Mortpm1

Mortpm1

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  1. New LPN Grad moving to Washington

    Kaiser permanente. I came from California, and my endorsement took about 6-8 weeks, but I think the hold up was on the California side. Clark college has a lpn to rn bridge program. Ditto about getting the Oregon license as well.
  2. Starting LPN Program in Sept 2014 HELP

    If the salaries are the same now as when I graduated in 1992, I would not recommend LPN/LVN. I love nursing, but I can't pay the mortgage. With the pressure to use unlicensed nurse assistants in acute, and MA'S in clinics, the only living wage is in ...
  3. Apology from a doctor!

    One time, when I was working as a Telemetry Technician, the resident refused to write ICU transfer orders on a patient with a heart rate of 10 I told him that the patient was not stable enough for the med surg floor, and he met our facilities ICU a...
  4. Need a seasoned nurse's advice

    Look at it from their point of view. There are probably things they shared with you that they would never want "their boss" to know. There are things you may have shared with them, that may make it difficult for them to view you as an authority figur...
  5. Starting LPN Program in Sept 2014 HELP

    I have been a LPN since 1991. When I graduated I was offered a job as a LPN intern in a hospital and I made $17 per hour. This was not my only job offer. I had many to choose from. this was in los angeles so perhaps the cost of living had something t...
  6. I Miss Nursing

    Can you do telephone nursing? Lots of nurses work from home in the company I used to work for, manning their 24/7 nurse advice lines.
  7. What's the weirdest baby name?

    If you live in a small town, don't you think ridiculing your patients on a public web site is a bad idea? Especially in this context, of calling out unusual baby names of PATIENTS, who by the very nature of the unusual name would be easily identifiab...
  8. Clock watching for the 7 minute clock in window

    My facility had 2 policies, one for PAY, and one for calculating tardiness. You would get paid if you clocked in 7 min late, but, if you clocked in ONE SECOND late, it was counted as a late arrival. No distinction between the person who got there 1...
  9. how to deal with an evil boss...

    Kind of makes one want to go into management just for self defense...
  10. Is there a legal way to do this...

    Hmmm...what would haunt you more, seeing that he murdered another 4 year old the next day, or violating hipaa? I'm just sayin'
  11. Prospective employee's psych hx

    Wow, high school never ends, does it? If your facility has an emr, it will be easy enough to discover who was in the chart. Consult a lawyer. The write up is just the first step of a campaign that will likely end with your termination. If the NM i...
  12. My HIPAA dilemma

    Life is all gray. My hospital probably would have fired you for helping with the insulin, or not bowing out of the code when you realized it was a relative. It's so frustrating that our humanity and caring are to be sacrificed on the hipaa altar. Tru...
  13. Is making appts for friends/family/ a hipaa violation?

    Not a hipaa violation, but I was recently fired for taking a call from, and providing telephone advice to a friend. Many facilities, including mine have prohibitions against accessing records of family, friends, and co-workers. I had assumed (wrongly...
  14. define business need to know

    I worked as a telephone advice nurse until a few weeks ago, when I received a call from a young man that rents a room from me. I provided advice to him, as I would have for any other patient. I know him. He rents a room from me, but we aren't social...
  15. Prospective employee's psych hx

    If you are in a position to notify the applicant, you should. She has a legitimate right to be evaluated based on her skills, work history and references, just like anyone else. The NM is in violation of several laws, and she is a huge liability for ...