hppygr8ful ASN, RN, EMT-I

Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life)

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    Are Big City Hospitals Really Getting Hit With COVID-19 Pts?

    hppygr8ful replied to EPS's topic in Disaster Preparation

    First of all I want to give my heartfelt thanks to al you front line nurses out there who are fighting this thing. You are in my thoughts and prayers everyday. Now for a Psych perspective - Many have...
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    All out of Sterile Gloves

    hppygr8ful replied to anitalaff's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Honestly when I had my first non-healing wound back in 2012 (Which BTW was how I found out I was diabetic) I asked the first wound care nurse I had if she shouldn't be using sterile gloves. I got an...
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    Finally able to practice nursing. Jobs???

    hppygr8ful replied to Psickal09's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I would encourage all of you to consider in-patient psych. The shifts are usually 8 hours and RN's are almost never required to pass meds as that is mostly done by psych techs and LVNs. They are also...
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    All out of Sterile Gloves

    hppygr8ful replied to anitalaff's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I didn't mean to say it was wasted simply that many times sterile gloves are not needed for procedures that need only be done by clean technique. I posed the question to our infection control nurse of...
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    Dealing with panicking co-workers

    hppygr8ful replied to Peditra's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I want to be the person in the movie who slaps the hysterical screamer across the face saying "Get ahold of yourself!"
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    All out of Sterile Gloves

    hppygr8ful replied to anitalaff's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I understand the need for sterile gloves for picc dressings but having been treated for diabetic wounds with negative pressure systems I have never had the nurse use sterile cloves - in fact it has...
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    Refusing Care of a COVID-19 Patient Due to Inappropriate PPE

    hppygr8ful replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The only way the state can order someone to work would be if there were a county-wide declaration of Martial Law. Don't see that happening anytime soon on the
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    Companies that hire nurses on probation?

    hppygr8ful replied to zlisazRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    If you don't know what the OIG exclusion list is it's safe to assume you are not on it. Nurses who have been accused of certain crimes of moral turpitude can find themselves on this list which...
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    Companies that hire nurses on probation?

    hppygr8ful replied to zlisazRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    In my own experience Psych facilities and dialysis clinics seem to be the most forgiving. Kaiser is a highly sought after nursing job as (At least in California) they are the highest paid in the...
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    U.S. Now Has the World's Largest Number of COVID Deaths

    hppygr8ful replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The problem with the numbers here in the US is that the math is flawed by leaving out a huge segment of the equation. There is no denying that Covid 19 is terribly serious but it may not be as serious...
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    Nursing home staff not showing up for work

    hppygr8ful posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    Can't say I blame them but what are your thoughts? Nursing home with 39 coronavirus cases evacuated after staff stops showing
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    Forced To Resign Being The Only Asian in a CVICU unit

    hppygr8ful replied to joanjacob28's topic in Disaster Preparation

    While interesting I fail to see how this pertains to the subject of this
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    They locked up all the masks

    hppygr8ful replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

    Get a physician to write you a prescription to wear a mask. I have asthma and get pneumonia every couple of years. My last bought was in 2019 and I was off the job on medical leave for 21 days. So...
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    How can you be so calm?

    hppygr8ful replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You can find T-shirt with this on it - I have one ?
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    Refusing Care of a COVID-19 Patient Due to Inappropriate PPE

    hppygr8ful replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in Disaster Preparation

    So well said. I became a nurse 20 years ago after divorcing from my 1st husband. I had had a number of the kind of jobs one gets with a frilly liberal arts degree and needed to find a way to be able...
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    Anyone having trouble getting hired??

    hppygr8ful replied to skydancer7's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Have you thought about the RED
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    Small Victory for staff

    hppygr8ful posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    So since quarantine conditions started, our facility which is considered low risk for exposure has been writing up and even terminating employees who came to work wearing their own masks. Wednesday...
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    Refusing Care of a COVID-19 Patient Due to Inappropriate PPE

    hppygr8ful replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Can you please cite the source for this statistic I have googled all over and can't find it. I not saying it's not real but have not seen any reliable news source cite this number?
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    Refusing Care of a COVID-19 Patient Due to Inappropriate PPE

    hppygr8ful replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in Disaster Preparation

    OMG I found it first try https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/beauty/fragrance/a30510012/gwyneth-paltrow-lady
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    Refusing Care of a COVID-19 Patient Due to Inappropriate PPE

    hppygr8ful replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I've largely stayed out of this thread because it is such a hot topic. Let me first say that I am not a person who worries excessively. I used to be but maybe 20 years of continuous sobriety has done...
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    Refusing Care of a COVID-19 Patient Due to Inappropriate PPE

    hppygr8ful replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I don't find your rant inappropriate at all. It was well written and didn't use a single #$%^^ word.
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    Refusing Care of a COVID-19 Patient Due to Inappropriate PPE

    hppygr8ful replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I read last night that a large part of the problem is that most of the N95 and P100 masks along with a lot of other PPE is manufactured in China. When the virus was at it's peak there the government...
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    Where do N95 masks come from - This I didn't know

    hppygr8ful posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    So I guess that most over 95% of PPE equipment is manufactured in China. This may explain why there is such a shortage. Manufacturing ground to a halt and their supply on hand was being kept for their...
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    Psychiatric Inpatient Preparedness

    hppygr8ful replied to TheVitalRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    We stopped allowing visitors a week a go and our adolescent unit has a pretty low census. We ran out of bleach wipes and hand wipes two days ago (mainly because staff are stealing them to take home.)...
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    Really America?

    hppygr8ful replied to GrumpyRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I didn't say I was personally feeling that way - I was simply stating a fact about how the system works people are killed every day waiting for the police to arrive. I am not normally a violent person...