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1. A Marriage Between Epidemiology and Nursing?

   yotakagirl replied to yotakagirl's topic in NP Students

   Thanks! You helped a lot. Nice to hear a variety of first hand accounts.

2. A Marriage Between Epidemiology and Nursing?

   yotakagirl replied to yotakagirl's topic in NP Students

   Yeah... I bet it is very frustrating not being able to know the ending to many patient "stories". Especially when the patient is on a trial medication.

3. A Marriage Between Epidemiology and Nursing?

   yotakagirl replied to yotakagirl's topic in NP Students

   Thank you! You actually clarified for me exactly what I was wondering. :)

4. A Marriage Between Epidemiology and Nursing?

   yotakagirl replied to yotakagirl's topic in NP Students

   I guess I want to know when you say "participate" in research what type of duties does a nurse have as part of the research team? When you say legally bound by scope of practice... how far does that scope of practice extend for a specialty? Perhaps ...

5. A Marriage Between Epidemiology and Nursing?

   yotakagirl replied to yotakagirl's topic in NP Students

   Do you happen to know what the scope of nursing practice in a research environment would be? My dad is a GNP so he was at least able to assure me there is a growing role for nurses in a research capacity but was unable to tell me exactly what a nurse...

6. A Marriage Between Epidemiology and Nursing?

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   I'm very close to completing my prerequisites for entering a BSN program and more than ever I am excited to continue my path down the healthcare career path. However, I find myself falling in love with epidemiology and clinical research. Truly, how m...

7. HIPPA Violation? Chemo Infusion Room

   yotakagirl replied to yotakagirl's topic in HIPAA

   Wow. I do think it's been 10 years or a little more since she worked... Makes a lot of sense.

8. HIPPA Violation? Chemo Infusion Room

   yotakagirl replied to yotakagirl's topic in HIPAA

   I think you must have been lucky so far... Also, I'm not sure how long you've been a nurse or what part of the country but perhaps it has to do with the time period and where she worked... Anyway, my mom didn't like being a nurse but she had very hig...

9. HIPPA Violation? Chemo Infusion Room

   yotakagirl replied to yotakagirl's topic in HIPAA

   To clarify a few points... My mother was not saying HIPAA is a joke as far as the need for its existence... she was saying its a joke insofar as its effectiveness and the attention most nurses give to it. She was a DON for many years and then a scrub...

10. HIPPA Violation? Chemo Infusion Room

    yotakagirl posted a topic in HIPAA

    When I take my mother to her chemo treatments at an outpatient infusion room the patients sit very close together and their doctors always come to see them as they get their treatments. The man next to me saw his doctor and I could hear every little ...