hppygr8ful ASN, RN, EMT-I

Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life)

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About hppygr8ful

hppygr8ful has 23 years experience as a ASN, RN, EMT-I and specializes in Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life).



Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. MARIANNE WILLIAMSON

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    Retirement...Fading Memories

    I am so sorry this is happening to you. As I near retirement, I find certain essential aspects of my memory fading. I often have to look things up that would have been second nature to me. I have...
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    Overcoming Fear and Avoidance

    Based on your answer above, Per terms of service we can't give medical advice but were this me I would seek out assistence form a mental health professional, pastor or other professional to work on...
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    Big issues at work

    When I worked LTC I had a patient's wife fire me. The situation with the patient was unsafe in every possible so I corrected it and had to deal with an extremely family member. The next day I went to...
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    Big issues at work

    I am sorry you are going through thibf. I did LTC for a year and I never worked harder in my life. There are some suggestins I will give you but I am getting ready for work. Please pardon any errrors...
  5. Except for in grade school. I've never been
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    Work From Home as an RN - Suggestions?

    The only kind of thing I can think of would auditing charts for attornies who specialize in Malpractice/Liability
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    Work From Home as an RN - Suggestions?

    I think you need to change your expectations a bit. To ask for WFH with no telephonic interaction is in my humble opinion asking for a lot. More specifically what exactly are you willing to do? We...
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    Clicking of TAR

    I had a similar situation where I executed a 5250 hold that had not been done and was two dfays late. By this I mean that I timed and dated the document in real time. The supervisor qanted me to...
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    CA RN on probation. Not finding work

    Since you,ve asked this question several times I'll try to give an answer. When I was in the California program it went like this. Also I was in the alternative to discipline program (Diversion). When...
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    Navigating the world of Restricted License

    In my experience the contracts are pretty iron clad with little or no wiggle room. If you are in a nurse support group many of you questions can be answered through the shared experience of the group....
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    Hair Follicle Testing in Monitoring Programs

    I was on the CSDP for five years and never did a hair follicle test. As a side note I took opiates for years for Fibrobit that was only a bandaid. I recently underwent a full neuro evaluation And an...
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    Staffers arrested

    I understand this. I just don't get your original comment. " There's going to be fewer and fewer nurses willing to put up
  13. I left/was terminated from a job I loved due to mental health reasons and it took me a year and a half to get my life in order and resume working. In most cases employers will verify dates of...
  14. So your Dr performed a
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    Am I cooked ?

    From the wording I am going to leap to the presumption that you are working in LTC/SNF. What you did falls under a medication error and not a lethal one. Unless you are prone to this type of error...