Dogen

Dogen

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  1. Mr. Harry the Excessive Hair Patient

    Dogen replied to Barbie8808's topic in General Nursing

    While the funny bone is not an actual bone, it definitely exists, and you can tell when someone was born without

  2. Mr. Harry the Excessive Hair Patient

    Dogen replied to Barbie8808's topic in General Nursing

    Mocking a particular patient is unprofessional. Noting common trends of annoying, funny, or gross patient behavior is a frequent topic here. If you poke around in the search bar you will get literally...

  3. Mr. Harry the Excessive Hair Patient

    Dogen replied to Barbie8808's topic in General Nursing

    I'm wary of being too

  4. Exit Interview. Honest or not?

    Dogen replied to sungrl01's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I doubt that people take exit interview feedback seriously. It's kind of like online reviews, people leaving a company are more likely to be unhappy and thus you take their feedback with a grain of...

  5. Mr. Harry the Excessive Hair Patient

    Dogen replied to Barbie8808's topic in General Nursing

    Good lord, people. CNA scope is defined by the state, just like RN practice, so there are bound to be differences from state to state. OP was pretty accurate when they said everyone responds...

  6. Shift work and dating

    Dogen replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    You could have met me on okcupid. Are you saying I'm unimpressive?!

  7. Patient Conscious During CPR

    Dogen replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I observed a code in which the patient opened his eyes, grabbed the hands of the person doing compressions, and made eye contact with her. Freaked everyone out for a second, and the RT doing...

  8. Shift work and dating

    Dogen replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I met my partner on okcupid... I never liked match.com because it would show me pictures of women and be like, "You both like cats!" Yo, that is not the basis of a solid relationship. Or, worse,...

  9. Eliminating Physicians/Medical Schools

    Dogen replied to AAC.271's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm better than most physicians. Not professionally - I have a lot of respect for them (and sympathy for their schedules) - I just mean personally. I'm really good. Like, Trump levels of awesome. I'd...

  10. "Cell phone" vibration in your thigh?

    Dogen replied to srercg's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    Is the muscle twitching, or is it merely the sensation without any movement of the muscle? A muscle twitch would be more suggestive of electrolytes. Sensory perception without muscle movement would...

  11. Call Off Policy?

    Dogen replied to Lpeacock12's topic in General Nursing

    We're allowed three sick days per six month rolling period. We're never allowed to be late, but what really happens is the other staff all show up on time and if you're late everyone comments on it,...

  12. Why I refuse to work overtime. Anyone else?

    Dogen replied to xtina15's topic in General Nursing

    I get texts one to three times per day offering me extra work. The only time I pick up is when a coworker asks me directly and it's either really important for them to be off or it doesn't affect me...

  13. Finish out Psych degree or Switch to Nursing?

    Dogen replied to shinybluedolphinn's topic in General Nursing

    Just for some contrast, I have degrees in psych and nursing, and I love them both. I use my nursing skills 3-4 days a week, but I use my psych degree every single day. Fundamental attribution error,...

  14. Public Schools and transgender bathrooms.

    Dogen replied to imintrouble's topic in School

    I bet it's convenient to assume that when your behavior hurts someone it's because of something they lack, rather than something you lack. I imagine that's very comforting for

  15. Public Schools and transgender bathrooms.

    Dogen replied to imintrouble's topic in School

    From the couple friends I have who identify as trans, I seriously doubt a trans boy would go into the locker room expecting to be safe... The experiences I've heard is that pretty much all of...

  16. Public Schools and transgender bathrooms.

    Dogen replied to imintrouble's topic in School

    This author experienced something horrible, and that shouldn't be diminished, but her experience has nothing to do with people who are transgender, or people pretending to be women. Hence, this story,...

  17. Public Schools and transgender bathrooms.

    Dogen replied to imintrouble's topic in School

    Hi. Male here. I think this is a ridiculous concern. Kids are not going to open themselves up to the scrutiny (and harassment) of their peers by openly identifying as transgender in order to change in...

  18. Nurse Nacole take on # 1 Male Nurse Complaint - pay attention :)

    Dogen replied to Larry2016's topic in General Nursing

    My thoughts: 1. I would like to work with her. 2. She is a terrible singer. Bless. 3. I appreciate the thought she put into her

  19. 5/7 (on 5/9) WILTW: ixchel is a cornflake girl

    Dogen replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I learned that in Oregon a nurse practitioner can declare people dead and sign death certificates. My new barb when someone annoys me at work is asking if they want to be the first person I declare...

  20. Disrespectful patient

    Dogen replied to hwknrs's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If someone I just met told me I had growing up to do and called me pathetic I'd speak language so blue you'd need to be able to see in ultraviolet just hear me. And I'm a relatively stable, adult type...

  21. New RN positions in Portland, Oregon & Vancouver, Washington.

    Dogen replied to jax777's topic in General Nursing

    It's tough. We have a lot of nursing schools here. If you're new as

  22. PEG tube question

    Dogen replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    Nope, PEGs increase the risk of aspiration, too. See the first paragraph and second to last paragraph here: Medscape: Medscape

  23. Medical errors the 3rd leading cause of death??

    Dogen replied to ShaneTeam's topic in Nursing News

    I aspire to avoid errors in the way they're defined by James Reason and the IHI: slips, lapses, mistakes, and violations. Slips - An action which is executed in a way other than intended. Pushing a...

  24. Random question of the day: What's your baseline blood pressure?

    Dogen replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I'm textbook: 120s/80s, HR low 70s, RR 16, O2 98-100%. If you hook me up to telemetry and I stare at it I can make my HR get to 110-115, and my BP

  25. How much is a normal raise

    Dogen replied to Sully64's topic in General Nursing

    Per our contract I get roughly 4% every year, plus an additional 2.5% every 5 years. Union hospitals, people. They're the