oramar

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  1. Anorexics Found To Have Excess Fat

    oramar replied to Kurious RN's topic in General Nursing

    I cringed when I read the title. On another site that is, it was in our Sunday paper I believe. People with that disease react so negatively to that word

  2. When HIPAA can KILL

    oramar replied to Zookeeper3's topic in General Nursing

    I am thinking of Pamela Anderson the actress and how her husband's doctor never told her of his Hep. diagnosis. Apparently it was not reportable where she lived. His doctor did extract a promise...

  3. When HIPAA can KILL

    oramar replied to Zookeeper3's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know where you are but where I live sexually transmitted disease are reported to the health department. It is required by law. Then the health department contacts everyone involved. It is...

  4. New Grad Troubles

    oramar replied to NewGrad70's topic in General Nursing

    I think the whole thing stinks. You are being treated very badly. How could you possible know how the system works at such an early point in your employment. I doubt if the rules about such a thing...

  5. Have you ever had a nursing agency stop scheduling you with no explanation?

    oramar replied to Lorilove's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe it has something to do with the economic down

  6. Blood Transfusions and Pandemic Influenza

    oramar replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Glad you posted

  7. Do you think this site would profit from a chat room?

    oramar replied to SoulSearcherRN's topic in General Nursing

    I remember seeing post about chats, didn't they have them at one time. I don't like chats, don't even like

  8. "Yinz"

    oramar posted a topic in General Nursing

    My nephew's wife is a high school English teacher. She posted this on Facebook, "I feel very strongly that a medical professional (or any other kind of professional) should never say "Yinz". I...

  9. "Yinz"

    oramar replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    Now that I think about it I got to laugh. I mean she teaches English to HIGH SCHOOL students. If the worst thing you here in those halls is an occasional "Yinz" you are doing

  10. What happened to make him die?

    oramar replied to massrn116's topic in General Nursing

    Oh heavens, the guy was on the edge, it was time. If you kept him on bipap forever and never fed him he would die of

  11. Jobs

    oramar replied to betthomas0819's topic in General Nursing

    https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/so-what-happened-460513.html

  12. Jobs

    oramar replied to betthomas0819's topic in General Nursing

    Go up to search and type in , "so what happened to all the nursing jobs?" A very good thread on the subject will come

  13. Will you give out a medication without the order yet?

    oramar replied to rn4ever?'s topic in Patient Medications

    I promise you that if you did put it on the patient and there was a bad reaction and no order she would act like she didn't know anything about it and didn't know

  14. Is this improper during application process?

    oramar replied to netglow's topic in General Nursing

    I think that you got a point. Asking if you were a patient is a very general thing but I would not do it if it were up to

  15. Just in case you need that extra little "boost" to get you through your shift...

    oramar replied to twentytenRN's topic in General Nursing

    I do believe that if someone or something forced me to go back to the bedside at this point in my life, I would need a flask in a gallon

  16. recent grads, are you able to be hired at UPMC with ADN?

    oramar posted a topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Is UPMC hiring ADNs or have they gone to hiring only BSNs? I am hearing conflicting information. Perhaps is varies from facility to facility. Or maybe they are hiring ADNs with experience but only...

  17. fired...

    oramar replied to iluvnoodles's topic in General Nursing

    Oh I feel bad, I can't tell you what the future holds for you. But I can say that I have met many people who thought a day like this was their darkest and later on they went on to say it was the best...

  18. Surprising diagnosis

    oramar replied to iNurseUK's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I figured you knew, was going to drone on and on about Hansen's disease but did not want to insult your

  19. Surprising diagnosis

    oramar replied to iNurseUK's topic in General Nursing

    This is a wild guess on my part. Just because the young man never left England does not mean this disease hasn't come to England. I have heard the UK has had huge numbers of immigrants from...

  20. Shameful confession

    oramar replied to Poi Dog's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    LOL, if someone would have told me five years ago that I would be doing 90% of my shopping on the internet I would have thought they were

  21. patient dies from combination of drugs that doc prescribed. who is responsible?

    oramar replied to premedwoahs's topic in General Nursing

    So many people withhold information about what drugs they are taking. They do it on purpose because what they are taking is illegal. That is the cause of most fatal drug interactions. I wonder what...

  22. Scary story I heard from some nursing students

    oramar replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    The sad thing is that is OK for a STUDENT to say, " I really don't know how to do this". Maybe the institution should have a look at their educational systems and make sure they are explaining the...

  23. Scary story I heard from some nursing students

    oramar replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    That is getting harder to do because more and more places are getting technology that plugs straight into the computer and transmit the numbers. We grumbled when they got the things because we...

  24. Am I too old?

    oramar replied to vikkivik's topic in General Nursing

    Many people have asked that question and most of them were older than you. The vast majority of people who responded to the question said your age is not a problem. Just go up to search and type in...

  25. I am a teacher wanting to change my career to nursing. Advice please!?

    oramar replied to erman10's topic in General Nursing

    I do believe there are some former teachers that are now nurses that post from time to time. It is just a matter of time before some of them see this post and respond to