hppygr8ful ASN, RN, EMT-I

Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life)

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    Are you okay with bartering?

    hppygr8ful replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    I think that as long as the entire treatment team is involved, the patient's family agrees and is and on board with the arrangement as well as the goals, I am all for
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    Mental Wellness: Where Do We Go From Here?

    hppygr8ful replied to bbear2102's topic in General Nursing

    Great Proactive Step - You Got
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    Is someone justified in harassing someone to tell them if they got vaccinated or not?

    hppygr8ful replied to DesiDani's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Please provide peer reviewed source for this bold
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    When Will the Nursing Shortage Be Over?

    hppygr8ful replied to Nursing CE Central's topic in General Nursing

    It’s hard to give quality care for up to 20 patients as the only
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    When Will the Nursing Shortage Be Over?

    hppygr8ful replied to Nursing CE Central's topic in General Nursing

    As a Acute Psych Nurse I would love to have just 4 patients to care for. Calif staffing ratios don't extend to free standing acute psych
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    Is someone justified in harassing someone to tell them if they got vaccinated or not?

    hppygr8ful replied to DesiDani's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Well your not the only one who distains Trump but I will say as I have before that states about “all conservative” being MAGA hat wearing Trumpers paints almost half the adult US population with a...
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    Is someone justified in harassing someone to tell them if they got vaccinated or not?

    hppygr8ful replied to DesiDani's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I actually agree with you on most
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    Is someone justified in harassing someone to tell them if they got vaccinated or not?

    hppygr8ful replied to DesiDani's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I am vaccinated and proud of it - but I must point out that as we are now contemplating required (forced) vaccination. The federal government is not the one you seem to have such distain
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    Prepping food.

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

    I'm prepping about two weeks of lunches for work so I don't fall into the junk food trap.I Made two each of the following andwill put salad meals in between! So this week and next will be Protien...
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    Fast-Food Ads Target Minority Youth

    hppygr8ful replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

    We could watch Sat morning tv as long as the early ranch chores were done. My mom (Who made bacon and eggs for her dogs) would not let us have sugary cereals. We ate Shredded Wheat, Special K, Corn...
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    My voluntary alcohol detox was reported to the board..?

    hppygr8ful replied to MsLuckyWon's topic in Nurses Recovery

    An attorney might not be helpful as there is an exception to release of PHI where the treatment provider has an honestly held belief that the protected person may present as a danger to the general...
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    New to IPN.. questions

    hppygr8ful replied to Janelle23's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I don't know about IPN but in California I was allowed vacations 1 per year after I completed 18 months of continuous sobriety. Of course I had to test almost immediately upon return but that was OK....
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    Family Angry About ER Transfer

    hppygr8ful replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    This put me in mind of a recent conversation with my husband, He is very paranoid about getting Covid (he is fully vaccinated ) and stated that if he caught covid and died he feared that our son and I...
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    How To Prepare For Nursing Home Orientation Job

    hppygr8ful replied to Shihtzulover16's topic in General Specialties

    That actually closely matches my own SNF/LTC experience. MY advice don't do it. If you choses to go ahead with it buy some good running shoes.
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    California 1st in nation to require vaccines for health care workers

    hppygr8ful replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm sorry I just read that Alaska has one of the highest rates of Covid vaccination in the US with roughly over 70% of the eligible person;s being vaccinated. Alaska Continues to Lead Nation in...
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    California 1st in nation to require vaccines for health care workers

    hppygr8ful replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Well I don’t believe vaccine hesitancy is squarely among one political faction. In California which is largely liberal democrat vaccine hesitancy is highest in the more liberal areas even prior to...
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    Fast-Food Ads Target Minority Youth

    hppygr8ful replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, I made my son's lunches daily for 12 years except for the 1 day a week in Jr High and high school when he purchased lunch from the lunch lady who actually made real food: Scratch made...
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    California 1st in nation to require vaccines for health care workers

    hppygr8ful replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The facility I work at has basically made vaccination a condition of employment and given a deadline for vaccination. I work in an "At Will" state so your employer does not have to give a reason for...
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    Pickup bonus

    hppygr8ful replied to exit96's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps I would agree to disagree because I don’t see having my water filled or pillow fluffed when I am unable to do it myself a perk. Often times a simple pillow fluff or reposition helps to...
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    Pickup bonus

    hppygr8ful replied to exit96's topic in General Nursing

    I have been a patient more times that I care to recall. Always limited to the hospital's contracted by my insurance so no choice about where I receive care. While I have always received good care I...
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    Pickup bonus

    hppygr8ful replied to exit96's topic in General Nursing

    Well, healthcare is a customer service business. If patients had the option to go anywhere they wished and received what they think is poor service at one facility they would go to another facility....
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    When Will the Nursing Shortage Be Over?

    hppygr8ful replied to Nursing CE Central's topic in General Nursing

    There is no nursing shortage - just a glance at how many new nurses can't get hired is proof of that!
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    Do hospitals allow nurses to wear their own respirators of choice?

    hppygr8ful replied to Kara638's topic in General Nursing

    The answer to your question would depend on the specific policies and procedures of each hospital. The problem with most P100 respirators is that they are vented which keeps the wearer cool but allows...
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    When male prisoners intentionally expose themselves to females

    hppygr8ful replied to DoubleblessedRN's topic in Correctional

    I'm Sorry I am a west of the Rockies
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    Longest Shift You've Worked

    hppygr8ful replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I feel the need to clarify my statement. It is delusionl for SB to feel that it reflects poorly on her. We all know that sometimes no matter what we do to intervene a patient's condition will worsen...