hppygr8ful ASN, RN, EMT-I

Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life)

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    Favorite "Lay Terms" For Diagnoses

    hppygr8ful replied to OleMissRN's topic in General Nursing

    I had a Dr from India one refer to a diabetic foot ulcer as a shoe
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    Calling A Code Death (call police?)

    hppygr8ful replied to Jcezz's topic in General Nursing

    I know that a family can request an autopsy in CA but if coroner doesn’t not order one the autopsy is done by a private company and paid for by the
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    Completed Recovery But Can't Get Job

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

    The op never stated they were on the OIG list and my comment was for if they were not on that
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    Should nurses be forced to wear tracking device at work?

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

    Doesn't make what they are doing legal - but in the cases described you are talking about call-off from a scheduled shift. My comment was describing being called in on a scheduled day off. I have a...
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    Playing with Toys

    hppygr8ful posted a topic in Animal Lovers's Animal Lovers

    Three Years ago I adopted an emotionally wound dog and named her Diana. She has always been fearful of being hit which has never happened in our home. She would cower and hide. he really came onto her...
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    Mediteranian Tonight.

    hppygr8ful posted a topic in Exercise and Healthy Living's Recipes

    It's hotter than Hades so I'm not sure why I am lighting my BBQ today- but marinated Chicken in Spicey Masala and beef in Egyptian spices for BBQ. Will grill peppers and onions and also making homae...
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    My First Code Blue! Still Trying To Process It

    hppygr8ful replied to Dani_Mila's topic in General Nursing

    Whenever something likes this happens especially if it's the first time for you, You can ask your facility to provide you with a Critical Incident Stress Debriefing. This helps you to examine the...
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    ETOHer...(and other slang)

    hppygr8ful replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    There's a classic book called "The Giver" (Don't watch the bad movie!) Where people are "Released to Elseware" after they have outlived their
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    Smart watches for health care providers

    hppygr8ful replied to Zapi791's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I like this app idea I'll have to see if it's available on my I-phone. Not for work but because I am forever forgetting where I put things around the
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    Planning a Garden

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

    I haven't been able to do anything in the garden this Summer because of issues with my eye and having two Surgeries. I took an bunch of pictures last wek so I could start mapping out my Garden which...
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    Planning a Garden

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

    So I found an easy way to get my garden area roto-tilled. Got up dressed and went out and began trying to start the tiller. It has a pull start. My husband comes out to see what all the cussing is...
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    Completed Recovery But Can't Get Job

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

    Do you know if you are on the OIG list? If not you may have to work in something like dialysis or psych because they are generally more forgiving of past problems. I understand wanting to travel...
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    CNA Charting What Nurse Tells Her

    hppygr8ful replied to Anxiousandafraid's topic in Nursing Career

    The correct number for what you describe is 6 as a full respiration included both the inhale and the exhale. You might find it easier to take respirations using a watch with a second hand rather than...
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    Should nurses be forced to wear tracking device at work?

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

    Unless you are designated on call you don’t have to give a reason why you can’t come in. “No I can’t is sufficient.” Even if you are at home, so what, your time off is your time not theirs....
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    I don’t report everything as a CNA … is it okay to let my nurse assess

    hppygr8ful replied to Anxiousandafraid's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I forgot to state that the RN should assess patient's respiratory rate before rousing and after. I stand
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    Smart watches for health care providers

    hppygr8ful replied to Zapi791's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I probably would like to have one but I am also going to be 60 in 6 months and though I am pretty good with most computer/software stuff. I never really embraced smaller new fangeled devices....
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    Feeling burnt out. Looking for advice.

    hppygr8ful replied to Nurse12390's topic in General Nursing

    As you state that part of your emotional state is due to some traumatic patient losses I would suggest you seek out a mental health professional for a Critical incident stress debriefing. Your...
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    Completed Recovery But Can't Get Job

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

    I do take exception to someone saying only psych hospitals with bad reputations will hire me. It's very hard to find psych hospitals with high public reviews because the particular patient population...
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    Smart watches for health care providers

    hppygr8ful replied to Zapi791's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Why is this sad? Serious breaches in patient privacy can occur and in no setting that I have ever worked is having a personal cel phone on teh unit
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    I don’t report everything as a CNA … is it okay to let my nurse assess

    hppygr8ful replied to Anxiousandafraid's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    No rousing a patient who is sleeping with a low respiratory rate say 14 is not manipulating the numbers. It's checking to see if the low rate has caused the patient to become unconscious. In the...
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    I don’t report everything as a CNA … is it okay to let my nurse assess

    hppygr8ful replied to Anxiousandafraid's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Why are you so anxious and afraid. This anxiety will doom any nuursing career. If you document a low respiratory rate and your nurse then assesses that it's normal that's OK. Maybe that nurse roused...
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    Smart watches for health care providers

    hppygr8ful replied to Zapi791's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Because they also function as a phone and camera we are not allowed to have smart watches on the
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    NICU Nurses Are Not Nannies

    hppygr8ful replied to byebyebedside's topic in General Nursing

    When my son was in the NICU I was coming off of a high risk pregnancy, emergency C-section and I was physically and mentally exhausted. I practically lived on that unit until the nurses made me go...
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    End of Monitoring

    hppygr8ful replied to TXStrong's topic in Nurses Recovery

    They usually will have you call in every day until the last days has past. But that's it after that you will no longer be in the system. Relax, breath and
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    Admitting Mistakes

    hppygr8ful replied to Marie63's topic in General Nursing

    After refreshing myself by reading your Feb 2019 post I remembered it and my initial reaction at the time was Wow this person has been carrying this around for 12 years. Reading through the initial...