hppygr8ful ASN, RN, EMT-I

Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life)

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    Malpractice Insurance for Nurses on Probation

    hppygr8ful replied to blackpear1981-MSN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I believe Berkshire Hathway has policies for nurses and physicians on probation but you have to call them directly and I think the premiums are high, If they do underwright you make sure they iunclude...
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    Are We Change Agents?

    hppygr8ful replied to TheInclusiveNurse's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I agree with the OP and I participate in several of the above activitie. I think that many nurses start out wanting to be change agents especially when they have encountered health care disparity...
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    Nurses opinion re: career

    hppygr8ful replied to Nursingdreams77's topic in General Nursing

    This comment made me laugh as I never worked harder than I did the year I worked in a nursing home. Every day I came home completely
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    Nurses opinion re: career

    hppygr8ful replied to Nursingdreams77's topic in General Nursing

    It's great that you want to make a difference in the lives of others but I do caution you due to the age of your youngest, You don't say how old the others are but I assume late teens to early 20s....
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    Nurses opinion re: career

    hppygr8ful replied to Nursingdreams77's topic in General Nursing

    Can I ask what specifically draws you to nursing? This is an important consideration and I will give you a detailed response once you answer this question.
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    Why do dying people reach upward?

    hppygr8ful replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    Well the end of life visions are caused by the pineal gland dumping large amounts of DMT (Dimethyltryptamine) into the brain. As to content especially knowledge of the death of others and seeing said...
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    Anyone fasting right now?

    hppygr8ful posted a topic in Spirituality, Religion

    As some may know this is the Holy Month Of Ramadan. Curious how you all are managing.
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    Change Diagnosis

    hppygr8ful replied to BAD2NO's topic in Nurses Recovery

    If you have Bi-Polar and are being treated by a mental health professional I would stay with that course. Reason being the diagnosis provides an explanation for the behavior. What kind of contract do...
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    Working with knee arthritis/Knee Replacement as a nurse?

    hppygr8ful replied to InACedarGrove's topic in General Nursing

    Well the good news is that Voltaren topical is now available OTC/ I buy mine at Costo and it works pretty good. I also use topical CBD and a home made muscle
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    Suspected diversion help

    hppygr8ful replied to Mammamia00009's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I checked my database and trazadone can cause a false positive for
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    Scared! Report to OIG and/or NPDB?

    hppygr8ful replied to paidmydues's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Not sure if you are serious about this statement ...."Our names stay on all sites until 50 years after our deaths" but OIG is 5 years from date of report. I don't know about NPDB.
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    Taking a Break

    hppygr8ful posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    I haven't said a lot about this but I am currently about halfway through a leave of absence. The reasons are mostly health related but I am not on nor do I plan on going on SSDI (that's rediculously...
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    Taking a Break

    hppygr8ful posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    I been having problems quality slepp
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    Selected for urine test and used hand sanitizer

    hppygr8ful replied to JuneBug13's topic in Nurses Recovery

    In the wake of the Oxycontin disaster the federal govt maintains a data base of all opiates prescribed and to whom. In the case of pain management patients like myself my physician would be alerted if...
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    Selected for urine test and used hand sanitizer

    hppygr8ful replied to JuneBug13's topic in Nurses Recovery

    From what I understand these programs have gotten worse as time passes. There is literall no oversight in to costs or how the programs run, So yhey do run roughshod over peoples lives and it's a...
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    Selected for urine test and used hand sanitizer

    hppygr8ful replied to JuneBug13's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I had emergency surgery while in the program and did not suffer any setbacks. My medical team provided a complete record of the surgey and all medications used or to be used after the surgery and for...
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    Employer Falsify Events?

    hppygr8ful replied to PsychRNXXX's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Been a long time since I was in a program. I currently take a number of supplements and medications for Diabetes and pain management. So many in fact it takes two 7 day pill organizers to keep track....
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    Selected for urine test and used hand sanitizer

    hppygr8ful replied to JuneBug13's topic in Nurses Recovery

    While UTIs can cause False Positives for Alcohol, It doers not effect hair or nail tests.
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    Mistake

    hppygr8ful replied to meeks Lynn's topic in General Nursing

    What has happened is traumatizing, however you don't even know how this will come out in the wash. You need a critical incident stress debriefing. If your workplace isn't offering this call your...
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    Nursing implication

    hppygr8ful replied to Boru Saddiq's topic in General Nursing

    Your original question was posted June 11. What have your own studies revealed to you in the way of nursing implications.Not trying to be difficult but trying to get you thinking like a
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    Selected for urine test and used hand sanitizer

    hppygr8ful replied to JuneBug13's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I was just UBER careful. Did not eat out much and followed a list of do's and don'ts. Always ate a good protien source an hour prior to testing which prevented the low specific gravity/dilute urine...
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    Radonda Vaught is charging $10,000 per speaking engagement.

    hppygr8ful replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand the relevance of posting this Obit we all know what a great loss this was for the
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    Selected for urine test and used hand sanitizer

    hppygr8ful replied to JuneBug13's topic in Nurses Recovery

    LOL I meant
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    Life Changes

    hppygr8ful replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Peace and Namaste on the journey
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    Radonda Vaught is charging $10,000 per speaking engagement.

    hppygr8ful replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    And what about the fact that she self-reported? According to the TBI report she only self reported when another nurse found the vials and asked "Is this what you gave