Baloney Amputation

Baloney Amputation BSN, LPN, RN

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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

  16. I'm trying to hear the Doctor!

    Baloney Amputation replied to Forever Sunshine's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately I don't have that option to let the doc hear the dictation. I work for a large national company with my accounts being a few states away from me.

  17. I'm trying to hear the Doctor!

    Baloney Amputation replied to Forever Sunshine's topic in General Nursing

    At least y'all can holler at the doc or your coworkers. Since my pay is dependent on how fast I can understand what a doc is saying, I am less than thrilled the many, many, many times I can only hear...

  18. Blood, Bodily Fluids and Germs OH MY!

    Baloney Amputation replied to Lisa, MA's topic in General Nursing

    Stores around here have wipes located near the carts, though I'd say that if I saw all that stuff on the cart handle, you can bet that I'd pass it up and just use a different cart with a less crusty...

  19. Blood, Bodily Fluids and Germs OH MY!

    Baloney Amputation replied to Lisa, MA's topic in General Nursing

    I don't THINK I said that, but then again, I don't "train" my family to pander to any sort of neurosis,

  20. Blood, Bodily Fluids and Germs OH MY!

    Baloney Amputation replied to Lisa, MA's topic in General Nursing

    LOL with a

  21. Blood, Bodily Fluids and Germs OH MY!

    Baloney Amputation replied to Lisa, MA's topic in General Nursing

    You know, these pain in the butt conditions of atopy and allergic asthma that I've had my whole life are much less common in developing countries or in settings where there are lots of germs present...

  22. Blood, Bodily Fluids and Germs OH MY!

    Baloney Amputation replied to Lisa, MA's topic in General Nursing

    I'm much more appalled when the caregiver of the baby fusses and yells at the baby to sit still when all the baby wants to do is be a normal baby and crawl

  23. Blood, Bodily Fluids and Germs OH MY!

    Baloney Amputation replied to Lisa, MA's topic in General Nursing

    I ate dirt as a kid. I still use the 5-second rule. Getting out of scrubs ASAP and showering right after work was only urgent to me when I had stuff on my scrubs that wasn't supposed to be there or...

  24. Health care reform: what it means

    Baloney Amputation replied to mscranton's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It'll be darned nice that with the general paucity of jobs available for the picking, the holder of the health insurance for the family will not be limited to only jobs that already provide health...

  25. why nurses cannot have a nail polish..?

    Baloney Amputation replied to ar.en.greta's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    We can pee standing up too, but afterwards a change of pants is sometimes in