Baloney Amputation

Baloney Amputation BSN, LPN, RN

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  1. abuse or just a mistake

    Baloney Amputation replied to nassir's topic in General Nursing

    My first thought was that this was someone on a witch hunt and trying to find a way to get a coworker in trouble, but the OP being a med-mal attorney sounds more interesting than my

  2. Night Shift!!! How do YOU stay awake?

    Baloney Amputation replied to khampl's topic in General Nursing

    When I get a little sleepy, I go to YouTube and play the video for Mr. Blue Sky by ELO. Seriously. (I work at home on the computer and I'm paid on production, for any busybody out there reading this...

  3. What can get you fired??

    Baloney Amputation replied to kelsie*bear's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    You can get fired for being ethical and doing your job, or at least in my state with lovely at-will

  4. My job made me an independent contractor, what does this mean for me?

    Baloney Amputation replied to dehen13's topic in General Nursing

    I was under the assumption when I read this that when the OP said she was 100% sure she was an employee, she meant that she was sure she was working in the capacity as an employee because she was not...

  5. My job made me an independent contractor, what does this mean for me?

    Baloney Amputation replied to dehen13's topic in General Nursing

    I'm just dumbfounded that you weren't notified at all. I assure you that if your hourly rate (if you are hourly) did not change, you received a big pay cut when you went from employee to independent...

  6. What the heck is going on?!

    Baloney Amputation replied to Nire83's topic in General Nursing

    I see I was posting at the same time that the "HFCS infection" statement was being cleared up as above.

  7. What the heck is going on?!

    Baloney Amputation replied to Nire83's topic in General Nursing

    Um...we're talking type 1, not type 2. OP--Three cannot really indicate an influx, even in a small office. I'd only say something along the lines of educating families about the general signs and...

  8. Bullies

    Baloney Amputation replied to jbee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Bullies are wusses. They like to test you and break you down. The most efficient way to deal with a bully is to stand up for yourself and forget the tendency to want to be liked by everyone for a...

  9. Thoughts on Christmas scrubs...Yea or no way?

    Baloney Amputation replied to GoECU's topic in General Nursing

    I had to wear whites, but I used to wear a small string of battery-powered multicolored lights over my shoulders. I'd place the battery end in my shirt pocket. I was

  10. Alphabet soup

    Baloney Amputation replied to badphish's topic in General Nursing

    Don't forget the hard-earned title of yours of "abbreviator of cumbersome words like 'are' and 'you'" for your spiffy

  11. Vulvar Intraepithelial Neoplasia

    Baloney Amputation replied to Little Panda RN's topic in General Nursing

    How long did it take for the change (fanning out into the tissue) to

  12. Vulvar Intraepithelial Neoplasia

    Baloney Amputation replied to Little Panda RN's topic in General Nursing

    I have definitely read about VIN, but only because of researching on the Internet about CIN and

  13. Forced to come into work on day off

    Baloney Amputation replied to deletethisaccount's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know if it's legal, but I'm sure it isn't right. It's awfully silly of them to think you all are waiting by the phone on your days off to see if your number in the "on-call" lottery was...

  14. I'm mad and sad(about pt's family)

    Baloney Amputation replied to singleye's topic in General Nursing

    When working in LTC, I remember that some residents didn't have any visitors because they were flat out mean to their children when they were growing up. Community members sometimes knew this and...

  15. Taking a Pay Cut To Get Out of Nursing

    Baloney Amputation replied to PAERRN20's topic in General Nursing

    I've been a medical transcriptionist for 5-1/2

  16. Taking a Pay Cut To Get Out of Nursing

    Baloney Amputation replied to PAERRN20's topic in General Nursing

    I was young when I went to nursing school and didn't know everything that the medical field offered. I just knew I wanted to be in the medical field, so nursing was my obvious choice, since I very...

  17. Taking a Pay Cut To Get Out of Nursing

    Baloney Amputation replied to PAERRN20's topic in General Nursing

    I did. My current job offers much less stress than nursing, much more flexibility than nursing, and I like my job rather well anyway. I work at home, so the only cattiness I get is from my husband,...

  18. Medical Terminology in Nursing...

    Baloney Amputation replied to studiousme's topic in General Nursing

    If nothing else, it's helpful to hear an instructor pronounce medical words correctly. My medical terminology instructor made sure no one left her class saying pharynx or larynx incorrectly. Saying...

  19. Gonorrhea

    Baloney Amputation replied to kagkat's topic in General Nursing

    The zing is gone when it's spelled

  20. I lost my job.

    Baloney Amputation replied to pretty70's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yes you can. Apply ASAP. ETA: You can apply under these circumstances in my state. I don't know where you are, but you should try

  21. Nurses with depression

    Baloney Amputation replied to grandmawrinkle's topic in Health, Stress Management

    So does this doctor blame high-fructose corn syrup and mercury for the really great aspects of ADHD, too? Sorry I'm being a bit punchy, but ADHD is sort of awesome in many ways. OP--I found...

  22. Question about perfume/cologne

    Baloney Amputation replied to Despareux's topic in General Nursing

    This is my opinion, so it may not be worth much to anyone but me, but anything that is scented is potentially a problem, including hair gel, deoderant, shampoo, etc. I usually can't predict what...

  23. Question about perfume/cologne

    Baloney Amputation replied to Despareux's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, when you realize your assigned caregiver has slathered on scented stuff, damage has already been done. (You in the previous sentence is general you...not you, the poster I quoted, in...

  24. Question about perfume/cologne

    Baloney Amputation replied to Despareux's topic in General Nursing

    that wasn't wrong. the meaning was clear, so the use of the comma there was

  25. Narcissistic Personality Disorder

    Baloney Amputation replied to grandmawrinkle's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry. My gut reaction is to defend these things because it is personal, and I missed the attempt at levity here because of it. My stomach turns when psych disorders are written off as being...