Baloney Amputation BSN, LPN, RN

Baloney Amputation is a BSN, LPN, RN and specializes in LTC, Acute Care.

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1. Wrinkled Ear Lobes means....

   Baloney Amputation replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

   I was told long ago by a dermatologist that people with eczema had lots more fine lines on their palms than the palms belonging to those without eczema. The reason wasn't known at that time by the...

2. HIPPA Training!

   Baloney Amputation replied to Mrs. Sparkle Pants's topic in General Nursing

   I am exactly the same way! I assume the educator in the OP's situation took a fair amount of time researching material for the inservice, which probably included coming across the expanded version of...

3. HIPPA Training!

   Baloney Amputation replied to Mrs. Sparkle Pants's topic in General Nursing

   I believe the OP was posting about how ridiculous it is that her healthcare-related in-service documents and quiz said "HIPPA" instead of "HIPAA." I agree wholeheartedly with

4. Question, about HIPPA

   Baloney Amputation replied to purse's topic in HIPAA Challenges

   Argh! The "Ads by Google" on my page say "HIPPA" whenever I visit this thread! It hurts my eyes.

5. Question, about HIPPA

   Baloney Amputation replied to purse's topic in HIPAA Challenges

   If I were you, I think I'd take a good look at that paper that you supposedly

6. Question, about HIPPA

   Baloney Amputation replied to purse's topic in HIPAA Challenges

   How on earth would your job enforce

7. Should second-hand smoke be illegal in a home with children?

   Baloney Amputation replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

   If a child is asthmatic, for example, and forced to live with cigarette smoke, this is much more immediate and concerning than being fat. Hands down. Being fat doesn't hinder breathing in quite the...

8. Should second-hand smoke be illegal in a home with children?

   Baloney Amputation replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

   My dad found out fairly recently that he has alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, many years after he stopped smoking, so his few years of smoking did much more lung damage than it normally would to a...

9. Should second-hand smoke be illegal in a home with children?

   Baloney Amputation replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

   I had dozens of hospitalizations due to asthma attacks while my dad was smoking in the house when I was a child. Once he quit smoking and went to chewing tobacco, my hospitalizations for asthma...

10. Does anyone else feel this way?

    Baloney Amputation replied to Seth O Scope's topic in General Nursing

    That is not true. You can get lung cancer without ever smoking and you can get cirrhosis as a nondrinker. You knew that,

11. How do I have more confident talking/calling doctors?

    Baloney Amputation replied to winter_green's topic in General Nursing

    You can harp on your coworkers all you want about their English, but your post quoted here doesn't exactly command a lot of respect from those of us who know how to spell and properly use plural...

12. Being forced to rethink my views on fibromyalgia

    Baloney Amputation replied to casi's topic in General Nursing

    My husband has it. Anyone who thinks it's not a real disease needs to hang out with him when he's having real issues with it. It's awful, and he is a tough cookie. A PM&R doctor and a...

13. POOP! What do I put on my nursing notes for poop?

    Baloney Amputation replied to xxiangel's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You're only overcharting if you document the

14. Advice needed (sorry so long lol)

    Baloney Amputation replied to nicenurselpn's topic in General Nursing

    I'm trying to understand...the charge nurse told you could not leave, but the other nurses covered for you while you left

15. Incompetent or disabled is there a differnce

    Baloney Amputation replied to kahlua66's topic in General Nursing

    What's that mean? I know what "rev them up" means, but what is she specifically