Silver_Rik ASN, RN

Silver_Rik has 4 years experience as a ASN, RN and specializes in Perioperative / RN Circulator.

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1. On call pay, called in rate, etc

   Silver_Rik replied to CHIRN08's topic in Operating Room

   Central Kentucky On call pay $7.50 / hour. Call back is at 1.5X base pay plus shift differential, 2 hour minimum It's nice to pick up the extra money but it's not enough that many people are jumping at it, and it seems if you pick up a...

2. How can I ensure a job with good preceptors? Quit Job Due To Hostile Preceptors

   Silver_Rik replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   It may help to confront the difficult preceptor directly. Of course be diplomatic and don’t do anything that can be seen as retaliatory against them for doing their job. During orientation in my current job I was dealing with a hostile preceptor...

3. To my OR nurses

   Silver_Rik replied to ktc18's topic in Operating Room

   You said you recently switched to OR. Where are your preceptors and what are they doing to support you? Even as an experienced nurse in another department, you should be getting at least a 6 month orientation as a new OR nurse (at least in major OR ...

4. Nurses Can Be Sued for Following Doctor’s Orders, NC Court Rules

   Silver_Rik replied to chare's topic in Headlines

   I’m not a lawyer, but I don’t think that’s an issue for a jury to decide. The judge or appellate court would make the determination of whether it applies to a non advanced practice nurse. I agree that this is a distinction that probably has to be fur...

5. University of Miami vs Bellarmine Univeristy ABSN

   Silver_Rik replied to RNsoon15's topic in Career Support

   Not a red flag at all, just boilerplate cover your azz language: Bellarmine University cannot confirm whether its courses or programs meet requirements for professional licensure in states other than Kentucky. Prior to enrolling in a Bellarmine prog...

6. It's not a legally binding contract? Bill Rates Dropping Fast!

   Silver_Rik replied to Travel_RN_0714's topic in Travel

   True

7. It's not a legally binding contract? Bill Rates Dropping Fast!

   Silver_Rik replied to Travel_RN_0714's topic in Travel

   Not a lawyer, but my brother and my dad went to law school and I know that the basic elements of a contract are offer, acceptance, and consideration and just because they say it’s not a legally binding contract doesn’t mean a court will agree with th...

8. The Supreme Court has overruled Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark decision establishing the right to abortion.

   Silver_Rik replied to Julie's topic in Headlines

   That’s not in the Bill of Rights, it’s from the declaration of Independence. Since abortion before 16-20 weeks wasn’t prosecuted in colonial America, the first state to pass an abortion law was Connecticut in 1803, and the men who wrote those docume...

9. Texas Abortion Law

   Silver_Rik replied to Charlcie's topic in Activism

   Again, just because TX passed a law that says you can sue for this doesn’t mean they can violate the privacy of patient medical records to find people to sue. or I should say they can violate privacy but it won’t protect them from federal l...

10. Texas Abortion Law

    Silver_Rik replied to Charlcie's topic in Activism

    Fair enough, they are a stretch but it doesn’t mean the law authorizes snooping in your medical records. Has anyone actually brought a lawsuit yet under this law, what was their relationship to the patient?

11. Texas Abortion Law

    Silver_Rik replied to Charlcie's topic in Activism

    Does the TX law create an exception to the hearsay rule? If it was a criminal prosecution I would agree with you that the prosecution could subpoena the medical records. HIPAA allows that. But this is a civil lawsuit and I’m not sure whether HIPAA r...

12. Texas Abortion Law

    Silver_Rik replied to Charlcie's topic in Activism

    That’s not a necessary condition. You can volunteer the information. Example: you tell the man who impregnated you. He gets mad because he didn’t want the pregnancy terminated and sues under the TX law. You tell your sister who you know is “pro life...

13. Texas Abortion Law

    Silver_Rik replied to Charlcie's topic in Activism

    If someone subject to HIPAA accesses your medical records without your permission to find out you had an abortion so they can sue under Texas law they don’t have immunity to liability under federal law. It’s not my job or that of the federal governm...

14. Texas Abortion Law

    Silver_Rik replied to Charlcie's topic in Activism

    Just because TX law says a private citizen can sue another for having / performing an abortion does not mean they can violate HIPAA and just snoop in your medical records to find out who had an abortion

15. Texas Abortion Law

    Silver_Rik replied to Charlcie's topic in Activism

    You made the assertion that the Dobbs decision eliminated medical privacy. It’s not my job to prove that SCOTUS didn’t overturn HIPAA. You’re asking me to prove a negative. But I’ll try to answer: Is there literally a single expert (medica...