Idealista

Idealista

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  1. Normal Hospice Care/Rural Hospice "Service"

    Idealista replied to Idealista's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    @Kelly77marie Thanks so much for your response...! You are correct - this hospice is the only one in the area. So - their client "base" has no other options. People are utterly desperate and have...

  2. South Carolina LPNs Arrested For Not Changing Wound Dressings

    Idealista replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    It may be "strange" but it can save your cookies! I put my initials and the date of change, whether a wound or a Fentanyl patch, as a matter of routine. Why not do it, for heaven's sake? It seems that...

  3. Nybon Nursing School Under Investigation

    Idealista replied to Bshade's topic in School, College Programs

    However, just as a reminder. While you may be able to retake the NCLEX in Florida - NY may still not endorse you for a license in NYS. They evaluate all out-of-state programs for equivalency (I am...

  4. Normal Hospice Care/Rural Hospice "Service"

    Idealista replied to Idealista's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    A clarification is in order. I am working for this family as a caregiver - not an RN. (Waiting to sit for the NCLEX.?) I am not employed by this rural hospice. The colleague mentioned here is an LPN....

  5. Medical Aid in dying

    Idealista replied to Indigo9899's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Wow. I had no idea that CA had this option...! Thanks for sharing that! I just asked my daughter (in San Diego) if she'd ever heard of it - and she said

  6. Minnesota Nurse Staffing Bill, Mayo Clinic Exemption

    Idealista replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    I truly hope that no nurse would work for an organization that cares so little about their patients and nurses. My opinion of Mayo has cratered after they fought the nurse staffing requirements and...

  7. NY BON Application Status Wait Times

    Idealista replied to Chelseaannb's topic in New York Nursing

    Thank you SO much for this post. I applied for Licensure by Examination on March 29. I have resisted calling, trying to be (very uncharacteristically) patient - and reading what you said about a...

  8. Medical Aid in dying

    Idealista replied to Indigo9899's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I am caring for a triple negative Stage 4 breast cancer patient who had such a negative, physical reaction to chemo that she just said "I'm done." and refused any further treatment. She was just...

  9. Recruitment

    Idealista replied to JenBRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    May I ask what city, state you are located in?

  10. EMR Passwords

    Idealista replied to Advocatenursemama's topic in General Nursing

    Often small organizations feels that "we're not on anyone's radar" or "we're not important enough to hack". Oh, yes you are. Hacking organizations can "fingerprint" users with something as...

  11. EMR Passwords

    Idealista replied to Advocatenursemama's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, this is not accurate. User names may be standardized so that the organization has standard names: [email protected] for instance. These are, of course, easily guessable....

  12. Nybon Nursing School Under Investigation

    Idealista replied to Bshade's topic in School, College Programs

    Agree...! Also, while most states have only a handful of nurses to deal with: 22 in Georgia, a few in Texas and Florida - NY has 903 cases to investigate. This is by far the largest number of any...

  13. Aspen University under probation after State Board of Nursing investigation!!

    Idealista replied to Vee D's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I have experience with Aspen - and although this post is old - I think it is important to differentiate between the pre-licensure program in Arizona and the rest of Aspen. ALL of Aspen is not on...

  14. Nursing Schools for Texas Students

    Idealista replied to WORKING ON MY EDUCATIO's topic in Texas Nursing

    Can I ask what the problem with Aspen is? They are CCNE-accredited... ((http://www.ccneaccreditation.org). and accredited by DEAC which is a U.S. government accepted accreditation service. They...

  15. EMR Passwords

    Idealista replied to Advocatenursemama's topic in General Nursing

    It MUST be stored or the system wouldn't know if you were entering a correct password - or not. When you login, the program has to compare the encrypted password with what you entered. If they are the...

  16. EMR Passwords

    Idealista replied to Advocatenursemama's topic in General Nursing

    @klone If the IT department is so clueless and to not have these passwords stored in an encrypted fashion - I am guessing that the DON simply asked for a spreadsheet with the details. It could also be...

  17. Where do hospitals get their background check information from?

    Idealista replied to startover's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    I think OP is making the point that it really doesn't matter if a BON says you're OK to be a nurse - if every potential employer can access FBI records and see your entire record - without any...

  18. Should I try and become a Nurse in a Naturopathic Clinic or a Naturopathic Doctor?

    Idealista replied to NenaRK's topic in Holistic

    To be clear, I did NOT call naturopathy "quackery". I said "Naturopathy is considered "quackery" by many..". That is absolutely true. It is unfortunate, but true. I am a Clinical Herbalist - and...

  19. Nybon Nursing School Under Investigation

    Idealista replied to Bshade's topic in School, College Programs

    I am waiting for some action on my application from NY BON too. They simply take a very long time (it seems). I graduated from a CA school which is still operating with a great NCLEX pass rate. But,...

  20. Nybon Nursing School Under Investigation

    Idealista replied to Bshade's topic in School, College Programs

    I know that many seem angry at the NY Board of Nursing for just not accepting the Florida schools' education for sitting for the NCLEX for a NY nursing license - or for revoking the licenses they...

  21. NY BON Refresher/Practicing Safely...

    Idealista posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all - I am taking the NCLEX after a long absence from nursing that took me into a great career - but - I missed nursing. After my absence, practicing safely and being up-to-speed on...

  22. Should I try and become a Nurse in a Naturopathic Clinic or a Naturopathic Doctor?

    Idealista replied to NenaRK's topic in Holistic

    You will need to understand where you want to live/practice. For instance, New York does not recognize Naturopathic Doctors and will not license them. So - no NDs in New York State. So be careful with...

  23. EMR Passwords

    Idealista replied to Advocatenursemama's topic in General Nursing

    It's a malicious insider's dream though. All it takes is a disgruntled employee to be offered cash or "revenge" on their employer to hand over that sort of information to a hacker who would pay dearly...

  24. EMR Passwords

    Idealista replied to Advocatenursemama's topic in General Nursing

    Using a complex password will not protect you in this situation. A password has to be encrypted to be secure - both when it is traversing a network and when it is "at rest" in a database. It doesn't...

  25. EMR Passwords

    Idealista replied to Advocatenursemama's topic in General Nursing

    As a former Cybersecurity consultant, I can tell you this is completely unacceptable, and probably a violation of several privacy laws. Passwords should be encrypted and stored encrypted, and if...