rph3664

rph3664

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  1. Manufactured jobs

    rph3664 replied to Runman1914's topic in General Nursing

    Not only does every hospital have employees like this, every COMPANY has them, and because they're related to someone "important", there's not much you can do about

  2. Patients on Medicaid

    rph3664 replied to DiEd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Two words regarding the aide: CREDIT CARDS. JMHO. Some auto dealers give new car loans to anyone who breathes on a mirror, and often live to regret it. Betcha that truck gets repossessed very soon....

  3. When will hospitals "go green"?

    rph3664 replied to itsmycalling's topic in General Nursing

    "Going green" means different things to different people, and in healthcare, many things are disposable for a reason. I drive some of my co-workers crazy by isolating short-dated items, but hey! We...

  4. Do scrub people at your O.R. use an emesis basin to pass sharps?

    rph3664 replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    A bit OT: My late grandmother had one of those in her bathroom - full of bobby pins and hair curlers. Got a "weird" smiley? I don't think she had any idea what hospitals really use those

  5. Hospital Workers Suspended for Peeking at George Clooney's Medical Info

    rph3664 replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    I could see where they would be stricter with nurses, since you only care for a small number of patients. We pharmacists are involved with the care of every patient in the hospital, so that's probably...

  6. Hospital Workers Suspended for Peeking at George Clooney's Medical Info

    rph3664 replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    I have cringed at the details some people have posted about patients, more than once. This is most common in the OB/GYN thread. My dad often asks me if we have any interesting patients in the...

  7. Hospital Workers Suspended for Peeking at George Clooney's Medical Info

    rph3664 replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    It's discouraged because I have heard of people looking up their own HIV test or cancer biopsy result, and knowing the answer before the doctor told them and not being in a situation where they could...

  8. Tips for Nurses: Dealing With Annoying Coworkers

    rph3664 replied to Bugaloo's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This article is relevant to people who work anywhere, not just for nurses or other healthcare workers. I have worked in many job environments, and in this regard, they are all the

  9. Patients on Medicaid

    rph3664 replied to DiEd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I was at Dollar General today, and posted over the cash register was the penalties for various levels of food stamp fraud. The top level, which involved stealing and selling them, resulted in lifelong...

  10. How do you convice elderly people of certain things?

    rph3664 replied to justme1972's topic in General Nursing

    You get WD-40. No, seriously, I have heard of people spraying that on arthritic joints, and they swear it

  11. How do you deal with Non-Urgent Patients

    rph3664 replied to mom2michael's topic in Emergency

    When I lived in Iowa, prescription copays for pregnant women, and people under 21, was zero. For everyone else, it was $1.00 and this greatly reduced the number of "lost" prescriptions, based on what...

  12. How do you convice elderly people of certain things?

    rph3664 replied to justme1972's topic in General Nursing

    That's correct! It's not necessarily toxic; it just doesn't work any more. When I worked at the grocery store, one day an elderly man purchased a bottle of baby aspirin and then told me it was for...

  13. Bizzare

    rph3664 replied to magz53's topic in Ob/Gyn

    When I lived in my old city, there was this family (mom, dad, 3 daughters) who went to my church and I noticed that a little boy started attending regularly with them. I just assumed he was a cousin...

  14. Bizzare

    rph3664 replied to magz53's topic in Ob/Gyn

    IMHO, a lot of these marriages were unwanted because she got pregnant, or they wanted a wedding and didn't think about the marriage. I have read about what life was like in the generation before me...

  15. Patients on Medicaid

    rph3664 replied to DiEd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    And I might as well explain why. You people who work in dialysis care, feel free to correct me if I am mistaken. When Medicare was passed, health insurance was not the ubiquitous thing it is now, and...

  16. On being a mom in a female-dominated profession

    rph3664 replied to Vida's topic in General Nursing

    Yesterday at work, I pulled someone aside who works with this person more closely than I do, and asked her, "Is it just me, or is (name deleted) on a one-woman crusade - " and at that moment she...

  17. Patients on Medicaid

    rph3664 replied to DiEd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yeah, well, if you are an insurance patient, someone else is paying that bill

  18. Patients on Medicaid

    rph3664 replied to DiEd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    He certainly doesn't live in Illinois! They have been as far as a year behind in Medicaid payments. Many rural hospitals and nursing homes, and independent pharmacies, have had to close because of...

  19. Patients on Medicaid

    rph3664 replied to DiEd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I mentioned this on another thread, but I used to live in a city of 300,000 and the newspaper decided to investigate why so few dentists take Medicaid. Did they ever come out of the woodwork, and...

  20. Patients on Medicaid

    rph3664 replied to DiEd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Medicare is the health insurance program for the elderly; everyone over 65 who has a Social Security number is automatically eligible regardless of income or assets. Dialysis is also paid for by...

  21. Patients on Medicaid

    rph3664 replied to DiEd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When I worked in retail pharmacy, I had colleagues who would do things to Medicaid patients like tell them it would be an hour and make them wait an hour even if it wasn't busy. I also worked with...

  22. Bizzare

    rph3664 replied to magz53's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My local newspaper recently did an interview with a woman who headed the teen parenting and transitional housing program for the local YWCA, and one thing she said was quite telling: "Women set the...

  23. Bizzare

    rph3664 replied to magz53's topic in Ob/Gyn

    When I attended my 5-year HS reunion in 1986, a group of women, who were all married with young children, advised me that the best way to have kids is to go into bars and pick up men and never tell...

  24. Bizzare

    rph3664 replied to magz53's topic in Ob/Gyn

    A while back, I was watching one of those "Birth Day" programs where a woman was giving birth at home, with her whole extended family in attendance. At one point, she reached under her bathrobe (her...

  25. Bizzare

    rph3664 replied to magz53's topic in Ob/Gyn

    There was a story elsewhere on this site about an OB patient who had three male visitors every day: her husband in the morning, her boyfriend in the afternoon, and the baby's father in the evening....