hppygr8ful ASN, RN, EMT-I

Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life)

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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

    It's always a good idea to have an emergency fund set up. My husband has steady work now but when he did project management we could go a few months between projects. We keep two years of house...
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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

    As someone else mentioned you can call and ask what the price range in the area where you are looking. Then you can use a free on-line mortgage calculator to figure out what you can afford on your...
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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

    Good old American Capitalism. I paid for a service way back when I was dating off the web. But you don't really need it cause youe don't need that level of if you are just looking at homes you might...
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    Got The Vaccine! Share Your Experience

    hppygr8ful replied to Nurse SMS's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Not sure where I read or heard it but in CA no one died from the effects of the Covid vaccine. We need to remember that correlation does not equal causation."
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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

    Our basic post WW2 tract home in good condistion which it is cost $600,000.00 in California. My husband has been in it since he was little. What costs $400,000.00 elsware goes for a Million plus in...
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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

    A very wise person once said "Where ever you go, there you are!" Meaning when you find happiness and balance these other things will happen for you.
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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

    You don't have insurance? My health Insurance covers 6 visits a year. Most therapists also have sliding scale for those who can afford
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    self reporting

    hppygr8ful replied to Qka's topic in Nurses Recovery

    The best resource for attorneys that represent nurses is the American Assoc of Nurse Attorneys
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    Covid Vaccine Given Too High On Arm

    hppygr8ful replied to andrusia's topic in Disaster Preparation

    This is a really cool and professional discussion. I know another poster mention the vastus lateralis and my personal preference is the ventrogluteal. I have on occasion given my vaccines to myself...
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    My Experience of Trans Ideology and Nursing

    hppygr8ful replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    OK folks, I'm as guilty as the rest, but it's time to stop feeding the
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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

    Surely you are acquainted with the concept of 24 hour nursing. Patients require 24 hiiur care and what one shift can not complete is reported and endorsed to the next shift and so on. Do you not trust...
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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

    Why thank you! I spent the first 30 years of my adult life running from an abusive past and a lot of bad decisions on my part. I started to get real when my son was born because I wanted a better...
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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

    I am participating in an lecture series on medicinal plants as well as taking nature walks to identify medicinal plants in my area. I will check out the link. Of an mushrooms can be dried and...
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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

    I still wonder why you are working 18 hour shifts no hospital, LTC, psych facility I know of requires this! Are you paid hourly or a salary? If you are being paid hourly you should be making more than...
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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

    I have become interested in medicinal mushrooms. (No not the psychedelic kind) They are mostly Chinese varietes and are said to be great for brain health, blood sugar and hypertension control. The...
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    Got Fired From My First Nursing Job

    hppygr8ful replied to Lynker's topic in General Nursing

    In the case of our facility and vaccinating 200+ people a day we would change needle length rather thad insertion depth, especially since "Bunching the muscle" is not recommended for the Covid...
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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

    the plant in Question is Euphorbia Tiricalli sometimes called Sticks on fire or pencil
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    Upsetting Foley Insertion in a Confused Dementia Patient

    hppygr8ful replied to wernicke's topic in General Nursing

    Your story remminds me of a time when I had to put in a foly on a LOL with dementia and we literally took three nurses and had to practically stand her on her head to get it done. She didn't seem...
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    Got Fired From My First Nursing Job

    hppygr8ful replied to Lynker's topic in General Nursing

    I have given hundreds (Probably at least a 1000 as I regularly work flu clinics) of IM's in the deltoid with that "Very Long" (1.5") needle. Except in a very small arm with poor muscle mass there is...
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    My Experience of Trans Ideology and Nursing

    hppygr8ful replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    I am going to try to formulate a reply when I get home from work stay tuned.
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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

    Most Therapist are pretty overwhelmed right now but if persistant SB should be able to get a telephone or zoom appointment. Of course one would have to make time in what appears to be an impossible...
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    Got Fired From My First Nursing Job

    hppygr8ful replied to Lynker's topic in General Nursing

    Was it just a California thing - or did other vaccinators receive CDC approved training like I
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    Got Fired From My First Nursing Job

    hppygr8ful replied to Lynker's topic in General Nursing

    I am not sure where you [ractice but we had to take a CDC approved traing before we could give the vaccine. but I do agree with Davey that we don't tell teh general public we need training - we seek...
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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

    Have you considered innoculating your straw with mushroom
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    COPD- 98% O2 sat?

    hppygr8ful replied to payang0722's topic in General Nursing

    How is the culture where you work? Is there someone there you can bounce things off? That way you could get answers in realtime and notlosing sleep, At our facility every new hire has a designated...