katfish67lpn

katfish67lpn

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  1. COVID-19: Filed workers comp claim?

    katfish67lpn posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    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...

  2. COVID & Workers Comp

    katfish67lpn posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    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...

  3. Employee treatment after exposure

    katfish67lpn replied to Ele_123's topic in Disaster Preparation

    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...

  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...

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

    katfish67lpn replied to jessica0rae's topic in First Year After Licensure

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

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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

  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...

  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

  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....

  16. prescription drug addiction

    katfish67lpn replied to shedevilprincss's topic in General Nursing

    What I find hard to understand is why in this day and age anyone has to live in pain...period! Not to mention haven't we as health care providers been mandated to assess patient pain and treat pain as...

  17. How do you feel about having other nurses as patients?

    katfish67lpn replied to purplegal's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have been a nurse going on 30 years now (which I find hard to believe lol) however, I have been very ill and hospitalized as well. I was so sick I was unable to think as a nurse... I was a patient a...

  18. Oasis training

    katfish67lpn replied to tvlrrn's topic in General Nursing

    All it is really is the admit/assessment documentation required for home health

  19. Going to be fired?

    katfish67lpn replied to Meridian2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Just FYI it is a pressure ulcer not pressure

  20. Going to be fired?

    katfish67lpn replied to Meridian2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    IMHO you are not as nurse, as you said yourself, so you really are in no position to offer an opinion period. If you haven't done the job you really have no basis to criticize. Now I have done that...

  21. What are my chances? Advice from experienced LPN/LVN appreciated!

    katfish67lpn replied to juwajulia's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I can't speak to the other questions but as to the LPN/LVN becoming obsolete believe me I have heard that for the last 30 years and it hasn't happened yet so I wouldn't place to much in that. Good...

  22. What are my chances? Advice from experienced LPN/LVN appreciated!

    katfish67lpn replied to juwajulia's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    In terms of being able to get through the schooling especially if you have a heart for nursing you should be fine. As an LPN with 27 years experience I highly suggest you become a CNA first and work...

  23. Advice Please!! Two clinical failures...

    katfish67lpn replied to briggers16's topic in General Students

    I went to a "part time" 8 quarter (so all through the summers) LPN program and you had to be working full time as a CNA. I put the part time in quotations because by the last 4 quarters we were...

  24. Unable to endorse my license

    katfish67lpn replied to Mommynursegrace's topic in General Nursing

    I understand her situation. I just was surprised by how different the process for filing for reciprocity of a license is in different states. Thank you though for the

  25. Unable to endorse my license

    katfish67lpn replied to Mommynursegrace's topic in General Nursing

    I am originally from Washington and I have filed for reciprocity of my license in Maine and Oregon. It took a little paperwork, and about $150-200 and I had my Maine license in 2 weeks. Oregon was a...