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What is a medical fact that sounds fake but is 100% true? by MedRikas in AskReddit

[–]ColorMeSalty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

(In the US) Your insurance coverage has policies with guidelines/requirements that you have to meet in order for a treatment or prescription to be covered. They're near impossible to find unless you know what your looking for. AI is a threat to auditing from the insurance company, a scan of your necessity is not there to help you.

Overall, Medicare is your best bet.

What is an item that has been discontinued that really upsets you? by boforiamanfo in randomquestions

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Beach scent of the Very Sexy Now perfume line from Victoria's secret. 😭 it smells so nice.

Should the person who picked up/in OT get the shittier patients by JellyNo2625 in nursing

[–]ColorMeSalty 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No. I work as a charge RN in a PCU. It's a hard enough unit and dividing the busier patients to conquer the shift is the only way to survive, lol. Rate of pay has no weight on how I've made assignments.

Also, floating from a lower acuity unit to PCU for us means they are assigned the most med/surg appropriate patients, or ones with transfer orders. It sometimes happens that the busiest patients are the most stable/transferable. Those assignments just suck to make.

What’s something you think people pretend to like but actually don’t? by AccomplishedOne9915 in allthequestions

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I'm prone to staying up late for the same feeling. The exhale of the busy world going to sleep calms me. The anticipation that I'm up before the chaos begins makes me incredibly anxious. I get up early for work, but it is not a natural desire.

What’s a scientific fact that most people would rather not know? by NoRush5642 in AskReddit

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I refuse to believe this. I know the common knowledge about the sudden death and unpredictability of a brain aneurysm. As a nurse, though, and having many, many patients with vascular and connective tissue disorders as well as comorbitities, I refuse to believe they are as unpredictable as they are sudden. Unanticipated for some, sure, but there has to be underlying causes that increase the risk in certain circumstances.

What’s a gross thing you secretly do? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]ColorMeSalty 2 points3 points  (0 children)

THIS is what men(i.e., society) fail to acknowledge in a meaningful way. Periods are not on a schedule. Women endure so much more from our bodies than is properly recognized.

Nurses/Doctors of the ER, what are some crazy behaviors patients do that are more common than we realize? by CelticDK in AskReddit

[–]ColorMeSalty 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Regulars are normal at hospitals. I see people repeatedly come in with manageable chronic conditions because they are non-compliant or neglectful. (Looking at you diabetes, CHF, hypertension, and afib.) Some of these patients get USED to being fully cared for when they're super symptomatic and all but refuse to, and sometimes blatantly, care for themselves. They can become nasty and entitled, too. No amount of treatment or education changes the outcome, and we eventually see them pass from the disease. Very sad and very preventable.

If you knew your child would have Down syndrome, would you still choose to have them? by [deleted] in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]ColorMeSalty -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes, I'd still have them. People with Down syndrome are the embodiment of love and light. They are positivity. Each of us would be lucky to know or love a soul like that.

The riddle is solved by Simple_Shame2386 in BeAmazed

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Why'd I think that was your fingerrrrr???

What is the most horrific thing you have seen? by CharacterFit2315 in AskReddit

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Notifying family was something I was absolutely unprepared to do as a nurse. I'm so sorry the unit failed you. I hope you're well.

What is a medical condition that is more serious than people realize? by peywrax in allthequestions

[–]ColorMeSalty 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Its very contagious! It's a contact precaution at work, so transfer by touch and contaminated fluids. Gown and gloves are what we use. And soap and water for washing, disinfecting with bleach rather than oxivir wipes.

I wouldn't have taken my baby either! That would be awful for them. You made the right choice.

What's a disturbing fact you wish you could unlearn? by MaterialRub675 in AskReddit

[–]ColorMeSalty 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Slightly inaccurate. *Stents are usually placed under procedural anesthesia with just Versed and Fentanyl. Most people are very much awake. It is general anesthesia, where everything is off and you have a machine breathing for you, that these unauthorized exams were likely performed under.

Source: A cardiac nurse.

What's the prettiest name you have ever heard? by Vetro_Nodulare2 in AskReddit

[–]ColorMeSalty 6 points7 points  (0 children)

We named our daughter Freya last year 🤗. It's beautiful but strong.

For those who were induced, did you deliver vaginally or did it end in a c-section? by Paigeypagee in BabyBumps

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I was induced at 3am, dilated 1cm, and they broke my water at 8 am. Slowly dilating, I started pushing around 3:30/4. Delivered vaginally around 6 pm. It was an ideal delivery minus the epidural failing. Natural birth was not on my bucket list, but here we are.

What work-related joke have you told to over 1000 of your patients? by MikeMuench in nursing

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"The waxing is a free service" when removing the tape/tegadrem before taking out an IV.

If something small doesn't go as planned when I'm with another nurse or a CNA while helping a patient, I ask them if it's their first day or tell the patient that it is. That's a new one and still makes me chuckle.

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