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    Confess! Whats the craziest force of habit you've done in the "Real World"

    lamazeteacher replied to vhern246's topic in Nursing Humor

    no phlebotomist has ever told me they wouldn't give me warm packs. if one did, i'd write a report on them! maybe the financial crunch affects the availability of the things...... so offer to bring...
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    Verbal, Written Warnings and Termination

    lamazeteacher replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    It seems that my reply was lost when I went to get a smilie for it....... Oh
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    What do health insurance corporations do?

    lamazeteacher replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The costs are high, because insurance companies pay overblown charges of physician, pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies, because of their need to please those entities to collect the high...
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    Nursing, the field of medicine or customer service?

    lamazeteacher replied to jalvino1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well, so much for my idyllic recall of Australia, the peaceful..... I was there on Christmas Eve, 1984 to Jan. 4, 1985 (when all the banks were closed the entire time! The nice doorman at the hotel...
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    Nursing, the field of medicine or customer service?

    lamazeteacher replied to jalvino1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It seems to me (as a nurse with almost 50 years of experience in nursing) that people don't submerge their feelings any longer.... possibly as a result of seeing a few too many TV programs with...
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    Anyone Up For Random FACT THROWING??

    lamazeteacher replied to CrazyScrubNurse's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Don't forget DEPRESSION. Encourage crying! Never ask, "why are you crying?" The answer is obvious - she's sad! I told my students about research on the chemical makeup of tears, wherein a chemical...
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    Should I Carry Nursing Malpractice (Liability) Insurance?

    lamazeteacher replied to sirI's topic in Nursing Career

    Medical professionals are compensated for appearing at depositions (preliminary trials for recording testimony that may conflict with that given in court, at attorney's offices), court appearances,...
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    Confess! Whats the craziest force of habit you've done in the "Real World"

    lamazeteacher replied to vhern246's topic in Nursing Humor

    I don't think that's crazy, but careful! My daughter had "malabsorption syndrome" in her first 5 years, and due to that she became much more ill when having any bug. Ear infections quickly advanced to...
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    Confess! Whats the craziest force of habit you've done in the "Real World"

    lamazeteacher replied to vhern246's topic in Nursing Humor

    I usually compliment people who have good veins, (which I notice, as well as those that are nonapparant) and say something about their having good hydration. If they're open to it, I tell them that...
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    I woke up during surgery, Have you?

    lamazeteacher replied to GatorRN's topic in General Nursing

    Quote from SqirrelRN71: ".........if people only knew what they said during colonoscopies..." Better that they're innocent of their own proclivity to saying antisocial things. I guess there's a...
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    I woke up during surgery, Have you?

    lamazeteacher replied to GatorRN's topic in General Nursing

    are they now calling "conscious" sedation, "light"? i agree with the possibility that the local anaesthetic hadn't taken effect, and/or it could have been long acting, which takes longer to work.......
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    What do health insurance corporations do?

    lamazeteacher replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Having worked for Wellpoint (the parent company of Blue Cross/Shield/Anthem, et al) as a "Disease Manager", I'd like to share that the "customer" as defined by them, is the employer (payer of...
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    What do health insurance corporations do?

    lamazeteacher replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The post above tells it like it is, but left out a little known law enacted many decades ago, that allows veterans' healthcare programs to negotiate the prices of drugs, and disallows civilian...
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    Contact Precautions: You should know them forwards and backwards

    lamazeteacher replied to david.cummiskey's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I know that the answer requested was a quick approval or other recommendation, but since new guidelines from the CDC in 2007 have somewhat changed things, it's important that you know about those, and...
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    Nurses, are you glad that Obamas Healthcare Bill Passed?

    lamazeteacher replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    If abuses occur where you are, or, like the coke laden shopping basket, rules don't conform to ideals held by authorities (like junkfood served in schools), report that as a concerned citizen. "If...
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    Do you identify yourself as a nurse when you or your family are a patient?

    lamazeteacher replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    RetRN77: The previous doctor in the case of the cortisone dependent patient was negligent! He/she cannot assume that referral to a facility where there is a doctor in charge of all patients there,...
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    Do you identify yourself as a nurse when you or your family are a patient?

    lamazeteacher replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    My heart goes out to you, RetRN77, for your tactful involvement in your child's care. When my daughter was young, she had "malabsorption syndrome" (for lack of a better term), and became gravely ill...
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    Nurses, are you glad that Obamas Healthcare Bill Passed?

    lamazeteacher replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Nialoh: It is a sad comment on the state of ethical (actually lack thereof) practice these days, that so many so-called professionals waste tax payers' money. It occurres to me that those who have the...
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    Nurses, are you glad that Obamas Healthcare Bill Passed?

    lamazeteacher replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    smanion, re your post #267: Each state sets its own guidelines regarding eligibility for its assistance programs. Those communities wherein the cost of living is high, have higher amounts set for...
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    Nurses, are you glad that Obamas Healthcare Bill Passed?

    lamazeteacher replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Canadians can get supplemental health insurance coverage for the time they're visting in the USA. My sister gets Blue Cross through a Canadian agent when she winters in Palm Springs. It pays for the...
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    Nurses, are you glad that Obamas Healthcare Bill Passed?

    lamazeteacher replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    it seems unusual for strangers to provide transportation, unless their expertise was needed for some reason. surely by the time patients were discharged, family members could transport them! when i...
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    Nurses, are you glad that Obamas Healthcare Bill Passed?

    lamazeteacher replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    The poster who needs medication that costs $26,000/dose to treat a bleeding disorder, needs to contact the Dept. of HHS regarding that outrageous price. I can't imagine that anyone in the general...
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    How do you wash your scrubs?

    lamazeteacher replied to gumby1411's topic in General Students

    Since the hospital has no agreement to wash your clothing, I recommend taking your dirty scrubs to a laundry that uses boiling hot water and irons them; and polyester fabric doesn't shrink. You can...
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    How do you wash your scrubs?

    lamazeteacher replied to gumby1411's topic in General Students

    How do you
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    Should I Carry Nursing Malpractice (Liability) Insurance?

    lamazeteacher replied to sirI's topic in Nursing Career

    Response to Elkpark's post # 123 I didn't agree when someone posted the excuse given (? by the malpractice insurance company), that the event wherein a doctor's medical ethics were reported as...