PoppaD

PoppaD

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  1. Maintenance helping with medical procedures.

    Every hospital that receives federal reimbursement must comply with CMA regulations. The privavcy provisions per HIPPA are are prime concern to CMA. If you recall your own hospital orientation...there were people there from not only clinical services...
  2. Maintenance helping with medical procedures.

    All hospital staff and volunteers have to comply with HIPPA...
  3. DNR patient coded

    ditto
  4. What is An Atrovent or Alburetol PILLOW?

    Like he said...different places have different slang terms for things. Heck, we call the saline ampules that we use to irrigate/lavage ETT's "bullets"...go figure! "Hey....somebody throw me a bullet!"
  5. Verbal abuse from a Nursing Aide

    I would have instructed the NA to stop what she was in the process of doing and leave the pt's room immediately. There is not one thing that she can do that you cannot do; however, there are tons of things that you can do that she cannot. The Nursing...
  6. Lack of Care with my Child

    I TOLD all of them that she was a difficult stick. They proceeded to stick her about 20 TIMES... As a parent I am sure that it must have been traumatic for you and your child to have been stuck so many times; however, as an ER RN I know that often a ...
  7. Songs to play in the Waiting Room

    Psych waiting areas: "Do you hear what I hear...?
  8. I work at Disney World now!!

    I was going to mention the same book!
  9. Is a degree from excelsior.edu worth anything?

    Lol....
  10. Is a degree from excelsior.edu worth anything?

    Folks...PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!! The old us and them argument continues to divide us and it keeps our attention diverted from advancing our PROFESSION. Do we really need to have the BSN's acting s if they are so much more knowledgable than the ADN/Diploma ...
  11. Is a degree from excelsior.edu worth anything?

    Medic04... that's a big 10-4! We are absoloutely agreeing with each other...PoppaD is clear!
  12. Is a degree from excelsior.edu worth anything?

    Two of the most important variables are the individual's occupational background and their work ethic. I know of one disaster of a nurse that graduated from Excelsior...she was a former EMT who could not make the transition over into nursing. I actua...
  13. Who took the NURSE out of Nursing?

    First of all...I can only imagine what you and your husband have gone and are going through...I am sure that you have a terribly stressful situation. I pray that you and he will find the strength, courage, and faith needed to see you through the comi...
  14. Options for PNP

    My wife is/was a PNP...she teaches in an ADN program...she did the NP thing for a year....but she was in a bad practice where the MD's hated each other and she was caught in a catch-22 situation. She loves teaching and has little desire to return to ...
  15. I am not going to be as forgiving as some of the other posters...I think that you should mention "Julie's" performance issues discretely to the CI. "Julie" needs to get with the program...be it that she is 18 or 38...