mizfradd CNA

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    HIPAA violation or just a bad decision?

    i am so very sorry for your loss and there's no words that can express what i truly felt after reading about what that so-called "nurse" did to your niece's family. please tell us the bon took away her license for eternity.
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    More to being a LPN than LTC?....

    Public health welcomes LPN's & also helps pay for bridging to RN after a set amount of employment time.
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    Funny Orientation Story

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    Horrible First Day; How to cope?!

    Hang in there! :hug:
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    Patient Complaint

    Some nurses I work with call it: Hyperdramatosis.
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    Dumb mistake,help!!!!

    I agree with the advice tomc5555 is giving you. Congratulations!!
  7. Hi DSPRoof, Just an idea...you might want to ask your question on the Developmental Disabilities forum here on AN. Go to Specialty (above, 3rd from left) & then click Nursing Specialities & you could ask for advice as to what kind of behavior...
  8. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2011/11/06/parents-warned-about-mail-order-chicken-pox-lollipops/ Good grief, what's next...advertise on Craigslist for someone with malaria or TB to infect your child?! Sheeesh, if only there was a vaccine against...
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    Just when you thought you'd heard it all

    :rotfl: :bdyhdclp: :rotfl:
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    I'm 4'10 and worried I am too small to be cna

    You may be short in stature, but you sound big in heart. You will do great, don't worry!
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    HIPAA Violation-Jane Doe

    oh good grief, pretty soon it'll come down to this:
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    Patient rights v. Clinical instructor?

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    To report or not report?

    mekblizz is absolutely correct.
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    Is it okay for a CNA to call herself a nurse?

    My physical certification actually states a license # and expiration date also, but it's all in the semantics. My state's BON has a Dept. of licensure verification with all of the same things you've named above. Once again, I say it's all in the se...
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    Is it okay for a CNA to call herself a nurse?

    :igtsyt: In NO state are we licensed. :grn: We are CERTIFIED. We are listed on registries. And no CNA, PCT, or MA should ever refer to oneself as being a nurse, which is a legally licensed RN or LPN!! (The above is in re: to CNABess quote...
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    A nurse that needs agnger management

    There is a nurse where I work who was required to attend anger management through a therapist. We joke that it didn't do her any good...'cause she's still angry at management.
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    Medicaid provider number in NY??

    Ok, you must be employed to receive your Medicaid provider number. Go to this site and enter your info & state to see if you've been assigned your provider number. https://nppes.cms.hhs.gov/NPPES/NPIRegistrySearch.do?subAction=reset&searchTy...
  18. My uncle, (God rest his soul) had Alzheimer's in the 80's & when he'd ask who's the President now, we'd tell him "Ronald Reagan" and he'd laugh & say, "The actor?! No, really who is President now?"
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    Question re ACLS

    http://www.skillstat.com/ECG_Sim_demo.html :)
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    Any Public Health Nurse out there?

    Hi Violet_Violet, Public health might not be your first choice to go into (as you say), but you might be surprised and love it. Thought you might be interested in this previous thread of some PHN RN's: https://allnurses.com/public-community-health/d...
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    2nd degree in nursing WAS IT WORTH IT? GIRL LOST!

    Ok, truth or dare... and no disrespect intended, but I've heard that it's the same thing as a "dingleberry"?!
  22. Totally LMAO!! I absolutely loved your "Duck" post also, what absolute brilliance! Just want to say that you are my new hero and I would work under you any ol' day of the week, 'cause you definitely have a great grasp and excellent understanding of ...
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    Is it ok to come and leave a little late to work?

    Rude, very unprofessional and definetly unacceptable.
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    What is your splurge?

    Hairdresser & chiro. Both of 'em have that magic touch!
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    Fed up with Stupid Parents

    :igtsyt: The parents that really irritate me are the ones that know their child needs immunizations at the office visit and they turn to the kid & say, "Do you want to get shots today?" :icon_roll Duh, what kid is going to answer in the affirmat...