hppygr8ful ASN, RN, EMT-I

Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life)

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    My patient is going to get a pressure ulcer and there's little we can do to stop it. How do you handle situations like this?

    hppygr8ful replied to wernicke's topic in General Nursing

    I might also note that CMS (Center for Medicare and medicade sevices) views pressure injury to be entirely preventable. and will not pay to treat a pressure Ulcer that occurs while the patient is...
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    Promoting Mental Power During Shifts That Provoke Mental Pain and Mental Strain

    hppygr8ful replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Working Psych can be mentally draining. The way I manage is to have my hobbies and my dogs waiting when I get home. I immediately go to my greenhouse and spend 30 to 40 minutes watering and talking to...
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    Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    hppygr8ful replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Ask for the building inspection. Beware of any contract that states the property is as
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    Days off

    hppygr8ful replied to nurseguy213's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I have worked Mental Health for close to 20 years in a "At Will" state and have never found this to be the case. I was mandated for more overtime in acute care than I have ever been in Mental Health....
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    How do you guys do it for so long?

    hppygr8ful replied to pinkdoves's topic in General Nursing

    Yes ansd Yes and Yes! It is so important to seperate work and leisure plan. I hahve been a nurse for the past 20 years and always make time for myself.It helps that I don't have student loan debt....
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    Breakroom Pet Peeves

    hppygr8ful replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    Those folks need to invest in
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    Nurses Week Gifts that Knock You Off Your Feet

    hppygr8ful replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'm not sure why they
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    Do nurses hate nursing?

    hppygr8ful replied to pandora1212's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I cannot say that I 100% like my job but nursing has been especially when I was a totaly broken human being with literally no soft place to fall. Sure there are bad days but for the most part I truly...
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    Please don't feed the trolls

    hppygr8ful posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    Internet troll From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In Internet slang, a troll is a person who starts flame wars or intentionally upsets people on the Internet. This is typically done by...
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    Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    hppygr8ful replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I too had a great therapist who ended up retiring. When we first started I was very guarded and had by perverbial covers pulled tight. After three sessions she told me "You are fired as a patient....
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    If You Changed Careers

    hppygr8ful replied to Mavnurse17's topic in General Nursing

    Well I always wanted to run away and joined the circus, I'm already trained due to performing the "Dog and pony show" I do daily at
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    Which patients are you most scared to take care of?

    hppygr8ful replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    In twenty years of working psych I have rarely had patients be truely violent. Maybe that's because psych patients are all I see. Plus I have training in how the redirect negative behavior. I was hit...
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    Coworkers Reporting Powerful Bowel Movements

    hppygr8ful replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I feel your pain as I take metfartmore as
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    Which patients are you most scared to take care of?

    hppygr8ful replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    My unit is designated multi-gender so young men/women and everything on all ends of the gender identity spectrum. There has been an exponential rise in suicide rates amoung teens since this time last...
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    If You Changed Careers

    hppygr8ful replied to Mavnurse17's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses have opportunities to teach on a daily basis! Patient education is one of our primary job
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    Which patients are you most scared to take care of?

    hppygr8ful replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome to my world - I run a 14 bed acute adolescent psych
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    New RN Age

    hppygr8ful replied to Kooper48's topic in General Nursing

    I was 38 when I got my
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    Green house reburbish

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

    So one of my projects for this month I have off work is to reburbish my green house including a tank for tilapia I will be posting some pictures so. My raised beds came
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    Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    hppygr8ful replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I have been on FMLA 4 times in the past 10 years and I have never been made to pay back my health
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    Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    hppygr8ful replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Yes there is and in my opinion you can't get a better fast food burger in California (where they are based). They also have branched out into Arizona and Nevada, the chain was founded in 1948 my Harry...
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    Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    hppygr8ful replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    In general I try not to let things that are out of my control rent space in my head! It's already crowded with the voices.
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    Things are sprouting. A walk through the garden

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

    So I took another walk through my garden and green house today. Things are really growing nicely. Also plant russet and purple viking potatoes. Had to give my little rescue dog a stern talking to...
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    Which patients are you most scared to take care of?

    hppygr8ful replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Here
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    Which patients are you most scared to take care of?

    hppygr8ful replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I am formulating a reply stressing the above bolded items Working on that for
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    Pressure injuries - WOC nurses, please help!

    hppygr8ful replied to MLBBLM's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    love this