hppygr8ful ASN, RN, EMT-I

Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life)

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    Nurses against Narcotic Abuse

    hppygr8ful replied to RoyalNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I for one always talk to my parients about pssible causes of their chronic conditions. If they a morbidly obese I talk to them about diet if they appear addocted or dependent on narcotic I talk about...
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    Obesity: A disease or a lifestyle

    hppygr8ful replied to TexMex22's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I would venture to say that I practice more tolerance than the average person and yes I consider myself a Christian. "God helps those that help themselves" When I am not working or going to school I...
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    Can I accomplish becoming an RN at 26?

    hppygr8ful replied to honeyforasalteyfish's topic in Men in Nursing

    Although I am a woman I gitmy RN when I was 38 - if it is your passion go for it
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    You are not a nurse...

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

    How good a friend is this? can you take her aside provately and let her know tha calling herself a nurse is actually a crime and is the BON finds out which they may if she is blogging and talking on...
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    Help stop unfair hiring practices for stipulated nurses in Texas

    hppygr8ful replied to Nursinwill's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Please cite what evidence based practice you are referring to. I have looked high a low and there are very few scholarly articles on what is best practice for returning a medical professional with a...
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    Obesity: A disease or a lifestyle

    hppygr8ful replied to TexMex22's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I did in fact have a job - scraping dog %$#@ of kennel floors. My 1st husbad was a crack addict who beat the crap pout of me on more than one occasion. Try climbing three flights of stairs with bad...
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    Help Please (:

    hppygr8ful replied to drea.says's topic in General Nursing

    Your in a tight spot as there are very few nursing jobs that don't require you to be on your feet a fair amount of time. There's tele nursing which I would findmind boggelingly boring. You might want...
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    Nurses against Narcotic Abuse

    hppygr8ful replied to RoyalNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Well spoken for a person who has never experienced chronic unremitting pain. For two years I suffered from the worst pain I could ever imagine. Severe generalized body pain, abdominal pain, migraine...
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    PEDS NURSES: What am I doing wrong??

    hppygr8ful replied to BambiBelle07's topic in Pediatric

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    Help stop unfair hiring practices for stipulated nurses in Texas

    hppygr8ful replied to Nursinwill's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Ok I am going out on a limb here because I fail to see what's unfair about a facility choosing not to hire a nurse with stipulations on their license? I too have been there done that so don't tell me...
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    PEDS NURSES: What am I doing wrong??

    hppygr8ful replied to BambiBelle07's topic in Pediatric

    Your Physician doesn't sound very approachable you might want to see if there's a large clinic where you can go and observe for a day. With peds half the battle is just getting the needle in. :)
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    Scientific or paranormal explanation?

    hppygr8ful replied to Mavrick's topic in General Nursing

    I would definitely go with the paranormal explanation for the name badges - Likely some pesky poltergeist. Hospitals are full of souls trapped between this plane and the next. Seriously though I have...
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    PEDS NURSES: What am I doing wrong??

    hppygr8ful replied to BambiBelle07's topic in Pediatric

    If this has only happened a couple of times I wouldn't worry - the child likely received enough vaccine to confer immunity ( Vaccines are only 90% effective anyway. I have been vaccinated for with MMR...
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    Job interview tomorrow--clothes

    hppygr8ful replied to natalienoel's topic in General Nursing

    It's generally thought that subdued colors are better for Job interviews however if you coloring is complemented by the blouse and iit is a conservative professional cul by all means wear it.
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    Threatened by patient

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

    Like another poster here - I just feel something is missing from this story. I am a seasoned psych nurse and even the most psychotic patient will rarely attack a nurse or c=doctor without something...
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    New Grad - Ain't he special!

    hppygr8ful posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Let me start out by saying I really do like working with new grads most of the time. I had great preceptors in my career and consider helping new grads a way of paying it forward. However I am most...
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    Filipino nurses emigrating to US

    hppygr8ful replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Unfortunately this has not been my experience with the nurses from the Philippines that I have known. A couple of weeks ago we were coding a patient and the Pilipino nurse I was with didn't know the...
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    Obesity: A disease or a lifestyle

    hppygr8ful replied to TexMex22's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Back in the day when I was poor and didn't have a care and lived with my crack addicted 1st husband - I got one of those collapsible grocery carts and took the bus to the grocery store once a week in...
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    Obesity: A disease or a lifestyle

    hppygr8ful replied to TexMex22's topic in Health, Stress Management

    It is a misconception that a person cannot get decent healthy food from a convenience/Dollar store. Most have at least some fruits and vegetables - 7/11 in my area sells salads. apples oranges...
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    Stressed and Anxious New Grad

    hppygr8ful replied to NewMSNRN's topic in General Nursing

    I know we don't give medical advice but have you have your thyroid checked
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    suspended for doing the right thing...

    hppygr8ful replied to farmernurse26's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Are you saying that you are the 1 to 1 for this child because the parents lack the cognitive (as implied by impaired mental function) of understanding the needs of their child. That's a whole...
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    Engagement Ring help!

    hppygr8ful replied to a_nurses_bf's topic in General Nursing

    My husband once commented that I didn't wear my rings when I was at work. He has extremely High Functioning Autism and though he is brilliant this thought set off a chain of obsessive thoughts that...
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    PTSD after losing a patient?

    hppygr8ful replied to nurs2014's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for clarifying this - PTSD seems to be a diagnosis of the day these days and gets thrown around willy nilly. As a person who has suffered PTSD from childhood abuse and as a psychiatric nurse we...
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    PTSD after losing a patient?

    hppygr8ful replied to nurs2014's topic in General Nursing

    It is completely normal to fret over you first patient death. Even more so when you were the one doing CPR/interventions. Your supervisor's comments were inappropriate and uncaring. It's normal to ask...
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    How to handle a coworker who is giving poor care

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

    I did not seeing anything in these posts that was rude. What I did see is people asking you to look and your perceptions and if valid act on them. When my son was in the NICU I observed two nurses...