AmaurosisFugax

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1. Hippa email concern - Is it a violation?

   AmaurosisFugax replied to laney_'s topic in General Nursing

   I'm still not sure why you couldn't ask your sister to congratulate her...& I wonder, why is your friend soooo nosy & so obsessed with your life? And finally, I agree with the poster who said third persons shouldn't be asked for (or give out...

2. Going to Nursing School at an Older Age

   AmaurosisFugax replied to AmaurosisFugax's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Hello, I'm the OP & I would like to thank everybody who responded. It is certainly encouraging to know there are many who have gone to nursin schools at around my age, & have gotten jobs & been appreciated. I feel some younger nurses have...

3. why betadine on skin for those with iodine/shellfish allergy?

   AmaurosisFugax replied to carebearsRN's topic in General Nursing

   Actually iodine can elicit an antibody reaction by binding to proteins & thereby acting as hapten & these will be iodine-specific antibodies. Antibodies to many small molecules (like drugs) are used in ELISA & radioimmunoassays. However y...

4. Going to Nursing School at an Older Age

   AmaurosisFugax replied to AmaurosisFugax's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Thanx for all the responses, it is certainly refreshing to know nursing schools aren't biased against older applicants & there is room for mature and younger nurses alike. Just one note: my coworker isn't a bad person, although her comment was th...

5. Going to Nursing School at an Older Age

   AmaurosisFugax posted a topic in Pre-Nursing

   I have been planning to go to nursing school (direct entry MSN) & have been progressing in that direction. The other day I was having a conversation with a coworker (a non-practicing nurse!) and she said, now at your age (I am in my 40s) you have...

6. Recession creates apathy.

   AmaurosisFugax replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

   Really what happened to America that in the wealthiest country in the world we have so many people working under the threat of losing their jobs & knowingly doing far less than satisfactory care, & this is widespread now. I know, we are lucky...

7. really high dose of meds . .

   AmaurosisFugax replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

   If not supported by expert opinion or extensive publications, a statement like "we give it all the time" may not protect one from negligence if something goes wrong. It is true sometimes the maximum dose recommended by Package Insert is the max dose ...

8. Does anyone have a good site/advice for breastfeeding?

   AmaurosisFugax replied to friendlysmile's topic in General Nursing

   There's an app for that (sorry couldn't help...):)

9. This unhealthy dependency relationship some pts have w/ the Doctors needs to stop!

   AmaurosisFugax replied to cameroondiva's topic in General Nursing

   I absolutely agree. A pt may not know how a disease progresses, or whether or not a symptom needs to be followed up. So they did the right thing, the doctor advised them to schedule another appointment, they did so & kept the appointment. In fact...

10. Help please ;/ I'm a nursing student-need help remembering a med name

    AmaurosisFugax replied to almost_there2010's topic in Emergency

    Arformoterol?

11. Belly Dancers: appropriate entertainment for LTC residents?

    AmaurosisFugax replied to Born2BWild's topic in General Nursing

    The very fact that when I'm 80 years old people will assume all my interests will be pie days, bingo & scrapbooking makes me so sad:crying2:. I have a feeling I'll die of boredom before something with my heart, brain or blood.

12. Antiemetics... Can someone give me the lowdown?

    AmaurosisFugax replied to WonderRN's topic in Emergency

    Ondansetron (Zofran) is no longer ridiculously expensive now that generics are out, & it apparently works much better than phenothiazines or other dopamine inhibitors with less side effects. However, the EPS, NMS, & other really bad AEs assoc...

13. Nursing home firing oldest nurses.

    AmaurosisFugax replied to user12345's topic in General Nursing

    While unquestionably there is corruption, coercion & self-servingness in the unions, in general the workplace is heavily stacked in favor of management with at-will employment, large numbers of visas allowed for foreign workers (most countries do...

14. Interview questions : Inappropriate or illegal ?

    AmaurosisFugax replied to WarmBlanket's topic in General Nursing

    Acutally the EEOC rules deal with actual discrimination, merely asking the question may not be illegal according to some authoritative sources (eg, http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/career-articles-common_interview_surprise_inappropriate_questions-1018) "Mere...

15. Interview questions : Inappropriate or illegal ?

    AmaurosisFugax replied to WarmBlanket's topic in General Nursing

    Technically it is not illegal to ask any question (freedom of speech); it is illegal to discriminate based on them. And the interviewee has the right to refuse to answer any question. However since asking them immediately raises a red flag, most iner...