lamazeteacher

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    Nurses, are you glad that Obamas Healthcare Bill Passed?

    lamazeteacher replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    The genius of this administration in financial affairs has already been shown. Did you know that the $25,000,000 given Citibank to bail them out, has increased because of the stocks they gave back,...
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    Nurses, are you glad that Obamas Healthcare Bill Passed?

    lamazeteacher replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    canada has allowed duplicate pharmaceutical factories to be built there, so their negotiations would have clout. i don't think your suggestion can be based on canada's superior bargaining...
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    Nurses, are you glad that Obamas Healthcare Bill Passed?

    lamazeteacher replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    to have the desperately needed changes that now can be enforced, in our and our children's lifetimes, something had to be done. democrats have never used the method before that was employed, but...
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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

    Since you've just come to "AllNurses" and haven't filled out the "about me" section of your profile, it's hard to respond to your question. I take it that you are a MA with 20 years experience as a...
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    Ducks, Chickens, Bits of DNA, and Warning Signals of Flu Infection

    lamazeteacher replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The finding by the National Academy of Science, of anti A in wild ducks, and not in chickens is extremely important economically and epidemiologically. What a find! Indigo girl thank you so much for...
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    Nurse Educator Role - A Fifth Advanced Practice Nursing Specialty?

    lamazeteacher replied to VickyRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I voted "undecided", when I expected that there would be inclusion of nurses who educate community members, so that they attain knowledge to be better informed consumers of health care, as well as...
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    Safety

    lamazeteacher replied to tolerantgirl's topic in General Nursing

    There are many challenges to be met in nursing, and being urged to do our very best in the least possible time, is part of the scene. That said, however, you cannot transfer a patient, which involves...
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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

    that also sets up a "we" vs "them" relationship, which is adversarial and not in any patient's best interest. i recall many decades ago, that nurses were afraid that if they revealed their status...
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    Should I make the decision to switch career?

    lamazeteacher replied to arkmann's topic in California Nursing

    Frankly, arkmann, I think you need to come down from the academic tower, and into the nitty gritty world. Either you have zeal for caring about people; and being part of others' experience in...
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    Effectively Managing Your Case Load

    lamazeteacher replied to Jasminecol17's topic in Home Health

    HH nurses live in their cars, eating there when necessary, maintaining supplies and forms there, as well as charts. I found a car business organizer product at Target, that I got at least 10 years...
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    Effectively Managing Your Case Load

    lamazeteacher replied to Jasminecol17's topic in Home Health

    The way I organized my assignments, was mostly geographical, as they came from agencies all over Los Angeles and Orange Counties. The traffic is much worse there, now so I wouldn't be able to work in...
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    Nursing, the field of medicine or customer service?

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

    Most ICUs in most states have locked doors at all possible entrances, to prevent access by visitors without the nurses' knowledge. To get in, you have to speak to a nurse or the clerk. Your license...
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    On-Set Movie Nursing Jobs

    lamazeteacher replied to Hobie4's topic in General Nursing

    My take on this, is that nurses and paramedics can predict whether actors are going to be able to continue to work on a day that they appear ill and say that they can't work. Probably nurse...
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    Effectively Managing Your Case Load

    lamazeteacher replied to Jasminecol17's topic in Home Health

    kalex, your post is amazing! it shows how dedicated you and your agency are, to high standards of care. i'm sure patients appreciate that, and if they've had other agencies before yours, they would...
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    noncomplian patient...what to do?

    lamazeteacher replied to chenoaspirit's topic in Home Health

    Addressing the issues herein that I've enboldened: every patient is a legal risk to our licenses and agencies for which we work. Running away scared is not pertinent or wise in this situation, in my...
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    noncomplian patient...what to do?

    lamazeteacher replied to chenoaspirit's topic in Home Health

    OK, Y'all. You've stated what hasn't happened, what the patient needs to do, but obviously hasn't accomplished for no apparent reason....... I saw what you did and what the patient didn't do - what...
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    Effectively Managing Your Case Load

    lamazeteacher replied to Jasminecol17's topic in Home Health

    A website that emails articles of note about healthcare, sent me one today, that boggled my mind. It was about a 68 year old female medical patient who was discharged from hospital with several new...
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    Effectively Managing Your Case Load

    lamazeteacher replied to Jasminecol17's topic in Home Health

    Remember that Medicare patients on your case load, must be homebound, to receive HH care, so include that they can't leave home, and why, in the OASIS (which is only for
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    Is this s agood offer? New to Home health...

    lamazeteacher replied to Fancifulmist's topic in Home Health

    I have worked for 6-8 HH agencies in the past 20 years, and having more than one agency at a time ensured that I'd have work whenever I wanted it. The beauty of working in HH by the visit, is that you...
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    Performance Based Development System (PBDS)

    lamazeteacher replied to VickyRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    After 50 years in nursing, I want to share with y'all, that things come and go in the medical worl, except for the needy constantly excreting patients..... This month's competency tests are tomorrows...
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    Who is Responsible for Discussing End-of-Life Treatment Options?

    lamazeteacher replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    It was nice to see that the doctor has joined us in our concern for dying patients and their families. The team approach has proven to be best for all involved in the end of life processes. No two...
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    Stupid Nurse Trick... Don't try this at home... or work!

    lamazeteacher replied to TXRN02's topic in Nursing Humor

    So what was your BS - or did you waste the test? Seriously, did the patient have any exposed already recently pierced skin where you were about to stick him/her? If so, there was the potential for...
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    Where do most of the uninsured live?

    lamazeteacher replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I think that most of us "live" in our heads, to get back to the topic - so it really doesn't occur to me to place a geographic location for the explosion of uninsured potential patients. Of course,...
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    Where do most of the uninsured live?

    lamazeteacher replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    i think that the political ideology depends on peoples' concern about issues, and reading things about them that aren't necessarily in agreement with their point of view. i'm no longer surprised, but...
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    Where do most of the uninsured live?

    lamazeteacher replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Well, "whodat1986", you have a typical American educated person's understanding of our health care, but as you see in HM Viking's response, "That ain't necessarily so". You may want to see Michael...