hppygr8ful ASN, RN, EMT-I

Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life)

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    Coworkers Opening Patient Windows During Inclement Weather

    hppygr8ful replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    No I'm more of a Horse and dog lover - I'll leave the big cats to
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    Coworkers Opening Patient Windows During Inclement Weather

    hppygr8ful replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    You also can't room a true Irish Celt in a room where someone is actively dying as the soul of the departed can grab the soul of the living and take that person with them.
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    Coworkers Opening Patient Windows During Inclement Weather

    hppygr8ful replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    You are completely ignoring the fact that being cold, wet or even cold and wet does not make people sick. If It did most cub scouts would die off before becoming Webelos. People get sick from being...
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    Coworkers Opening Patient Windows During Inclement Weather

    hppygr8ful replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    You silly man Tigers don't eat
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    Have you ever requested a patient be removed from your workload?

    hppygr8ful replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I've never asked for a patient to be moved from my assignment. I did ask for a day on another unit today after two long days with a very aggressive patient who knocked me on my Donkey's behind....
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    Coworkers Turning On Heavy Metal and Rock Music In the Dining Room For Elderly Residents

    hppygr8ful replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Why do you keep referring to CNAs and other subordinates as your co-workers?
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    Predatory New Grad Contracts

    hppygr8ful replied to CreamCheeseRangoons's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like a resonable
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    Coworkers Opening Patient Windows During Inclement Weather

    hppygr8ful replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    We Celtis/Irish have some strange customs/traditions The opening of a Window to let the soul of the recently decesed to
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    Coworkers Opening Patient Windows During Inclement Weather

    hppygr8ful replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Co-dependancy is a coat I wear well,
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    Have you ever requested a patient be removed from your workload?

    hppygr8ful replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Well the fact that you got licensed tells us that you are smart. But I usually do CEUs in subject that I know I could do better from Join a professional practice organization. I'm sure there must be...
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    Have you ever requested a patient be removed from your workload?

    hppygr8ful replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    If the patient has Medicare and or Medi-caid they automatically get 3 fully paid days of acute hospitalzation. If youthink your clinical practice is lacking then figure out how to improve it....
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    Coworkers Opening Patient Windows During Inclement Weather

    hppygr8ful replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    While I agree that we don't want to freeze the residents. I believe but I could be wrong (It's happened) that there are no peer reviewed, evidence based studies to show that being cold is bad for you....
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    Three threads in one!

    hppygr8ful replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Exercise and Healthy Living's Exercise

    Even though my garden is a lot of work it puts me in a different head space than what I have to maintain working in-patient
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    Three threads in one!

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

    I could actually post this in Animal lovers, Gardening and Exercise but I don't want to say it all three times so this will have to suffice, This was my last day of vacation and I have to say I...
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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 am beyond baffeled by these expenses: It seems that you spend a lot of money on hobbies such as shooting. I love shooting sports but I would never let it cost me 500.00/ month. And $600 on journals...
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    How Has Your Nursing Career Affected Your Relationships Or Other Aspects of Your Life?

    hppygr8ful replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    It wouldn’t hurt you to get some experience on the floors as a bedside nurse. This will keep your skill set relevant. Bedsides nursing always pays more and you need to practice these skills every...
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    How Has Your Nursing Career Affected Your Relationships Or Other Aspects of Your Life?

    hppygr8ful replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    As my daddy used to say "You wouldn't worry so much about what people think you if you realized how rarely they
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    Patient abandonment/Professional Boundaries??

    hppygr8ful replied to RoseT21's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    In the facility where I work if someone went to management about this situation they would be sent back to resolve the issue with the nurse in question. Once that has been unsuccessful the management...
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    How To Become A Successful New Grad

    hppygr8ful posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    It's OK if you don't know what nursing specialty you want. Many will tell you that you should start in Med/Surge and stay there for 1 to 2 years. Med/Surge is a great place to cut your teeth. You...
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    Is it wise to work from home?

    hppygr8ful replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    As a BSN You have surely taken classes in nuring theory and are familiar with the works of Virginia Henderson who stated,,,,,,,“the unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual, sick or...
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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

    Where I live $450,000.00 would be considered an average amount to pay for a house. Houses are expensive here in CA. Many houses that would sell for 450K in the midwest would be million dollar homes on...
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    I'm a new employee, how do I deal with a passive aggressive coworker?

    hppygr8ful replied to cookie123d's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    While you have a right to be treated with respect what's happening is not passive aggression it's open aggression. A example of passive aggressive behavior is if you ask someone multiple times to do a...
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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'm not sure I understand the bent this thread is taking. That somehow a person wanting to get paid in the field of nursing means that they don't have a vocation? The Websters dictionary defines a...
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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 my 58 years I have been homeless in a tent in a Pacific Northwest Winter, Lived in a decent double-wide, the loft of a barn, several apartments and the house I currently own with my husband. Never...
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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

    Why is is embarrassing to live with family - You could be using this time to save for a