heron ASN, RN

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  1. heron

    Would you File a Complaint?

    heron replied to everchangingRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    And the board of nursing would promptly circular file it. The issues you list are customer service failures, best addressed to the
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    Are We Too PC?

    heron replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    Curious take on the subject when "anti-PC" sentiment is just another way of refusing to take any responsibility for what comes out of your
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    Are We Too PC?

    heron replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    Google "Christian
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    Are We Too PC?

    heron replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    Are we too PC? Nope. In my opinion, the whole anti-PC schtick is just an excuse to be as offensive and intellectually lazy as you want. Thinking begins and ends with
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    Why are so many nurses against unions?

    heron replied to Icunicenurse's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Actually, unions are a safe space for incompetent managers who can't figure out how to comply with contractually defined work rules and need someone to blame it
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    Why are so many nurses against unions?

    heron replied to Icunicenurse's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Seriously? That's your whole
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    Why are so many nurses against unions?

    heron replied to Icunicenurse's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Every union I've ever been in has had provision in their contract for discipline for poor performance. If management is too lazy to do the documentation required, how is that the union's fault? Or do...
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    For pagan nurses, is "Happy solstice" the right expression?

    heron replied to vetpharmtech's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    OP, your notion of "serious practice" is quite pharisaical. It doesn't seem to me that you've understood much of what posters are attempting to tell you, so I'll be blunt: It doesn't matter what you...
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    For pagan nurses, is "Happy solstice" the right expression?

    heron replied to vetpharmtech's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    As a pagan, I simply return the same greeting I was given. I don't believe in poking my finger in anyone's eye just because I can. To quote something that turned up on my Facebook page: "From 1...
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    What is the fastest respirations you've ever taken in an adult?

    heron replied to Daveforsale's topic in General Nursing

    68 - Kussmaul's resps in an acididotic pt. actively dying of
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    Opiates Are Not for All Pain

    heron replied to soliantony's topic in Advanced Practice

    Having practiced at the bedside for 40+ years, I'd be an idiot to claim that diversion, drug-seeking and scamming the system to support a habit don't exist. I'd be worse than an idiot to assert that...
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    Opiates Are Not for All Pain

    heron replied to soliantony's topic in Advanced Practice

    Not necessarily - it certainly wasn't evident from the OP. If you're correct, then the OP seems to have been edited to encourage the care-giver-is-a-junkie scenario. I agree that it's certainly...
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    Opiates Are Not for All Pain

    heron replied to soliantony's topic in Advanced Practice

    I just re-read the OP and see no mention of having done an actual pain assessment of the patient. Nor does it mention what clues are used by the caregiver that the patient is in pain as opposed to...
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    Trans Patient

    heron replied to Neo Soldier's topic in Psychiatric

    I agree, get an empty room. Meanwhile, do I understand you to be saying that the trauma experienced by cis-gendered women is legitimate, whereas the experience of trans women is "trauma" that is...
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    What OTC meds or substances can cause vomiting in an elderly patient?

    heron replied to IdentityCC's topic in Patient Medications

    The point being that the MS changes and the vomiting might both be due to some underlying problem. As the pp said ... the possibilities are vast without more
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    What OTC meds or substances can cause vomiting in an elderly patient?

    heron replied to IdentityCC's topic in Patient Medications

    You said the delusions were recent, also. So ... you have vomiting plus mental status
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    Pain meds

    heron replied to lkhrn's topic in Patient Medications

    Google "WHO pain
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    The Unwritten Rules Of Dating As A Nurse

    heron replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    This isn't about the ability of people with mental health issues being capable of healthy relationships. It's about the temptation for the caregiver to use the exceedingly intimate nature of the...
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    Parent Guilt

    heron replied to Desaroo's topic in General Students

    I went back to work when my son was ten months old - never felt the least bit guilty. As a parent, my prime responsibility was to make sure his needs were met, including a roof over his head and food...
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    Climate Change Nursing?

    heron replied to algorhyme's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You're very welcome. Try a DuckDuckGo search (or google, if you prefer) for "climate change health". You'll find it informative, I
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    Nurses Eat Their Young

    heron replied to Dairian's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Indeed, some of this rhetoric around bullying seems to be geared more to dictating others' behavior and forcing co-workers to be more therapeutic than is really called for in a work
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    Climate Change Nursing?

    heron replied to algorhyme's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Actually, there's substantial reason to believe that climate change is affecting public health now: increased range and survival of various disease-carrying critters like deer ticks, the effects of...
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    Homeless working the system, multiple admissions

    heron replied to adnrnstudent's topic in Psychiatric

    Why did you like my posts? I couldn't disagree with you more. Frankly, your posts put me in mind of the stories of Russian trolls tasked with fomenting anger and discord among the US electorate....
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    Pagan in a Catholic Hospital...

    heron replied to Kaelsdream's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Naked
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    Sick and tired of wiping butts...HELLP

    heron replied to Mr.Beast's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Pharmacy