Orca ADN, ASN, RN

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    How does prison nursing compare to med-surg & other hospital environments?

    Orca replied to frenchxtoast's topic in Correctional

    A former boss told me about a nurse who came out for an interview. As soon as the yard gate closed, she said "I can't do this", and she left. This was one of the smallest facilities in the system, and...
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    How does prison nursing compare to med-surg & other hospital environments?

    Orca replied to frenchxtoast's topic in Correctional

    If you want hands-on medical stuff and a lot of it, maybe the California Medical Facility at
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    Preparing for Nuclear War: CDC's Public Health Response to a Nuclear Detonation

    Orca replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Like you, I am a child of the Cuban missile crisis. I also lived in Florida, and my father was in the military. Not until years later did I find out how serious the situation was, and how close we...
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    How does prison nursing compare to med-surg & other hospital environments?

    Orca replied to frenchxtoast's topic in Correctional

    Usually the major medical units are standalone or separate within a major institution. Ours is the latter, inside the fences of one of our major medium security facilities. If we knew where you were...
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    Is a government job worth it?

    Orca replied to imanfnp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The same thing happened at Tinker AFB (Midwest City, OK). I worked at the area hospital for four years, and we were the official care provider for military personnel and dependents after the base...
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    Sick Call costs

    Orca replied to DawnJ's topic in Correctional

    We have an appeals procedure for inmates to request reversal of medical charges. In order for a charge to be reversed, the request must be legitimate. Normally, the inmate has to prove either that the...
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    How does prison nursing compare to med-surg & other hospital environments?

    Orca replied to frenchxtoast's topic in Correctional

    It depends upon where you work. Some prison systems have dedicated medical units that resemble hospitals. In other facilities, you will mainly be doing sick call, which consists of evaluating signs...
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    Repealing ACA

    Orca replied to OnceMorewithFeeling's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    My grandfather lived in Canada, and he lived to be 100. I never had to worry about him having to choose between medicine and food, forgoing medical treatment because he couldn't afford it, or being...
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    Why are they called, "Chucks?"

    Orca replied to NPbyDay's topic in General Nursing

    Like Xerox, to describe any
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    Why did you choose psychiatric NURSING, rather than psychology/counseling?

    Orca replied to LilaDavis's topic in Psychiatric

    When I completed my BA in psychology, my original plan was to go on to graduate school and get my Ph. D. The odds of getting in were worse than medical school. People with perfect GPAs (which I didn't...
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    Funniest/strangest dementia patient stories

    Orca replied to Angie O'Plasty's topic in Nursing Humor

    A male patient told me that he flew a helicopter in the Army during the Vietnam War. He was about the right age, but he didn't seem to have quite enough upstairs for the Army to hand him an expensive...
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    Grandma got run over

    Orca replied to mtjoanna's topic in Nursing Humor

    This brings back memories. My grandmother in Canada used to make them every year for Christmas and mail them to us in Florida. They weighed about as much as a tank, and they had about the same...
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    Im Pagan and a Hospice Nurse....

    Orca replied to SaylahStarr's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I am Baha'i, something that few people understand. I was raised in the Methodist Church, but after a while I had issues with their beliefs, and the fact that church leadership seemed more concerned...
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    Losing my religion

    Orca replied to jadelpn's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I was unaware that there are apparently degrees of unwanted information, and it is apparently the nurse's decision as to whether something is
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    HIPAA Violation?

    Orca replied to peppers2's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Nurses have no right to health care information on patients they aren't caring
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    Is this Facebook status Hipaa compliant?

    Orca replied to musicmouse44's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    It never ceases to amaze me how many people treat Facebook conversations with friends as if they are the only ones who can read them. I have found out far more than I ever wanted to know about several...
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    Onboarding New Staff

    Orca replied to Road2CNO's topic in Nurse Management

    One of the main things that differs from place to place, that even an experienced new hire would need to know, is forms and paperwork. Explain how the forms are properly completed and what method of...
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    Insubordination

    Orca replied to Trickyp713's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Many nursing homes try to do things on the cheap. When I relocated, my first job was in long term care. The facility paid $2-3 per hour below the area average, and they wondered why they were short...
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    Mandatory flu shots????

    Orca replied to 45whenimdone's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Given a choice between having the flu or not having it, I will choose taking a pass every time. The times that I have had it (prior to vaccines being readily available to me), I would be down for 5-7...
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    Funniest/strangest dementia patient stories

    Orca replied to Angie O'Plasty's topic in Nursing Humor

    Many years ago, state hospital in a Midwestern state. I am monitoring patients who are watching a football game between USC and Alabama. Patient: USC is going to win. Me: Why do you say that? Patient:...
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    Net Neutrality

    Orca replied to Natasha A.'s topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The entire Trump Administration has been about maximizing profit for large corporations. This is nothing more than a cash grab by the telecom companies. It allows them to monetize basically...
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    Falsified a Blood Sugar

    Orca replied to Heartbrokennurse11's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    It depends upon the board in your state. You have falsified a medical record, which is a legal document recording information that could influence a patient's treatment. My guess is that you will be...
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    Unit Memorialization of deceased co-workers

    Orca replied to traumajunkie12's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    My unit has a plaque at the entrance memorializing the first DON here, who was killed in an auto accident by a drunk driver. The narrative on the plaque says that the unit is dedicated to her...
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    Advice please :)

    Orca replied to NurseTaylor23's topic in Nurse Management

    If your coworkers don't apply for the position, then they have no right to gripe, IMO. No new manager comes in knowing everything, and staff shouldn't expect you to. Knowing where to find answers...
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    Newly Fired

    Orca replied to Nursey1982's topic in Nurses Recovery

    As far as your employment goes, a lot will depend upon what action the BON takes in regard to your license. If it is suspended or revoked, you won't be able to practice at all (in the case of...