? I used to work ED, and found outpatient dialysis to require similar amounts of "miles on foot per day." As TraumaRUs stated, the repetition can be...
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    Annual Pay Raises in 2014

    Guttercat replied to Havin' A Party!'s topic in General Nursing

    "Our's is giving nurses 0.5% for a satisfactory eval." Do you mean to say "5%", or as written: 1/2 of one percent? (0.5% = 0.005). One half of 1% would be a 15 cent/hr raise on a $30/hr. salary. What...
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    Should I just give up?

    Guttercat replied to FransBevy's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

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