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  1. I'm supposed to wear an "Ask me if I washed my hands!" button?!

    grannynurse FNP student replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Being treated or feeling like one is being treated as a moron is one's own preception. I do not believe that wearing such a button makes me any less of a nurse. One cannot be treated as a moron...

  2. AUUUUUGGGGHHHHH!!!!!(i.e.head lice)

    grannynurse FNP student replied to jen42's topic in School

    I had a wonderful experience with my youngest granddaughter last week. I picked her up and she told me that one of her classmates had head lice. She told her teacher. I was proud of her and made the...

  3. I'm supposed to wear an "Ask me if I washed my hands!" button?!

    grannynurse FNP student replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    For your information, I was named twice in a lawsuit. So, I know what it is like to be named and I do not take filing a lawsuit lightly. But if it takes a lawsuit to get everyones attention, I will...

  4. animal research

    grannynurse FNP student replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with everything you have posted. My daughter works in the animal control industry and has for ten years. The amount of regulation enforced by her division, is beyond the average person's...

  5. I'm supposed to wear an "Ask me if I washed my hands!" button?!

    grannynurse FNP student replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    All I have to prove is that I got the infection while I was a patient. And if you know anything about lawsuits, you name everyone, everyone that came near you. Nurses should stop bellyaching about...

  6. I'm supposed to wear an "Ask me if I washed my hands!" button?!

    grannynurse FNP student replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I have not seen sinks outside a patient's room since the lare 70s. Where I have worked and been a patient in, sinks are all located inside the room. Like I said, I don't go into the hospital to pick...

  7. Is it ethical for hospitals to have Mickey D's on premises?

    grannynurse FNP student replied to SharonH, RN's topic in General Nursing

    You raise an interesting point. I wonder how many of those, who do not take a position on this, would feel if Mickey D's showed up in their child's middle or high school. Coke and pepsi both have...

  8. Insurance Company Reform

    grannynurse FNP student replied to Spidey's mom's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    When I was a Rehab Counselor, I worked with many different insurance companys. For the most part, the adjusters agreed with my plans. I also spent time teaching them to think outside the box, to...

  9. Boston Globe series on ICU Nursing....

    grannynurse FNP student replied to papawjohn's topic in MICU, SICU

    Sorry all I got was 'this page does not exist'.

  10. I'm supposed to wear an "Ask me if I washed my hands!" button?!

    grannynurse FNP student replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    And for the most part, many take this as an insult. I take it as an insult any patient who gets a nosocomial infection and a major failure on the part of some member of the healthcare team. Note, I...

  11. Insurance Company Reform

    grannynurse FNP student replied to Spidey's mom's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I really do understand what going outside network means. It means that a person chooses to use a physician, lab, facility not part of their coverage. My daughter recently had surgery. It was done...

  12. Insurance Company Reform

    grannynurse FNP student replied to Spidey's mom's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Funny, if my daughter and her family attempt to go 'outside network' their insurance company pays only 50% of their allowable fee. She is responsible for the remainder. And believe me, the...

  13. Stony Brook

    grannynurse FNP student replied to KatieBell's topic in New York Nursing

    Trust me, Stoneybrook is more then 30 miles from Columbia. But you are right, you don't need the drive nor the NYC parking expenses.

  14. Ever been physically attacked by MD? What have or Would you Do?

    grannynurse FNP student replied to artistnurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have never been physically assaulted by a physician. I was verbally assaulted and had a private conversation with him. I told him, he knew my name, I did not respond to finger snapping, I did not...

  15. Caring for Jehovah's witnesses

    grannynurse FNP student replied to cu-n-hvn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Hopefully with compassion and a nonjudgemental attitude. Too many times we do not respect a person's religious beliefs, especially when we view them as being an unnecessary risk to someone's well...

  16. How many work and go to school???

    grannynurse FNP student replied to johnson0424's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I went to grad school, MS/MBA program and worked full time. Of course I was in my early 30s and had a lot more energy then I do now. I was an assistant head nurse:) so you know when I was in...

  17. LPN's Role in the ICU?

    grannynurse FNP student replied to Nurse-o-Matic's topic in MICU, SICU

    I haven't worked in an ICU for some years, haven't worked at all. I have been a patient in ICU several times and had family members in them. LPNs were given more responsibilities and roles in the...

  18. America's view of the nursing profession

    grannynurse FNP student replied to elatty's topic in General Nursing

    One of the hallmarks of a profession is the minimum educational requirements necessary to enter a profession. Nursing is one of the only professions that has three basic entry levels. Vitually no...

  19. ethics of holy water and Islam

    grannynurse FNP student replied to Carlos Casteneda's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Considering that holy water is used in the Roman Catholic Rite and not Islamic, I would question the sincerity and base of the sister's belief system. It is possible a neighbor or friend gave her...

  20. Superficial Blood Clots

    grannynurse FNP student replied to ShutterBug's topic in General Nursing

    I suggest you take yourself off to see a hemotologist. Superficial vein thrombi can turn into SDVT.

  21. RN's w/chronic pain, using narcotics

    grannynurse FNP student replied to SRbear's topic in Pain Management

    Hi, a bit of free advice. Contact your state's Division of WC. Get from them the free handout they have with your rights and responsibilities as an injuried employee. They must have it and must...

  22. RN's w/chronic pain, using narcotics

    grannynurse FNP student replied to SRbear's topic in Pain Management

    I need to give you some advice. What you did is risky behavior. You had no idea, I believe and could be wrong, how the medication would affect you. You need to discuss your pain situation with a...

  23. Does insulin need to be kept in the fridge?

    grannynurse FNP student replied to FarainFlorida's topic in General Nursing

    I am an insulin dependent diabetic. This is what I have learned. Insulin changes on a microscopic level when exposed to direct sunlight and or high temperatures. It is recoomended that I leep my...

  24. RN's w/chronic pain, using narcotics

    grannynurse FNP student replied to SRbear's topic in Pain Management

    I will share with you my history. In May of 1988 I underwent a percutanous discectomy, one of the first done in SW Florida. This was after injurying and herniating my L4-5 disc in January. I was...

  25. I shaved off a patient's mustache. Was I wrong?

    grannynurse FNP student replied to NebbyLPN's topic in General Nursing

    The only portion that is possibly correct is the next to the last statement. Timothy, I do not know if you have or have ever had a beard and/or mustache but somehow I get the impression that facial...