Orca ADN, ASN, RN

Hospice, corrections, psychiatry, rehab, LTC

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    HIPAA and TV

    Orca replied to amoLucia's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    If someone has consented to have his medical treatment filmed for a television show and have details disclosed to a national television audience, he would be hard pressed to complain about a breach of...
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    Hippa breech question

    Orca replied to Khall7716's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    If you didn't disclose any details about his reasons for being there or any medical information, HIPAA doesn't come into play. If I see you sitting in the waiting room at my doctor's office and I...
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    DON position...great opportunity, or career suicide?

    Orca replied to cosmicmama's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    My experience has been that LTC DONs generally don't last very long in the position. It is a revolving door. You are basically responsible for everything on the nursing end - including covering for...
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    Specialty Poll for male nurses

    Orca replied to DatMurse's topic in Men in Nursing

    Mental health, eight years Long term care, three months (hated it, but it was a quick job when I relocated) Rehabilitation nursing, six months (most physically demanding thing that I have done in...
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    Advice from current nurses or students?

    Orca replied to Pianoplaya94's topic in General Nursing

    The reputation of nurses "not being smart" has not been true for decades. It is one of the most difficult courses of study that one can take on. Doctors only look down on me one time, then we have a...
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    Dragging hospital communications, kicking and screaming, into the 21st century

    Orca replied to Rpw3b's topic in General Nursing

    My employer is behind the times technology-wise (they replaced Windows XP with Windows 7 about 2-3 years ago), but I have access to my e-mail at
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    How easy is it to lose a license in correctional setting?

    Orca replied to reptilesavvy's topic in Correctional

    I don't want to know what an inmate is doing time for, because I don't want it to color the way that I see him or deal with him. I never try to find
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    Considering Correctional Nursing

    Orca replied to Jerry 75's topic in Correctional

    Can't really speak for ICE facilities. The only one in my state is operated by a private company under contract. I know some people who have worked there per diem, but that is about it. I work in a...
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    Enough is Enough...

    Orca replied to MrChicagoRN's topic in Nurse Management

    The odd thing is that I am in the position now that my successor was in before. The first thing that I noticed when I arrived was all of the things that were left undone - things that I had taken care...
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    EVP for 12hr shifts

    Orca replied to Feelgood RN's topic in Nurse Management

    I tried something similar to this. For a while it seemed to work. Then call-offs increased, and no one was available to pick up the shifts because everyone was working such long stretches. This isn't...
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    Enough is Enough...

    Orca replied to MrChicagoRN's topic in Nurse Management

    In early February I took a voluntary demotion from my position. I had a great job, but for the good of my agency I decided to take on a facility that had been a source of problems for years. Major...
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    Today's grossest lunch award goes to...

    Orca replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    My father used to do this.
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    Haloperidol Short Acting Administration Setting

    Orca replied to 2Bee's topic in Psychiatric

    Generally speaking, you would not give a short acting injection for treatment of a chronic condition (schizophrenia, etc.). That would be normally addressed with PO
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    why can't nurses get safe staffing laws passed

    Orca replied to lee1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    People who live in states in which Republicans hold sway - and that is most of us - can forget about anything being done that cuts into corporate profits. That isn't a statement on partisan politics,...
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    Please help, need to go back to work now! Have missed 1.5 months +

    Orca replied to Mustkeepjob32's topic in General Nursing

    There is definitely information missing here. I cannot imagine a travel agency keeping and continuing to pay the housing for a nurse who missed a month and a half of work, minus some catastrophic...
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    Injection Gone Wrong: Part 1

    Orca replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

    I once had a patient in the hospital who wound up having a leg amputated due to a botched injection. This is very uncommon, but it does happen. And no, I didn't give the injection. The leg was already...
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    Questioning a doctors order

    Orca replied to MrsJt's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I received a patient from ER after a reported suicide attempt driving his car into a utility pole (adult MH/chemical dependency unit). The patient came to the floor in a wheelchair. Since he was...
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    Please help, need to go back to work now! Have missed 1.5 months +

    Orca replied to Mustkeepjob32's topic in General Nursing

    Every day I'm scheduled I have full intention of going and then something happens. I don't know if it's anxiety, habit, or what but I call and take my self off the schedule for that night. I live...
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    When do you throw in the towel and call it a wrap?

    Orca replied to lilura's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This place clearly doesn't care about you beyond being a means to fill extra shifts. I would say goodbye. Do it in the right way, though, because if this is your first nursing job, you will need a...
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    ADON Interview thoughts

    Orca replied to BahaMamamaRN's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    amoLucia's comments seem dead on to me. The fact that both of the top positions in the facility are open at the same time indicates that working conditions are probably not great. It's a shame that...
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    Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    Orca replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    Back in the days when some people were still giving cardiac thumps prior to initiating CPR, as an orderly I was making my routine rounds through the hospital. I walked past a room where one of our...
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    Orders from hell...

    Orca replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    Infused with a mallet.
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    Today's grossest lunch award goes to...

    Orca replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    My m other frequently sent me to school with a sandwich made with Vienna
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    Blindsided by a colleague.

    Orca replied to tch1920's topic in School

    If that is the case, she doesn't seem to have made any effort to communicate that to the people who she popped off to earlier. Not that it can be undone, but I would have sent an apologetic e-mail to...
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    Teachers who frequently check their temperatures

    Orca replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Mermaids don't poop? Who knew?