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So I work in the OR at a small surgery center. Although we aren't very big, we do 40+ surgeries a day and have a lot of foot traffic. During our surgeries, there is a camera attached to the microscope. The surgeries are then broadcasted live to other parts of the surgery center such as hallways, other OR's, and most importantly, our Pre-OP and PACU areas. Our Pre-Op and PACU have several patients in them at any given time and the patients in those areas are able to see the surgeries of other patients as they're happening. The surgeries being broadcasted do NOT have any patient information on the screen and you cannot see any identifiable features of the patient themselves, just the surgery that's being performed. Even though there is no visible patient information on the screen, I still feel as though this is a HIPAA violation. I've brought it up more than once to leadership, but I'm told that since there is no "identifiable information" on the screen that it's fine and I should just let it go. The reason I'm given for the live broadcast in PACU is so the staff knows when a procedure is about to end and they can prepare for that patient to be brought out. Is this a HIPAA violation or am I just overreacting? If it is a violation, what can I actually do about it since leadership doesn't seem to think it's an issue?
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I'd give it. They've probably had dirtier things in their mouth before.
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I work in the OR. One day anesthesia was putting a four-year-old child under, and he became combative and starting kicking and screaming. As I was holding him down, he stared deep into my soul and screamed "YOU ARE NOT INVITED TO MY BIRTHDAY PARTY!". Well that's wonderful, Timmy, because you're not invited to mine either.
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As long as your "friend" has a prescription for whatever they test positive for, it will be fine. I tested positive for methamphetamines when I had to take my drug test. I had a prescription so it was no big deal.
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I just graduated with an ADN in December and was hired at a Magnet facility, in an RN position, three months before I even graduated.
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Lol, I did that all the time during clinicals. I'd just bring the documents to school with me the next day and put it in the shred bin. No big deal.
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During exams at my school, we weren't even allowed to bring bags into the classroom.
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From what I understand, if lab values are abnormal on NCLEX, they will be either very high or very low. You won't have to be guessing as to if it's abnormal or not as long as you know the general ranges. For what it's worth, I just took the NCLEX less than a week ago, had 265 questions, and didn't have a single lab value question.
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I'm not sure exactly, but I started nursing school in January 2016 and our instructors told us to only expect generic names. They were right. I just took my NCLEX this past Friday, had 265 questions with many drug questions (no drug calc, though) and they were all generic names. I didn't have one drug question that had a brand name in it.
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On a side note, your school should also be teaching you the generic names of the drugs instead of the brand names. NCLEX changed a while back and you'll no longer see brand names. So instead of Lasix, you'll see Furosemide.
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My state doesn't use Breeze so I'm afraid I can't help you there.
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I took my NCLEX yesterday, February 2nd, 2018 and received ALL 265 questions. I actually felt like I was doing pretty well in the first 75 with lots of priority/delegation questions so I was a little shocked when the exam kept going. Then it got to 100, 150, 200, 250, and finally 265. I had about an hour left so it took me right around five hours. My last question was a priority OB question that I know I got correct. According to Kaplan, if you take all 265 questions and your last question is a passing level question, you pass regardless if you answer it correctly or not. I also tried the PVT a few times and got the "good" pop-up each time. I likely won't know my results until early next week, just wanted to share my experience with others in a similar situation.
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What did you use for resources while studying? I'm using strictly Kaplan and I get MAYBE 10% of the SATA questions correct. Did you think the NCLEX SATA were easier than your resources for studying? I'm taking the NCLEX February 2nd and, needless to say, SATA is my weakness at this point.
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