hppygr8ful ASN, RN, EMT-I

Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life)

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    How to become a State Surveyor

    hppygr8ful replied to Awildflower14's topic in General Nursing

    I looked into this a few years ago and state surveyors get paid roughly half of what experienced floor nurses do and it caps out at about 64K. Not worth my time and effort especially with the...
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    The Working Poor-Nurses

    hppygr8ful replied to TeaCea's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think anyone here has said nurses are overpaid! But on the National average per Salary.com the average nursing salary in the US is 86K with the nations poverty line at 40K. So we do do better...
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    Kava while testing for affinity

    hppygr8ful replied to Keke2123's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Kava is classified as a hallucinogen and sedative hypnotic so I can't see how that would be OK even if it's not tested for.
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    Retired Nurses

    hppygr8ful replied to MoLo's topic in General Nursing

    I was just at Walmart yesterday and the greeter who also checks receipts(which you have a legal right to refuse) and says "Good By, Have a nice day" was stitting! Maybe it's a local thing. In any case...
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    Retired Nurses

    hppygr8ful replied to MoLo's topic in General Nursing

    My thing is gardening. It helps keep me flexible and on the upside provide food for my family and neighbors. I got into using all organic heirloom seeds a few years ago and go to seed fairs a couple...
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    Retired Nurses

    hppygr8ful replied to MoLo's topic in General Nursing

    Corporate health care would never pay for that. I plan on being a Walmart greeter. At lease they get paid and also have a 20% store
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    New Years Eve 2023

    hppygr8ful replied to Erin Lee's topic in General Nursing

    I am not working today - but I am working tomorrow. I don't really like to work Holidays but totally understand why we have to. When I was young (13) the father of a friend owned a diaper...
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    Refused UDS, what to do now?

    hppygr8ful replied to Redheadqueen00's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Have you tried psych facilities or
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    I am DONE! Finally

    hppygr8ful replied to Short LPN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    ?
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    Refused UDS, what to do now?

    hppygr8ful replied to Redheadqueen00's topic in Nurses Recovery

    What I am reading is that you were already on Stips and broke them. This is why you have had so much trouble reinstating your license. Anyway I would still hire an attorney to represent you in front...
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    Refused UDS, what to do now?

    hppygr8ful replied to Redheadqueen00's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I think things have changed a lot since I was in the California Diversion program. I would set my alarm to midnight and call if I had to test I had until midnight the next day to submit my test. I had...
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    California Endorsement: AP Credit and No Answer

    hppygr8ful replied to Amber17's topic in General Nursing

    Try calling the California Department of Consumer Affairs. They oversee the CBON and can usually get your call through to a live person
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    Medication Route Error

    hppygr8ful replied to OneRN50's topic in General Nursing

    I understand about following rules but more mistakes and atrocities (Which you problem is not) have been committed by people who were just following rules. I did a brief lit review last night...
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    Medication Route Error

    hppygr8ful replied to OneRN50's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah that's what people like to say to absolve themselves I would quit a job that made a rule to administer by the wrong route.maybe you don't know this but SL tabs dissolve once in contact with the...
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    Refused UDS, what to do now?

    hppygr8ful replied to Redheadqueen00's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Something doesn't make sense and I truely want to understand. You say you got a DWI 30 years ago and surrendered your liscense (but not due to substance use/abuse. Also there is nothing unusual about...
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    Medication Route Error

    hppygr8ful replied to OneRN50's topic in General Nursing

    I was going to say something similar but the OP left. Still it's a great topic to discuss. We give a number of sublingual meds in psych and some of the nurses I work with don't understand the SL...
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    Medication Route Error

    hppygr8ful replied to OneRN50's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't matter if you were not looking to be judged. The fact of the matter is we are judged every day several times a day. While I don't know @Subee personally I have always found her responses...
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    Medication Route Error

    hppygr8ful replied to OneRN50's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know how it works in the Prison system but in general if a medication error causes no harm it should be dealt with as as an training and educational matter. It the case of this particular...
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    Medication Route Error

    hppygr8ful replied to OneRN50's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry - I was looking at a post that said the hospital policy was to crush because swallowing it would cause stomach
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    Medication Route Error

    hppygr8ful replied to OneRN50's topic in General Nursing

    That because it's not supposed to be swallowed but rather administered under the
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    Refused UDS, what to do now?

    hppygr8ful replied to Redheadqueen00's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I have used CBD in lotions, vape and pills for 3 years and never once have a positive
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    How to Care for the "Difficult" Patient

    hppygr8ful replied to Vanessa Waits BC's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I may have said this before but I usually just kill them with kindness. One of my instructors once told me that on any given day you wil be careing for patients and families who are under tremendous...
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    New Grad jobs aside from floor positions

    hppygr8ful replied to iccul84's topic in General Nursing

    As many have said, You are just starting and really don't know what kind of job you want. I currently do pediatric and adolescent psych which I love but straight out of school I went in LDRP and I...
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    It's what's for dinner

    hppygr8ful replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Recipe, Mealprep Hacks, and More's Exchange

    I'll post pics when the bread is out of the
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    It's what's for dinner

    hppygr8ful posted a topic in Recipe, Mealprep Hacks, and More's Exchange