K9lover ASN, RN

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    Universal Deathcare.

    K9lover replied to Kyrshamarks's topic in General Nursing

    You are a businessman, not a nurse. Oh and get back with us when you have cured
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    Universal Deathcare.

    K9lover replied to Kyrshamarks's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, spare me! This poor baby was trying to be kept alive with a horrible, terminal condition. In this country the SNFs/BCs have an endless array of adults in permanent vegetative states not by choice...
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    Done

    K9lover replied to Meq815's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Congrats! I got sober as a young waitress with no record. My hat is off to anyone who survives the stress of diversion and remains clean and
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    Downstaffing

    K9lover replied to KSjo88's topic in General Nursing

    You nailed it! Float to another unit and end up with 4 high-acuity patients as 4 nurses give up the worst ones; this is in California where we have staffing guidelines but patients are much sicker;...
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    Personal Hygiene: An Era Gone By

    K9lover replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

    Alcohol and other
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    Why are nurses the only profession that cannot accept gifts?

    K9lover replied to RockinNurse2018's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses are not the only ones. Police cannot accept gifts nor can firefighters and I am sure there are
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    The pain scale has been harmful

    K9lover replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Patients with chronic pain have been thrown under a very big bus all in the interest of what? Most heroin addicts never had a legit Rx. This is why I do not work as a hospital nurse anymore; we were...
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    Can nurses live a luxurious life?

    K9lover replied to Aa1Bb2Cc3's topic in General Nursing

    Sure we can if we win the Lotto or inherit a bunch of
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    Patient going to send nurse to Concentration Camps??

    K9lover replied to Kayauhs's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my. Never discuss personal stuff such as this with patients. Crazy patients cannot always be ID'd, they don't glow in the dark. I do not have anything I celebrate, my background is mainly German...
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    Nurses cannot perform miracles

    K9lover replied to EaglesWings21's topic in General Nursing

    The idea everything can be fixed stems from various sources. High on my list is the AHA which corners the market on BLS/ACLS. I just renewed these and if a lay person were to take BLS they would come...
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    Will I have to remember this as a nurse?

    K9lover replied to KJRod's topic in General Students

    You will likely never need the Krebs
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    Medical Assistant vent

    K9lover replied to KThurmond's topic in General Students

    Well, I was going to post that this occurs everywhere but when ya'll got to the part about knowing what to do with a critical patient ya'll sound a bit egotistical. I am a seasoned RN and I do not...
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    Beyond the Bedside: 10 Nurse Opportunities Outside of the Hospital

    K9lover replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    Corrections!
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    My DON accused me of patient abandonment during a snowstorm

    K9lover replied to NurseScorpio88's topic in General Nursing

    I live in the mountains and we get plenty of snow. Frequently the roads have not been plowed when I head out, I did not spend a lot on my car; it is a 13 year-old AWD Subaru and I never miss work due...
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    The detail I missed that set my day on the wrong foot

    K9lover replied to ellisjl's topic in General Nursing

    My most embarrassing moment was more related to the stress of not knowing anything and overwhelming fatigue of night shift. I rarely cry but as a new grad I found myself bursting into tears all of the...
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    Will marijuana ever be okay in nursing?

    K9lover replied to Bakingismylife's topic in General Nursing

    I would say marijuana is not likely to lead to addiction in people not prone to it. Although I did not care for it when I was young and drank I would not chance it but I am addiction-prone. I doubt...
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    Will marijuana ever be okay in nursing?

    K9lover replied to Bakingismylife's topic in General Nursing

    It is legal in California but still schedule 1 @ federal level (absurd I know but drug scheduling laws were signed in by Nixon to aid law enforcement, they are comical; marijuana a schedule 1???)...
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    Patient going to send nurse to Concentration Camps??

    K9lover replied to Kayauhs's topic in General Nursing

    I did not put up with patients tossing about racial/ethnic slurs. I told them flat out I have no control over their attitudes but they were not welcome to speak that way around me as I found it...
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    Gender, a fluid social construct

    K9lover replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    "Boys will be boys and girls will be girls it's a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world except for Lola, la la la la Lola." These posts remind me of this song by the
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    Colorado ALTO (alternative to opioids) program

    K9lover replied to nurse2033's topic in Emergency

    'But the simple reality is this: According to the large, annually repeated and representative National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 75 percent of all opioid misuse starts with people using...
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    preemployment drug testing

    K9lover replied to babynurse98's topic in Nurses Recovery

    As others have mentioned doubling the dose is not using it as prescribed. I do not think UDS is looking at therapeutic levels but it would jump out @ MRO if you were taking twice what sig called
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    Am I To Late?

    K9lover replied to Mayday#1's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Age discrimination is alive and well in nursing and next to impossible to prove. Can you do any volunteer? I know you would not be doing hands-on but perhaps it could help you get
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    Depressed and Disappointed in Myself

    K9lover replied to Samx3's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Ditto that! Although I am not planning on returning to school for advanced practice nursing I discovered there was a whole world of nursing out there after staying stuck in my acute care 'comfort...
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    Depressed and Disappointed in Myself

    K9lover replied to Samx3's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Sounds like my 1st 3-5 years but I did discover I was/am incredibly tenacious on 'not giving up' no matter how abjectly miserable I was. I was determined to stick it out; I stuck it out on night...
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    Safety Tips for New Grad Nurses

    K9lover replied to Fntsemi's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I would add always listen to the patient. The moment a patient says "that does not look like my med" I halt. 99% of the time it is just a different-appearance, generic, divided doses then there is...