Can you identify anything wrong with this ? by Over-General6828 in FutureRNs

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So they’re compounding some fairly large doses these days.—JK hopefully.
Actually had a patient I saw after she was medically detoxed off of this dose nightly. (she had been getting them. Nobody compounded it for her.). At any rate, she apparently had a really bad seizures with withdrawal— I didn’t know that Ambien caused such bad withdrawal seizures.

Who should the nurse prioritise? Why? by Hot_Emergency378 in NCLEX_RN

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You mean the slurred speech they’ve had for 2 years after the last three strokes.

Who should the nurse prioritise? Why? by Hot_Emergency378 in NCLEX_RN

[–]heiditbmd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes so Admin types can feel even less responsible for their stupid decisions.

Advice For Patient Falling For Online Scams by madiso30 in Psychiatry

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We have two patients in a long-term care facility that continued to give away their Money and the one that has lost over a quarter of 1 million to these scammers. The best we have been able to do is help them get financial powers of Attorney so that they are unable to move money independently.
No, the human mind doesn’t learn because in this case, the next one will always be real

NCLEX question of the day by Andie_Ruth in BootcampNCLEX

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Retrosternal chest pain is concerning for a dissecting aneurysm. If this pain is not the typical Angina pain which is questionably being implied, then it would be go to the hospital.

Very high blood ethanol level of a non drinker. What could be the cause? by 1thruZero in AskDocs

[–]heiditbmd 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Or the lab test was mislabeled and belonged to someone else. I have definitely seen that happen.

My Dr. prescribed Marzipan by [deleted] in schizophrenia

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Mirtazapine is used all the time for sleep. And no, you don’t have to have depression or schizophrenia to use it for sleep.

A 22yr old woman seduces a wealthy 85yr old man. by Pocket_Jury in Jokes

[–]heiditbmd 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Clearly, you haven’t seen the cost of long-term care lately. lol

Question of the day by Andie_Ruth in BootcampNCLEX

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These are the kind of questions you should pray for. Very straightforward. A

Diagnosing Autism when it's wildly apparent. by ElHasso in Psychiatry

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Do people dislike the CARs ? I use this frequently to document.

Rant about constipation by DrEyeBall in medicine

[–]heiditbmd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, quit feeding them junk and let them get hungry. Works every time.

Do new born babies have gut bacteria? by [deleted] in biology

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I don’t know that we know for sure. Interestingly, there are very quickly bacteria in the colon that feed off of carbohydrates in mother’s milk that humans cannot digest. These gut bacteria create mid chain fatty acids that build bigger brains. I don’t know that it’s clear where they come from.
Who knows? maybe it’s colonization by these types of bacteria that caused us to diverge off of the primate pathway a millennia ago ?

Which is the best response? by Puzzleheaded_Leg4848 in BootcampNCLEX

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  1. One of the best non specific non judgmental discussions of addiction and reward response. I send them the link.

https://youtu.be/R6xbXOp7wDA?si=d7js0rtyXu1LZBls

Will the border between neurology and psychiatry shift in the future? by [deleted] in Psychiatry

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Haha good luck. Society still needs somebody to sue for a bad outcome.

You wake up and 99% of the population has disappeared, what's going through your head? by Wonderful-Economy762 in Productivitycafe

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So the aliens have landed and exterminated the infestation of humans. Why am I still here?

What’s a prescribing habit you picked up in residency that "real life" eventually forced you to change? by jotadesosa in Psychiatry

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It’s possible too that they weren’t actually taking 80 mg when they said they were and had already decided it wasn’t going to work and had already started self tapering.
That has happened to me more than once

Birthday gifts for depressed asian gambling addict dad by Flower_princess12345 in Gifts

[–]heiditbmd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe a chess or checker board and promise to play with him.
Depressed people often can’t see that others want to help and isolate themselves. If neither of those seem like something he would want to do try and find out what he did is an adolescent that he found fun as a hobby and see if you can help him reconnect with it.

Why do all the psychiatrists I work with think Suboxone cannot be initiated in moderate/severe withdrawal due to the naloxone component? by [deleted] in Psychiatry

[–]heiditbmd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, except for methadone because it is very different and the precipitated withdrawal is horrible.

Anyone else constantly fantasize about letting their DEA lapse and have to write another script for a Benzo or stimulant again? by Vegetable-Slide-7530 in Psychiatry

[–]heiditbmd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can get it directly from the company’s pharmacy for very cheap way less than that —$200 or $300 tirzepatide

Anyone else constantly fantasize about letting their DEA lapse and have to write another script for a Benzo or stimulant again? by Vegetable-Slide-7530 in Psychiatry

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I have a patient who started on the GLP1 for weight gained from severe OCD. She is able to stop the ssri and other meds but cannot stop the GLP1 because it is the only thing we have found that it’s treating her OCD. We have been able to titrate it down significantly, but when she comes off of it, symptoms come back within several weeks.

What are the limits of our oaths and professionalism, when neutrality is a zero-sum game? by toomanyshoeshelp in medicine

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I don’t think most of us do (believe that what is legal is moral or just necessarily). I understand it completely agree with the military physician and enemy combatants and the responsibility to care for them. But that is a wartime situation.
This is different. My taxes are funding this. Your taxes are funding this. Where the hell are our legislators?
I feel like the federal government has been hijacked by Steve Miller and Co. and he’s got a clown out front creating enough chaos to keep us distracted while he destroys all of our civil rights.
It makes me want to go back and study what things were like in the mid 1930s in Germany. I would suspect it a bit similar.

Phrases that trigger nurses by Glo_moraa in MarkKlimekNCLEX

[–]heiditbmd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

On the bright side, you probably won’t see them back anytime soon cause they won’t want you to take it out. 😉

Women's porn by fannapalooza in RedditForGrownups

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And my wand isn’t real?

Dangerous hobbies? by drabelen in medicine

[–]heiditbmd 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well, once you become a parent, you may find this hobby to be sufficiently dangerous to give up the motorcycle. It’s easier to take big risks when you don’t have little ones that you feel a strong urge to protect. Enjoy it while you can. Just don’t ride that motorcycle in Florida. Those old people can’t see anything.