TheScarecrow

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1. LPN License Rejected Due to Failure to Disclose Criminal Arrest

   TheScarecrow replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   Dismissed charges and any arrests WILL be revealed, but OP never said anything about expungement/expunction. He simply said his charges were dismissed, which has nothing to do with record expungement.

2. LPN License Rejected Due to Failure to Disclose Criminal Arrest

   TheScarecrow replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   I just came here to say, not a lawyer but I'm going to share this anyway: [Properly] expunged records should never show up on an FBI background check because expunged records technically no longer exist. And if a mistake is made during the expungemen...

3. Breakroom refrigerator theft

   TheScarecrow replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   Here's a solution. Place crushed niacin tablets into a tempting drink. The co-worker who appears beat red and thinks they are dying is a fridge thief. You can also try this with a large dose of vitamin c but you might not notice someone with diarrhea...

4. Peer Specialists

   TheScarecrow replied to MrChicagoRN's topic in Psychiatric

   One of their best functions is as a role model and a potential source of hope for current patients. It can be empowering to tell a patient that they can have functional lives like the peer specialists someday. I neglected to say that our peer special...

5. Peer Specialists

   TheScarecrow replied to MrChicagoRN's topic in Psychiatric

   I am a RN at Austin State Hospital. We have numerous peer specialists. I believe we call them Peer Support. I personally think they are mostly awesome but alot of nurses take issue with one thing: they are not encouraged to report important findings ...

6. Can a shy person be a good CNA?

   TheScarecrow replied to Angela89's topic in CNA/MA

   To the shy posters. Just some thoughts from a fellow shy person. I notice alot of negative statements (especially: I can't). That inner monolog is poisonous. Shyness and self-consciousness go hand in hand. Try to turn off that inner dialog and experi...

7. Nurse brutally beaten in a Brooklyn Hospital

   TheScarecrow replied to HGTVrn33's topic in Headlines

   True. The assumption of complete safety is an illusion, as is the assumption that arming oneself will keep them safe from violence