katfish67lpn

katfish67lpn has 27 years experience and specializes in SNF, Home Health & Hospice, L&D, Peds.

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1. COVID-19: Filed workers comp claim?

   katfish67lpn posted a topic in COVID

   I am wondering how many of us, working nurses, who have been infected with COVID at work have filed workers compensation claims? We need to stand up for ourselves if we have been infected at work and receive compensation.

2. COVID & Workers Comp

   katfish67lpn posted a topic in COVID

   I am a nurse who was exposed at work & has since become sick with COVID symptoms. I was tested & before the results were even back the Dept. of Health Medical Officer contacted me to dicuss my symptoms & we went over my exposure to po...

3. Employee treatment after exposure

   katfish67lpn replied to Ele_123's topic in COVID

   I am a nurse who was exposed at work & has since become sick with COVID symptoms. I was tested & before the results were even back the Dept. of Health Medical Officer contacted me to dicuss my symptoms & we went over my exposure to positv...

4. Age vs Years Nursing

   katfish67lpn replied to Erika Patterson's topic in General Nursing

   I am 53 and have been a nurse for 31 years in October. I have to say I have NEVER thought of doing something else or retiring until now. COVID has made nursing crazy! Different protocols almost weekly, still not an acceptable level of PPE and now t...

5. CNAs sleeping on the job... What can I do as a new nurse?

   katfish67lpn replied to jessica0rae's topic in New Nurse

   That is not true. CNA's do work under the license of the nurse in charge. Just as we work under our supervisors licenses.

6. Manager wants me to alter documentation on expired patient

   katfish67lpn replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

   It is actually a good thing to chart that pt. has no BP/P, which of course you have to check before documenting such findings, as well as pupils are fixed & dilated. I have seen (once) a patient "pronounced" in a LTC facility when in fact that pt...

7. BSN is a joke

   katfish67lpn replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

   I worked with a new grad RN BSN and I was charge nurse and needed to change a foley. She asked if she could watch because she had NEVER put in a foley.I guess what they don't think BSN's will ever need to place a foley??!?

8. Family Feud: What would a nurse want to do to a hot male patient

   katfish67lpn replied to bruins79's topic in General Nursing

9. When Your Doctor Doesn't Listen

   katfish67lpn replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   Well don't you know many of them think because they went to medical school it gives (some of) them the ability to make those decisions without really listening to what a patient is saying. Like when my son awoke with a fever of 105.0 with vomit and d...

10. prescription drug addiction

    katfish67lpn replied to shedevilprincss's topic in General Nursing

    *Quote form BostonFNP*: In practice, I do need to make a judgement call, and I do that to the best of my ability/training/experience. My point above wasn't that a patient came in with a pain scale of 0 asking for Percocet, it's that their expectation...

11. prescription drug addiction

    katfish67lpn replied to shedevilprincss's topic in General Nursing

    I could not agree with you more! Pain and a persons tolerance to and for pain is absolutely individual. Until you have had pain, severe, intractable, debilitating, acute or chronic pain you just wont understand. For those of you who have been lucky e...

12. prescription drug addiction

    katfish67lpn replied to shedevilprincss's topic in General Nursing

    As a lay person I cant say I would expect any different. Sounds like some patient education was needed at that moment.

13. prescription drug addiction

    katfish67lpn replied to shedevilprincss's topic in General Nursing

    Listen of course I dont expect to live my life without any discomfort. I am realistic enough to know that to think I or anyone else is going to go through life never having a ANY pain or discomfort isnt going to happen. I am speaking of so many patie...

14. prescription drug addiction

    katfish67lpn replied to shedevilprincss's topic in General Nursing

    Just because one takes opioids does not mean they are "going through life sedated"

15. prescription drug addiction

    katfish67lpn replied to shedevilprincss's topic in General Nursing

    Ugghh! Of course people want to have pain relief for crying out loud. I am so sick of nurses who decide they are the police of morality or whatever their opinion is about patients giving pain meds. I have seen nurses delay or refuse to give patient...