Red Kryptonite

Red Kryptonite has 3 years experience and specializes in hospice.

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1. Doctors Don't Always Listen: Bridging the Communication Gap

   Red Kryptonite replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

   The more doctors I meet, the more I hate them. Honestly. The few decent ones stick out like sore

2. It's not my job to pray with you.

   Red Kryptonite replied to kickatthedark's topic in Spirituality, Religion

   Go to a Catholic university and then complain it's too Catholic? I just can't even...... You chose to be there. You knew it was religious. Either pull up the big boy/girl pants and deal, or...

3. How do you get to Blue from the mobile app?

   Red Kryptonite replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

   Sorry. Prayers/good vibes/well wishes for your time of

4. RN Starbucks side job?

   Red Kryptonite replied to borninaugust30's topic in General Nursing

   My daughter, who will be leaving for college in a couple weeks to study aerospace engineering and physics, is actively looking for stable hand jobs. The area of her university is fairly rural and the...

5. Wage for STNA or CNA

   Red Kryptonite replied to obringers's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

   Fly by night 3 week (okay 6 weekends) crash course graduate checking in. I'm an excellent CNA and just finished my first semester of LPN school. What was that you were

6. Nursing and the supernatural

   Red Kryptonite replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

   Just because something might sometimes be happening does not mean it always has to be happening. I don't hold any strong position on the supernatural, but I think some things are possible. "There...

7. Noncompliant diabetic patients

   Red Kryptonite replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

   What a sandbag! Follow P&P and end up written up?! For any nurse managers reading this, that kind of crap is what makes your floor staff hate and you and see you as completely unsupportive and...

8. Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

   Red Kryptonite replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

   Boy do I think the folks over at mortuary would be irritated if we tried that! And no, KY doesn't always work, unfortunately. Some of them dead eyelids are just

9. California Vaccine Bill Eliminates Personal Exemption

   Red Kryptonite replied to wtbcrna's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Amen. I have a friend whose baby recently got her first MMR. She was posting all over Facebook asking for prayers about the baby's "terrible reaction" to the MMR. Baby cut four teeth together the...

10. But all the Nurse is doing is sitting down. Why cant the help?

    Red Kryptonite replied to downsouthlaff's topic in General Nursing

    What the? Dear Lord, that little piece of work needs an attitude tune up. I can't imagine any workplace that supports behavior like that. If yours does, I'm truly sorry for you. I refused to speak...

11. cnas and end of shift med. count

    Red Kryptonite replied to Schwenn813's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Arizona allows CNAs to be trained as med techs too, in certain kinds of facilities. But a CNA who does not have such training is violating scope by being responsible for medications in any way except...

12. cnas and end of shift med. count

    Red Kryptonite replied to Schwenn813's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    No way in hell would I allow my employer to make me responsible for medications I can't even legally touch. I actually had to do battle with my boss about a similar issue regarding scope. When your...

13. Too old to do NP program?

    Red Kryptonite replied to med_life_for_me's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Where do people get this idea that you have to achieve everything before 35 or you're a failure? I mean....what do we do after 35? Decline, shrivel, and

14. Family issue..Thoughts?

    Red Kryptonite replied to jrabbit619's topic in General Students

    Mine

15. My first dump and run

    Red Kryptonite replied to JBMmom's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Some people really can't handle being there for the actual death. Usually when we see that, the family's been through a LONG HAUL with years of disease process, or several weeks or days of a sudden...