hppygr8ful ASN, RN, EMT-I

Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life)

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    2 Nurse Skin ✔ q Shift ❓

    hppygr8ful replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen this with both my parents and often had to perform routine hygiene for thme. I also taught my siblings to do this. As a family we were all estranged from my mother but we still showed up...
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    Husband just got FIRED. Calling all parents and/or full time working students!

    hppygr8ful replied to FutureRN2b8's topic in General Students

    I am so sorry you are going through this. I have been there, done that on two occasions and I too live in California. My husband also works in tech and we are blessed that he has been at the same job...
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    2021 Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program

    hppygr8ful replied to psychnp179's topic in General Nursing

    You need to contact a tax
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    2 Nurse Skin ✔ q Shift ❓

    hppygr8ful replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    In the 20 years I have been a nurse in hughly litigous (sic) specialties I have only been named in a lawsuit once and only as a witness I kept real time notes o fetal monitoring slip which saved me...
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    Can I get a non-patient care job as a new RN, ASN?

    hppygr8ful replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I'm going to ask an obvious question which is why would you become a nurse if patient interactions make you uncomfortable? The way we grow personally and professionally is to push past the things...
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    2 Nurse Skin ✔ q Shift ❓

    hppygr8ful replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    If the body cam is only worn by the nurse on shift there is no HIPAA issue. Just as a brain sheet does not have HIPAA concerns if shredded before nurse goes home. The nurse is not wearing it
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    2 Nurse Skin ✔ q Shift ❓

    hppygr8ful replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Well we have always had a second person sign off on Body Check. Maagement knows if we don't because we are under the watchful eye of "Big Brother." Still psych is a different animal than most settings...
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    "It's all in your head." Advocating for Proper Diagnosis for Female Patients

    hppygr8ful replied to angeloublue22's topic in General Nursing

    When my suger gets low I get a blue spot in my left
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    "It's all in your head." Advocating for Proper Diagnosis for Female Patients

    hppygr8ful replied to angeloublue22's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting: I had a spontaneous Retial detachment on memorial Day Weekend 2022. I went to the ER with a raging headache and diminished vision in my left eye. ER Doc literally scrached his head and...
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    Texas TPAPN case closed after failing to adhere to practice agreement

    hppygr8ful replied to Sumi's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Sorry to tell you this but since you were referred to your BON for noncompliance for TPAPN you will most likely be mandated to in patient treatment for alcoholism which will be followed by 90 AA...
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    Nursing, Like Life, is a Game

    hppygr8ful replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Let me kow when a beta version is ready for
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    "It's all in your head." Advocating for Proper Diagnosis for Female Patients

    hppygr8ful replied to angeloublue22's topic in General Nursing

    True that. I had a doctor several years ago about the time my chroic pain made it's first attack. This was at the time that physicians were handing out opoids like candy. He did not do any...
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    Falsely Reported by Disgruntled Former Employer: What do I do to protect me?

    hppygr8ful replied to StefanieM254's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. However I caution you to post only general info on forums. In many cases this can be discoverable. You can PM me here so you can
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    What should be done to mean nurses?

    hppygr8ful replied to RitzyCinnamonRoll's topic in General Nursing

    In the book and a very bad movie for television they would pump extra into the ventilation and called the result a Soma Coma.
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    What should be done to mean nurses?

    hppygr8ful replied to RitzyCinnamonRoll's topic in General Nursing

    Read Brave New World by Adolous Huxly. There is a chemical that is released through air vents called Soma when people become upity.
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    Informed Consent Question

    hppygr8ful replied to NickiLaughs's topic in General Nursing

    I do psych so no procedures but I have been in the position of having multiple nonemergency procedures and each time I was consented for the procedure by the doctor who was doing the procedure. I...
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    2023 Vegetable Garden

    hppygr8ful replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Gardening and Preserving Food's Let's Talk

    So living in zone 9 I still have time for a Fall crop. Went up to Petaluma CA this past weekend for my nephews wedding and what to my surprise they have a seed bank with hundreds of seeds for open...
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    2023 Vegetable Garden

    hppygr8ful posted a topic in Gardening and Preserving Food's Let's Talk

    ? to plant or not to plant and if the answer is to plant what to
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    Hospital Bosses Ignored Months of Doctors' Warnings About Lucy Letby

    hppygr8ful replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Also Borderline personality
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    Hospital Bosses Ignored Months of Doctors' Warnings About Lucy Letby

    hppygr8ful replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I'd say sociopath is at least
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    Learning IV Skills Outside of My Job

    hppygr8ful replied to Brae30's topic in General Nursing

    You know you can buy a practice arm at start kits for under a $100.00 from
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    Responsibilities of RN in nursing home in NJ

    hppygr8ful replied to Revolutionaryroad's topic in General Nursing

    You would have to check the laws in your state as well as the policy and procedure manual in your facility. In most nursing homes a LVN acts as Charge nurse and the RN does Intake assessments,...
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    2023 Vegetable Garden

    hppygr8ful replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Gardening and Preserving Food's Let's Talk

    Today I am stretching my culinary muscles and making pickles. So far I am putting up Cuke, Okra, Red Cabbage and avocados! I also want to do a green tomato and red onion
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    Has your job ever been given to someone else?

    hppygr8ful replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I think @klone is correct. The management may want someone who better rounded in a skill set. It probably doesn't help that you complain a lot then try to push RN duties to an LVN. Most of the LVNs I...
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    South Carolina LPNs Arrested For Not Changing Wound Dressings

    hppygr8ful replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I agree there is more to this story than presented in the original scenario. and your point is well taken. It's like the myth that if you turn a patient every 2 hours they won't get HAPUs. Totally...