rph3664

rph3664

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  1. Eeeeevil nurse stories

    rph3664 replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    i once worked in a clinic where most of the nurses were single moms. not that there's anything wrong with that in itself, except that the majority of them had ex-husbands in prison (you rarely see...

  2. Opinion about autism

    rph3664 replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    I may have told you about them, but I know a family whose son has the "classic" autism where the child appears to be developing completely normally until age 2 1/2 and then completely and irreversibly...

  3. Opinion about autism

    rph3664 replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in grade school in the early 1970s, a boy who was a grade ahead of me who had very severe behavior problems was sent away to a state facility, and we were told he had "childhood...

  4. What is the dumbest most degrading, most unprofessional thing...

    rph3664 replied to Chico David's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've heard that Cigna and Aetna are two of the worst companies when it comes to paying. They reel in employers, and private pay people, with these great rates and low deductible, and then find ways...

  5. What is the dumbest most degrading, most unprofessional thing...

    rph3664 replied to Chico David's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Here's another demeaning thing that happened to me, although not in health care. When I was a teenager, I worked at Target and it was a pretty good job until we got this assistant manager who was...

  6. Would you feel comfortable with putting your loved ones in a nursing home?

    rph3664 replied to BradleyRN's topic in General Nursing

    :icon_hug: And on the other end of things, I know a woman who has a multiply-disabled child and she and her husband know that they will eventually have to place him in a care facility. I just can't...

  7. What is the dumbest most degrading, most unprofessional thing...

    rph3664 replied to Chico David's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    One other thing. How overstaffed is your facility that they can give two day suspensions for something like

  8. What is the dumbest most degrading, most unprofessional thing...

    rph3664 replied to Chico David's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This was about 25 years ago, but yes, that's where they were coming from, and I submitted a "red" level suggestion. The levels were based on how much money they would save by using my

  9. The good stuff about Nursing Homes....

    rph3664 replied to Indulgence's topic in General Nursing

    My grandmother got excellent care for the last few years of her life. She could no longer live on her own and this was the best thing for

  10. Just got BA...is being a CNA "below" me?

    rph3664 replied to kix86's topic in General Nursing

    An honest paycheck is never "beneath" anybody. I once worked at Pizza Hut with a woman who had a master's degree. She had young children at home and part-time work was not available in her field, so...

  11. What is the dumbest most degrading, most unprofessional thing...

    rph3664 replied to Chico David's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh, wow, sounds like some people have too much time on their hands. And I suppose your facility discourages formal caps? Mine does, although there are several nurses who wear them and oddly, most of...

  12. What is the dumbest most degrading, most unprofessional thing...

    rph3664 replied to Chico David's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This stuff sounds like it's straight out of

  13. Bizarre Admitting Diagnosises

    rph3664 replied to MedicalLPN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Yeah, ODD is probably the only psychiatric disorder that is definitely caused by bad parenting. Other conditions (especially ADD/ADHD) can be worsened by it, but they do not cause them. Either you...

  14. Would you feel comfortable with putting your loved ones in a nursing home?

    rph3664 replied to BradleyRN's topic in General Nursing

    And there's a HUGE difference between a situation where Mom or Dad simply can't live on their own any more, and someone who requires total physical

  15. I gave a lot of money to this place

    rph3664 replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    This may be an urban legend, but I heard about a man who pulled this at an airport, and the ticket agent got on the intercom and said, "There is a man in the building who does not know who he is. If...

  16. Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    rph3664 replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It's always possible too that the family is here legally, but they're just over the income limit for Medicaid and don't have insurance through their employers for whatever reason. Or they might be...

  17. Did anyone read the People story about Christina Aguilera?

    rph3664 replied to rph3664's topic in Ob/Gyn

    :icon_hug: And your doctor would have made the same decision had s/he known. The issue here is not c-sections. The issue is UNNECESSARY c-sections, especially an operation performed 3 weeks before...

  18. Need advice before changing career to nurse

    rph3664 replied to jonathanknbo's topic in Men in Nursing

    You might want to work as a CNA (nurse's aide) before you pursue this, so you know if it is really for you. The job requires training but some facilities will give it to you on the job. And it might...

  19. Hospital CEO arrested for scams involving the homeless

    rph3664 posted a topic in General Nursing

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080806/ap_on_re_us/health_care_fraud_5 This is almost as bad as the doctors who did unnecessary heart surgery just to make money for the hospital. If this had gone...

  20. Strange things found on (or in) a pt.

    rph3664 replied to squeakykitty's topic in Emergency

    Oh, I know exactly how it got there. I was being

  21. Just got called for a depostition for a pt from 5 yrs ago!

    rph3664 replied to PICNICRN's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital where I work had a heart surgeon who was killing patients too. Nobody asked too many questions as long as he kept bringing money into the hospital , but when word got out that there was...

  22. Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    rph3664 replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    In addition, I have known more than one person who went back to school so they could better support their children after their spouse died. They weren't all women,

  23. Would you feel comfortable with putting your loved ones in a nursing home?

    rph3664 replied to BradleyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Where do you live that "most" seniors end up in a nursing home? I understand that fewer than 5% of all elderly people end up as full-time residents in such a facility. Some people have to go there...

  24. Brother and Sister born on the same day

    rph3664 replied to L&DRN03's topic in Ob/Gyn

    He's probably never had a job, and never will, and knocks them over the head on the first of the month and steals their welfare

  25. Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    rph3664 replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Um, hello Stanley, those women are not 20 pounds overweight. They are morbidly obese. Big