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1. Questions on HIPAA and school

   peaceful nurse replied to peaceful nurse's topic in HIPAA

   This is what I found when researching HIPAA.

2. Questions on HIPAA and school

   peaceful nurse posted a topic in HIPAA

   I work for head start and send information to doctors about our children such as health care plan and physical needed through an internet fax company? Does the fax company have to be HIPAA approved? Is it breaking HIPAA for reasons I ...

3. Nursing refresher/ career

   peaceful nurse posted a topic in General Nursing

   I want to find an area of nursing I like. I think I have tried all of them. My biggest problem is I'm never confident and I doubt everything I do. I am looking for advice on two things a refresher course for nursing and any id...

4. Nursing passion or not

   peaceful nurse posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am searching for advice...I am an R.N. with a Master of Arts in Health and Wellness. I have been thinking about getting back into nursing, however I am not very confident and not good under pressure or stress. I know nursing is not about money. Ri...

5. Health care plan

   peaceful nurse posted a topic in School

   I work for head start and we have health care plans for everything under the blue moon even though we don't do medicine. My manager has said if there's no supporting documents from the doctor then there really should not be a health care plan and th...

6. Doctor notes

   peaceful nurse replied to peaceful nurse's topic in School

   Thank you all!!!

7. Doctor notes

   peaceful nurse replied to peaceful nurse's topic in School

   It's pretty much notes written with very clear instructions.. either keep the child inside for Temps below freezing and avoid a certain food for this length of time. There's no confusion.its just feeling like the doctor note should cover and he shou...

8. Doctor notes

   peaceful nurse posted a topic in School

   Here's my question... Do you often call a medical provider to get background details on a medical note they have written to the school or to ask for more information? I understand that there's USDA and rules but it's a MD note. Doesn't that count for...

9. Bed bug bites vs flea

   peaceful nurse replied to peaceful nurse's topic in School

   You don't know how comforting this is..it makes me feel less like a complete idiot. I pride myself on not diagnosing and making it very clear that I can't.. and yet they still bring me in.. to distinguish.. today it just really annoyed me and made me...

10. Bed bug bites vs flea

    peaceful nurse posted a topic in School

    Here's my frustration .kids get sent to school with bites...are are we supposed to be able to distinguish from bed bug bites and flea bites... those are the ones we get.mostly. we don't send them home, I just feel like I struggle with that.

11. I am curious

    peaceful nurse posted a topic in School

    I work in Early Head Start as a Health Advocate. I work with children 0-3 years of age. In reading through the policies regarding height and weight I am wondering... I know that it is a big issue.. but at what age do you really make a big deal about ...

12. school nurse certification vs licensure

    peaceful nurse posted a topic in School

    Ok.. I live in Ohio. I am wondering what the difference is between the school nurse licensure ( which I am not going to get) and the Nation School Nurse Certification? I am an RN with a BSN.

13. diabetic question and stuff

    peaceful nurse replied to peaceful nurse's topic in School

    I am sorry for all the questions but things are bugging me and I can't get it... this is my first T1D and for the most part I have worked in the hospital with T2D. Where novolog /insulin is given prior to eating like within minutes of the meal coming...

14. diabetic question and stuff

    peaceful nurse replied to peaceful nurse's topic in School

    Thank you so much for all your advice. this is sure is making me feel much better.

15. diabetic question and stuff

    peaceful nurse replied to peaceful nurse's topic in School

    That was my thought..I don't want to know what my diabetic is when I don't have to. I have a strict policy work stays at work. I like the idea that mom calls when she is low...Is there a way to look on the computer? Thanks you all for the help.