Dogen

Dogen

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  1. Can Someone else do a nurse's charting?

    Dogen replied to karentou's topic in General Nursing

    I'll pay any of you $5/hour to do my charting for me. If you can do a mental status exam I'll make it

  2. Cough Drops/ OTCs

    Dogen replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in School

    Kept them in my pocket or my backpack. I did and still do use them more than

  3. Cough Drops/ OTCs

    Dogen replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in School

    Awesome. I would have gone bananas if I had to go to the nurse's office every time I needed insulin or a CBG. Plus I needed the practice for when I became a

  4. Catheters/ IV starts

    Dogen replied to Jengon9344's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I'll be damned. I've looked before, for purely legal purposes, and couldn't find them... but there they are. An assortment of styles and gauges. Also IV tubing, saline flushes, and empty IV bags...

  5. Cough Drops/ OTCs

    Dogen replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in School

    I'm a diabetes, and have been since the age of 10. I carried insulin and syringes around with me wherever I went. I dosed my own insulin, gave my own shots... it never occurred to me that someone else...

  6. PO vs IV Medication Question

    Dogen replied to smithma5's topic in General Nursing

    Zyprexa exists as an IM, both as an IR and long-acting (Relprevv). An IV version of clopidogrel exists, but not in production AFAIK. Asenapine, brexpiprazole, lurasidone, iloperidone (aka Fanapt,...

  7. Another reason unions suck!

    Dogen replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Thankfully, I've never had this experience in the union hospitals where I've worked. Unions negotiate contracts based on the needs of the voting members at each facility, so to some extent they tend...

  8. Another reason unions suck!

    Dogen replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    No where? If you post vitriolic, inane, unethical, or unprofessional things then you should be called to the mat for them. Regardless of where you post them. We're social beings, and social reactions...

  9. Nurses, do you feel respected by NPs

    Dogen replied to Buckeyeqt's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know you, but if this is the attitude you present to NPs then I wouldn't be very pleasant to you,

  10. Get CNA cert? Before NP?

    Dogen replied to Polly Peptide's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    And, if you ever do decide to move, NPs are completely independent in some states (though not TN). I'll never have a supervising physician... because I don't plan on living in a state where I can't...

  11. Get CNA cert? Before NP?

    Dogen replied to Polly Peptide's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I've worked with a handful of Vanderbilt grads and have generally been impressed. The school is great, and from practicing NPs I've never heard anything but good things about their students. I'm with...

  12. Cutting

    Dogen replied to ruralSchoolRN's topic in School

    This is an important topic in any discussion of self-harm or suicidality. Thomas Joiner's interpersonal-psychological theory of suicide posits three essential ingredients: perceived burdensomeness,...

  13. Another reason unions suck!

    Dogen replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    When I was a tele tech at a union hospital I had great benefits. Not perfect, but still great. Those benefits were spelled out in the nurse's contract - I benefited from their negotiating strength. I...

  14. 2/6 What I Learned This Week: If you annoy them, they will order

    Dogen replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Is it: grab the ankle, plant one foot in the crotch, and push/pull? Because that was my first thought, and usually my knee jerk reaction is spot

  15. One Liner to Diffuse Escalating Situation With Patient

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

    I'm not offended. I'm advocating for my mental health patients who suffer worse outcomes when they're admitted to the hospital, in part because of associations like the one you drew between your...

  16. One Liner to Diffuse Escalating Situation With Patient

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

    For God's sake,

  17. One Liner to Diffuse Escalating Situation With Patient

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

    Right. You're using a mental illness as a way to stigmatize someone. "That lady is so annoying, she's a lot like someone with a mental illness!" You don't say people who are having trouble expressing...

  18. One Liner to Diffuse Escalating Situation With Patient

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

    Please don't refer to people as having borderline traits. That's like saying "the guy in bed 2 is totally schizo," or "that lady is retarded." Mental health diagnoses don't exist to help you better...

  19. How do you deal with untherapeutic situations on the unit?

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

    But no one reads far enough before replying to see your post until after they've said how disappointed they are in

  20. Administering Tylenol to a friend

    Dogen replied to Em31200's topic in General Nursing

    Don't worry, if I'm moved to suggest a throttling, I'll let you know.

  21. Administering Tylenol to a friend

    Dogen replied to Em31200's topic in General Nursing

    But that's what the words you wrote mean. If you didn't want to insult all educators then you shouldn't have poorly paraphrased an axiom that is intended to insult all educators. Also, pinot gris...

  22. Administering Tylenol to a friend

    Dogen replied to Em31200's topic in General Nursing

    You did, but you should probably regret it. I mean, first, if you're trying to take the piss out of someone you should get the saying right. It's, "those who can, do; those who can't, teach." Beyond...

  23. Inexperienced NP

    Dogen replied to stiegr's topic in General Nursing

    As someone currently getting their NP, I'll say that for me bedside experience is helpful. Knowing medications, being comfortable asking personal questions and being up in someone's personal space,...

  24. Sabotaging in nursing

    Dogen replied to Dexterosa's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure I'd say this is true. For one thing, laws regarding references are handled at a state level. The only hard and fast rule is that references can't say anything that would also be illegal...

  25. How do people feel about male nurses?

    Dogen replied to Natgurad's topic in Men in Nursing

    Not even a little bit. Between my plaid shirts and my cargo pants, my glasses and my "therapist beard," I'm visually boring. And by God, I'm happy that