mom4josh

mom4josh has 11 years experience and specializes in onc, M/S, hospice, nursing informatics.

Latest Activity

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   How to maintain my EPIC certification?

   mom4josh replied to RN_Wannabee's topic in Nursing Informatics

   You can find that information on Epic's website. I think it's also in their training
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   HIPAA violation or just a bad decision?

   mom4josh replied to concerned2012's topic in HIPAA Challenges

   "If I only had a
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   Does a CNA have to wipe butts?

   mom4josh replied to sssssaidthesnake's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

   I'm hoping you don't have children. Oh, and you have to wipe not only the butts with poop, but the poop you have to wipe off of YOURSELF when the patient throws it at you or explodes on your
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   Socializing after work in your scrubs

   mom4josh replied to klone's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   This has been a huge deal for our facility lately. It has come down the pike numerous times something to the effect of "Thou shalt not weareth thy scrubs outsideth the worketh facility-eth." I'd bet...
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   EPIC Application Coordinator

   mom4josh posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

   Yay! I got a position with my hospital as an Application Coordinator! I will be learning EPIC (which means going to Wisconsin in the dead of winter) and will begin an 18 month journey to get our...
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   What phrases do you use?

   mom4josh replied to JBudd's topic in Emergency

   I just got off the phone and made up a new one! SAD: Stupid A$$ Doctors! Grrr... Tell me again why THEY get paid the big
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   Copied documentation?

   mom4josh replied to mom4josh's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks everyone for your responses. I guess I was having a bad day...
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   Copied documentation?

   mom4josh posted a topic in General Nursing

   Grrr... so frustrated! I work with a social worker, and part of our job is to do initial consultations with potential hospice patients. I was checking some charting yesterday on a patient when we did...
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   Don't you hate secrets?

   mom4josh replied to Vtachy1's topic in Hospice, Palliative

   I am a very strong advocate for telling the entire family the truth. My own mother died when I was 22, and I had no idea it was serious enough to take her life. Nobody else seemed surprised,...
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    It shouldn't have happened this way....

    mom4josh replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in Hospice, Palliative

    We have had similar situations in our hospital. These patients sometimes seem "forgotten" by nursing staff. "Oh, they're hospice," has been overheard more than a few times, like they somehow don't...
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    A co-worker peeve- VENT!

    mom4josh replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I can relate. Deep breath... Hope you don't have to work tonight. Sounds like you could use a night or two off. Hang in there. Just think of it as ignorance. But, you definitely need to let...
12. 

    Pinning up long hair

    mom4josh replied to annetter's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Our policy simply states, "Hair must be worn in a way that prevents contamination and does not present a safety hazard." Seems rather non-specific to me. But I've noticed that this organization is...
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    Hospital policy?

    mom4josh replied to mom4josh's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I understand that they must be given a choice. My concerns are when the case managers recommend another hospice or when another hospice solicits within the hospital. Sorry if I didn't make that...
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    Clinical Nurse Specialist

    mom4josh replied to pmshiftrn's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    Hi! I have been an RN for almost 10 years, having received my ADN (three years) at Northwestern State University of Louisiana in 2001. I worked med/surg, then oncology for nine years, and have been...
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    Hospital policy?

    mom4josh posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    In your hospital, do they allow another hospice to come to visit patients to solicit hospice? We have hospice services at our facility, and we we do in-patient, home, and nursing home hospice....