aprilmoss

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    What's up with this RN?

    aprilmoss replied to Guest219794's topic in General Nursing

    "This writer was notified that..." is pretty horrendous English and omits essential detail. Dr. Acula notified me that .... would read clearer and concisely. I can see writing in the third person...
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    Aides

    aprilmoss replied to RatherBHiking's topic in School

    We have assistants and attendants. The attendants are assigned to the special ed class when there are toileting issues with students there. I rarely see a student who is covered by an attendant...
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    Stupid hurts.

    aprilmoss replied to emtb2rn's topic in General Nursing

    My favorite was a line from the attending on one of these events. I was working in the ER when we had a man presented with a light bulb in his rectum. Now you work long enough in an ER you'll see...
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    Looking up patients on Facebook

    aprilmoss replied to falconersys's topic in General Nursing

    Patient names are PHI. All your actions on facebook are
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    Looking up patients on Facebook

    aprilmoss replied to falconersys's topic in General Nursing

    To entities outside the clinical environment. You have no clue what facebook is doing with the information you type into it and certainly your employer has not had the opportunity to do the...
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    Looking up patients on Facebook

    aprilmoss replied to falconersys's topic in General Nursing

    I'll have to disagree here. Once you expose a patients name on a computer outside the clinical environment you've likely violated your facility's HIPAA policies. The name of a patient is very...
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    Is this even Legal?

    aprilmoss replied to Roda dendron's topic in General Nursing

    Calling out sick won't "protect your job." If you're unionized, it probably blocks you from forcing the issue as
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    How many diabetics do you have?

    aprilmoss replied to CanIcallmymom's topic in School

    My son is/was T1. It seems like things go in cycles. I'll go a couple of years with no diabetics and then three will show up. Same with many other health
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    Countdown to Spring Break.....

    aprilmoss replied to AdobeRN's topic in School

    We only get yesterday and Monday off, so I'm just sitting home doing laundry. Isn't that festive? Decaffeinating students,
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    question about time off/vacation

    aprilmoss replied to Nurse2Kids's topic in School

    The policy for what counts towards your contract days is something that's going to be determined by your district. You should have a frank discussion with them. In addition, you should discuss...
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    First visit after spring break

    aprilmoss replied to ruby_jane's topic in School

    We've got weeks to go before Spring Break. I'll likely see a build up of visits prior to rather than right
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    What's the funniest nursing superstition you've ever heard? Do you believe it?

    aprilmoss replied to guest1048932's topic in Nursing Humor

    Not just catheters. I've grabbed two of many things on the fear that if I didn't I'd screw up the first one. The extras can always go back in stock, though I admit to getting home and finding...
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    Tell me about your sub coverage

    aprilmoss replied to NurseMrn's topic in School

    We have one supervisor RN who is the first pick to sub in at a school (she can supervise over phone / email from just about anywhere). After that, madame supervisor needs to get creative. We do...
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    What the hot fudge is going on here?!?!?

    aprilmoss replied to SaltineQueen's topic in School

    Yeah, I've heard of "chicken pox parties" to intentionally expose kids to other sick kids. They've obviously not found out that chicken pox is not a one-time thing. It can recur both in the form...
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    Medical tent for school carnival

    aprilmoss replied to alligatoRN's topic in School

    Take my normal first aid go bag and may be cooler with some bottled water. Anything more serious than that, we can go back to the
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    Interview with athletic director

    aprilmoss replied to halohg's topic in School

    Iiiiinteresting. Well - a non-nurse cannot tell a nurse how to practice. At least we assume this person is CPR and first-aid trained, so that's a plus! Nobody said anybody was telling any nurse how to...
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    Interview with athletic director

    aprilmoss replied to halohg's topic in School

    Treat it the same as any interview before a non-clinical employee. Do not assume the AD is some inferior manager. In many schools, he's #2 only to the
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    Failed Capstone clincial....

    aprilmoss replied to sophia_29k's topic in General Students

    I had a hell of a time doing venipunctures at first. I'd have hated to fail the clinical because of that. My instructor had me do some interesting practice sticks before I went back on real...
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    Anti-vax parents sue to keep kids in school

    aprilmoss replied to BunnyBunnyBSNRN's topic in School

    DENIED!
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    Unvaccinated Boy in Oregon gets Tetanus

    aprilmoss replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    The parents thank God that he doesn't have
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    Medical documentation system not HIPPA compliant

    aprilmoss replied to RNTadaaaa's topic in School

    The poster was in an "independent private school" per their admission. They're likely not subject to FERPA
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    Must Have Supplies

    aprilmoss replied to Keeperofbandages's topic in School

    In addition to what I would honestly call medical supplies (bandaids, etc), I go through a lot of regular paper towels (like Bounty, not the brown stuff the school provides), kleenex, eyeglass repair...
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    Medical documentation system not HIPPA compliant

    aprilmoss replied to RNTadaaaa's topic in School

    FERPA only applies to schools that receive public funding (public and charter schools). Completely private ones are not subject to the law. HIPAA only applies to entities that use electronic...
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    please reassure me...

    aprilmoss replied to jess11RN's topic in School

    It's times like this I wish I still had kept a rectal thermometer (or the red probe form my old W-A electronic)
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    Phone Calls

    aprilmoss replied to Purple036's topic in School

    Reaching people on phone these days is harder and harder. Unless it is something really serious that needs a confirmation I'll either leave a message or if I have an email listed, email