catsmeow1972 BSN, RN

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    Unfair, unfair, unfair

    catsmeow1972 replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Nurses Recovery

    "biting the bit of anger and frustration does nothing to help us." Yes, i'm angry, yes i am frustrated...venting that is the only thing i can do right now. These programs are rife with hypocrisy,...
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    15 months to go

    catsmeow1972 replied to Big Blondie's topic in Nurses Recovery

    An early congrats. From one month counter (okay day counter) to another. 730 days to
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    Unfair, unfair, unfair

    catsmeow1972 replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I think that the "unfair" issue is not that one must participate in a program, but rather the fact that so many of the programs are geared towards one subset of people. I personally do not have an...
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    unnecessary postpartum preeclampsia workup with straight cath

    catsmeow1972 replied to boquiabierta's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If I can walk to the bathroom and pee on my own, anyone that comes near me with a catheter is gonna get strangled with it. We also have to chart the reason why we did a cath (perioperative procedure,...
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    It's just not working...

    catsmeow1972 posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    I have been a career OR nurse (like 15 years)....starting life as a tech and working my way up. Had a mental health related crash and burn....got stuck in the nightmare that is IPN and well there we...
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    Affinity Testing

    catsmeow1972 replied to Headlights7's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I could not care less what they test for because i know I am not doing anything questionable. My twitchiness comes from the fact that many of us may be unemployed or underemployed due to some of these...
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    TPAPN completion

    catsmeow1972 replied to RnTx81's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I truly find this comment proof that they have no idea how much this process consumes your thoughts and life. ^^^^This!!! A follow up question to Oogie would be were you selected to test after your...
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    IVDU pt kept asking for pain meds. Managment kept saying to just give it to her.

    catsmeow1972 replied to ella2990's topic in General Nursing

    While i am not usually a big fan of writing on the whiteboard, the time for the next dose of PRN meds , for the ones that have addiction issues or are manipulative enough to try and sway me, i will do...
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    It's just not working...

    catsmeow1972 replied to catsmeow1972's topic in Nurses Recovery

    tried to PM, your mailbox is
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    Eval on Tuesday, getting nervous

    catsmeow1972 replied to MFTinRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    It sounds like they will probably recommend an outpatient thing at most plus the contract. As far as the contract itself, i don't know. Those tend to lean towards the boilerplate, but that is just my...
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    It's just not working...

    catsmeow1972 replied to catsmeow1972's topic in Nurses Recovery

    The thing is I've got a 5 yr contract. I'm coming up on the 3 yr mark. It took me 9 months to find a job. My first job with this albatross of a contract WAS OR. i was there for 16 moths. There was a 3...
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    Eval on Tuesday, getting nervous

    catsmeow1972 replied to MFTinRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Breathe. It will be fine. Really, it will í
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    Pure Wick

    catsmeow1972 replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    My facility uses them. Like a condom cath, they are notoriously hard to keep in place, but if done so correctly, and on the right patient, they are a delightful little thing to keep a patient who's...
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    Recovery program 3 years in one state, 5 years in another

    catsmeow1972 replied to TKsprivatenurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I would definitely check out a professional licensing lawyer. So many of these programs are so $$$$ driven that nobody cares how much you've done for one states program for how long, that if some way...
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    How to deal with a bully patient?

    catsmeow1972 replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    Figure it was only a matter of time before one of my comments bites me in the posterior. i get my patients today and lo and behold, one is this week's designated unit bully. He's thrown things, he's...
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    They were in bed together.

    catsmeow1972 replied to Yaadie's topic in General Nursing

    Well, OP did say, med-surg clinicals, so I would presume this to not have been long term care of any sort. "Some dementia" can also mean many things. I would would probably be of the angle of "okay...
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    How to deal with a bully patient?

    catsmeow1972 replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    At least in my opinion, travelers are not getting that "couple of dollars extra" for looking good or whatever BS reason. It's because they are uprooting every few months and dropping themselves into a...
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    Sunset commission and tpapn

    catsmeow1972 replied to lynn21's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Wow! The way i am reading this, and please someone correct me if i am in error, this is the first real step in some justice for the abuse that these programs heap on some of us. These changes may be...
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    How to deal with a bully patient?

    catsmeow1972 replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    We did have one recent "long termer" that had a pretty lengthy list of staff that either refused to take her and that she refused to have assigned to her. She was quickly running out of people to have...
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    Dilute urine?

    catsmeow1972 replied to RickG85's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I've only ever had one fairly light one and it did not register as dilute, but I go first thing in the morning even if i have to do a pee pee dance until they open. I will be danged if these idiots...
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    Do you have plans for after?

    catsmeow1972 replied to Recovering_RN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I even feel left out when I can't dip the host in the wine at church. I seriously doubt that something that small would make a P test positive for alcohol but this stuff has us so paranoid that such a...
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    Do you have a free charge nurse on your unit?

    catsmeow1972 replied to EllaBella1's topic in General Nursing

    I am on a Gen/Surg floor in a 900+ Magnet hospital. Our ratio is 1:4 on days, occasionally 1:5. they try not to give anyone more than 1 patient that rates as high acuity. We used to be a standard 1:5...
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    Florida IPN update

    catsmeow1972 replied to MFTinRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    They pulled the same story on me, telling that what was on the list was all i had to choose from. When i got rejected from all three (they were all alcohol/drug recovery places and i was mental...
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    Would you suggest a different drug brand to a patient?

    catsmeow1972 replied to MunoRN's topic in Patient Medications

    Interesting factoid: The US and New Zealand are the only countries that allow "direct to consumer" advertising for drugs. AKA "ask your doctor is such and such is right for
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    Would you suggest a different drug brand to a patient?

    catsmeow1972 replied to MunoRN's topic in Patient Medications

    At my facility, Pharmacy routinely reviews home med lists and the doc has to check off each home med that they want to continue while in the hospital. Frequently ALL are held except for things like BP...