hppygr8ful ASN, RN, EMT-I

Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life)

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    How would Medicare for all affect nursing?

    hppygr8ful replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I stand corrected
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    Is this even Legal?

    hppygr8ful replied to Roda dendron's topic in General Nursing

    At the facility where I work (free standing psych) 16 patients is an average assignment for a charge RN. There is usually a Charge RN and LVN/LPT and two behavioral health associates except on noc...
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    Bed Bugs- parents don't think it's a big deal

    hppygr8ful replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I agree that CPS will do nothing in this scenario. In California at least they won't even address the head lice issue as you can't for a parent to treat for head lice. CPS is Los Angeles county...
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    How would Medicare for all affect nursing?

    hppygr8ful replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I have Kaiser insurance and was able to change/choose my physician without any issue when my physician and I did not have a meeting of the minds. And the quality of care I receive is top notch.
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    How would Medicare for all affect nursing?

    hppygr8ful replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    They may add more nurses but the wages will likely go down and be stagnate which is the case in every country that has socialized health care. Nurses are considered mid level government employees....
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    Trying to learn more about hospital/physician's office discharge

    hppygr8ful replied to kik220's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Same thought here - Is this homework? While we are generally willing to help we don't want to do your work for you, because you won't learn anything that way. Still I normally do discharge teaching...
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    Non compliance?

    hppygr8ful replied to Glycerine82's topic in Patient Education

    Wrist BP cuffs are wildly inaccurate and all BP meds should have
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    How can I tell if my unit is going to close down?

    hppygr8ful replied to Roda dendron's topic in General Nursing

    True story...….. I was running an all female adolescent unit last year that went down to 5 (from 20) patients the week before Christmas left work on Christmas eve came back day after and my unit was...
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    How would Medicare for all affect nursing?

    hppygr8ful replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Just read that the average wait to see an oncologist following DX is 21 days. This was based on a statistic from 2013. But further reading indicates the target to be seen is 21 days as well.
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    How would Medicare for all affect nursing?

    hppygr8ful replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I'm still doing research on average wait times for procedures in US. From my own experience I waited 1 week from Dx of suspected colon cancer to Biopsy and removal of 18 inches of colon.
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    How would Medicare for all affect nursing?

    hppygr8ful replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I just read an article comparing the UK system of universal health care as it is done in the UK and how that would compare to US Medicare for all. This comparison is relevant because Bernie Sanders...
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    When do you hold clonidine?

    hppygr8ful replied to dbabz's topic in Psychiatric

    Forgot to add that if you are holding based on your Nursing Judgement it goes without saying that you chart accurately and
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    When do you hold clonidine?

    hppygr8ful replied to dbabz's topic in Psychiatric

    Probably an insurance thing - I think Clonidine is cheaper!
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    When do you hold clonidine?

    hppygr8ful replied to dbabz's topic in Psychiatric

    You can use a general rule of thumb and go with hold if S less than 90 D less than 60 and pulse less that 60. However when my medication nurse tells me they are holding due to low parameters we...
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    Will prisons hire a board ordered nurse

    hppygr8ful replied to SkyIsTheLimit86's topic in Correctional

    If you are still under a monitoring contract I would say your chance of being hired into the corrections system would be slim. May I suggest you try psych nursing. Most psych hospitals do not require...
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    S.C. 5th Grader Dies After a Fight at School

    hppygr8ful replied to BunnyBunnyBSNRN's topic in School

    I had a similar situation with my bullied child. The bully was a kid with several issues, adopted from a foreign country, reactive attachment disorder, Intermittent explosive D/O. The bullying started...
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    Latest on RaDonda Vaught case

    hppygr8ful replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. A person is who is having near miss med errors daily needs to look their own practice and make improvements to be more competent.
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    Latest on RaDonda Vaught case

    hppygr8ful replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Well she goes to court tomorrow and the whole nursing world waits with baited
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    Essential Oil Diffusers

    hppygr8ful replied to BluebellRN's topic in School

    I wasn't using scentsy but I did get a 3rd degree burn about 1 inch in diameter that took weeks to heal and left a nasty scar when I bumped into a diffuser that had hot wax in it.
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    S.C. 5th Grader Dies After a Fight at School

    hppygr8ful replied to BunnyBunnyBSNRN's topic in School

    As the parent of a bullied child I can tell you that school buy and large do nothings about bullying. My son was verbally and physically attacked on a daily basis. He reported his attacker to the...
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    Restraint question

    hppygr8ful replied to lucy8686's topic in Psychiatric

    Our leather restraints have locks on them that require keys so they can't take them off even with a hand or leg free. As to the OP's question - I think there is more of a facility policy question. We...
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    Going back to the Kids

    hppygr8ful replied to Pug RN's topic in Psychiatric

    So I have worked almost every patient population in psych. All have their challenges but I think children and adolescents are one of the hardest specialties but not for the reasons you might think ....
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    Nurse Charged With Homicide

    hppygr8ful replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know. I am in California and the way the pixis or Omnicel works they only dispense one pill at a time and I have never had to have a second signature unless the order was stat. Before the...
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    Psych Shift Report Sheet - Need Help!

    hppygr8ful replied to arushid's topic in Psychiatric

    We have EMR where we are so most of that information is already generated then we add notes about the patient's day, labs, discharge plan etc.....We are required to give report from the EMR and our...
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    Going back to the Kids

    hppygr8ful replied to Pug RN's topic in Psychiatric

    What age range will you be working with Children 12 and under, adolescents 13-17 or both. Each has unique needs.