hppygr8ful ASN, RN, EMT-I

Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life)

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    Nurse bringing child to work

    hppygr8ful replied to adclay's topic in General Nursing

    I try not to judge people because as the saying goes do not judge a person until you have walked a mile in their shoes. When I first went to work on a noc shift L&D unit one of our unit...
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    Social Media and Doxxing - Your Thoughts???

    hppygr8ful replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    My thoughts are people who do these things sure have a lot of time on their
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    Peth test

    hppygr8ful replied to Rnbsn3089's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Looks like it is a standard 12 item panel so if you have been steering clear of MJ and her 11 good friends you should be ok. There is a small chance they may check for ETFG but it's a very expensive...
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    Weight Loss for Nurses

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

    I wouldn't mind
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    Understanding the Risk of Firearms: Suicide vs. Homicide

    hppygr8ful replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    I hardly consider an Op-Ed piece from the Mainstream Media (CNN) evidence based. I am a gun owner but was actually pleased to see Colt will no longer sell the AR-15 to civilians. My guns are locked...
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    No Pain Relief for UTI

    hppygr8ful replied to ShadowNurse's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    There is actually this strange belief that persons with Intellectual disabilities (Got to get with the new standard nomenclature) have very high pain tolerance for everything from UTI's minor...
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    Inpatient rehab unit

    hppygr8ful replied to nurseontheway's topic in General Nursing

    What kind of rehab are we talking about?
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    Wedding

    hppygr8ful replied to svetlana36's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I once got a two week exemption from my contract when I was traveling but I asked several months in advance and it had to go to the committee + I was 100% compliant so that may have helped.
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    5th e-Cigarette Death Reported As Illnesses Double

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

    It doesn't surprise me that these diagnoses are skyrocketing exponentially. The role of vaping and e-cigarette's in the development of obstructive lung disease has been pretty well documented since...
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    Ethical Dilemma: Is it ever ok to mislead a patient?

    hppygr8ful replied to RNjuice's topic in General Nursing

    I feel it is unethical to mislead a patient in anyway except for very young children not capable of understanding. It is cruel to continue to flog a failing body in order to assuage some feeling of...
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    First U.S. Death from Vape-Related Illness

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

    In a less than ten minute search for evidence based studies on the short and long term dangers of vaping including an almost 100% increase in new onset obstructive lung disease among people of vape...
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    Question to all nurses who work in Psych

    hppygr8ful replied to VegGal's topic in Psychiatric

    I have 14 to 20 adolescents on a mixed gender unit with 2 floor staff and a medication
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    First U.S. Death from Vape-Related Illness

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

    Let me clarify something - It has been postulated that I hate cigarettes - That would imply far more emotional investment than I would put into the subject. As a libertarian I believe people should be...
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    First U.S. Death from Vape-Related Illness

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

    First of all if you are going to throw out the term "Evidence based practice." You should probably do your research in a place other than Twitter. I specifically said it was my belief and I was still...
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    First U.S. Death from Vape-Related Illness

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

    I stand behind my belief that vaping is inherently dangerous and largely unstudied in terms of safety. Is it a dangerous as cigarettes? I believe that any chemical that is not meant to be in the lungs...
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    Active Shooting Event: How Should Nurses Respond?

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

    https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/what-to-do-in-an-active-shooter-situation/
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    Just be professional, period.

    hppygr8ful replied to JBMmom's topic in General Nursing

    My mother used to say - we don't bother you father at work unless the cows are loose or somebody's hair is on
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    DANG to OPIOIDS. Gimme STEROIDS!

    hppygr8ful replied to amoLucia's topic in General Nursing

    You say yiu can't take steroids but Prednisone is a steroid. You also say you cannot take NSAIDS but Aleve is an
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    Nursing judgment question??

    hppygr8ful replied to SamJS's topic in General Nursing

    Well some BP meds are given to slow and strengthen the heartbeat to improve cardiac output. I once called a cardiologist to say I was with-holding metoprolol for a blood pressure of 100/60. He was...
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    Spouse of nurse

    hppygr8ful replied to martymoose's topic in General Nursing

    So first let me congratulate you on 30 years of marriage - in the era of divorce for all kinds of petty reasons this is a great accomplishment. My husband and I just celebrated 19 years a week ago....
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    First U.S. Death from Vape-Related Illness

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

    Well I'm not surprised any idiot could have figured out how bad vaping was for you. The very fact that it was created by the tobacco companies as an alternative to smoking says it all.
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    psychotic break?

    hppygr8ful replied to RNBSC's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I'm a bit mystified by the title of you post as nothing you have stated implies either the patient or yourself being psychotic? Can you elaborate?
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    Peth test

    hppygr8ful replied to Rnbsn3089's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Relapse happens so no lectures from me. Still I can't comment on PETH tests as they weren't in use when I was in the program. All you can do is wait and see what the test shows. Did you inform your...
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    When is it time to leave nursing?

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

    I agree with those who suggest counseling before making such a decision. There is an old saying that states "Wherever you go, there you are!" It means that it may not be the job making you unhappy....
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    Medical Emergencies in Public

    hppygr8ful replied to nurse4321's topic in General Nursing

    Above being said I did stop at an accident a few years ago that happened literally in front of me. one Ricky rescue almost got hit putting out flares. There were small children in the hit car and mom...