Baloney Amputation

Baloney Amputation BSN, LPN, RN

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  1. What are the chances of being fired as a nurse?

    Baloney Amputation replied to Crystal112's topic in General Nursing

    I've said this before elsewhere, but places around here fire nurses, stick them on a do-not-hire list, and then will hire them back in a few months. This is not just once or twice that this has...

  2. What are the chances of being fired as a nurse?

    Baloney Amputation replied to Crystal112's topic in General Nursing

    Fortunately, some states let you claim unemployment if this

  3. Is this fraud?

    Baloney Amputation replied to Poi Dog's topic in General Nursing

    Employers, not taxpayers, pay unemployment insurance to then be claimed by eligible former employees when necessary. This is why employers will sometimes to fight tooth and nail to prevent even a...

  4. Is this fraud?

    Baloney Amputation replied to Poi Dog's topic in General Nursing

    In my state you can work part-time and receive unemployment from your previous employer. The benefit amount is prorated based on the earnings from the part-time job. I'm not clear on the rules if one...

  5. Is this fraud?

    Baloney Amputation replied to Poi Dog's topic in General Nursing

    To a point, it happens a fair amount in my field of medical transcription. Companies will employ MTs (and can therefore promise certain hours of MT coverage for clients requiring strict document...

  6. Is this fraud?

    Baloney Amputation replied to Poi Dog's topic in General Nursing

    If they want to claim their aides are independent contractors, they better not have been dictating to the independent contractors when to work or how to work unless they want a big back tax problem...

  7. Trying to understand difference between LPN and RN practice....

    Baloney Amputation replied to lovesunsets's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    The inability to spell "coccyx" or any other medical word has absolutely nothing to do with being an RN or LPN, or even an

  8. HELP - employment with restrictions

    Baloney Amputation replied to sandi67103's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know about anyone else, but when I take Benadryl, I am out of commission for several hours. If I take it, I make sure I have nothing important to do for a while. If I am having a severe...

  9. Trying to understand difference between LPN and RN practice....

    Baloney Amputation replied to lovesunsets's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    In Iowa, LPNs don't can't do anything with IVs unless they've had a separate course for IV certification. Some states are silly like

  10. Trying to understand difference between LPN and RN practice....

    Baloney Amputation replied to lovesunsets's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    States are incredibly different on what an LPN is allowed to do. I've worked in Iowa and Oregon as an LPN, and Iowa limits their LPNs much more than Oregon limits their LPNs, at least in my...

  11. Identifying yourself as an RN when flying commercial

    Baloney Amputation replied to RelloydRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have yet to identify myself as a Certified Medical Transcriptionist to an airline.

  12. charting resting with eyes closed vs "asleep"

    Baloney Amputation replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes the LTC residents are completely at baseline and have no issues that arise for a good long time, sometimes years. It's a good thing when there's nothing to report in the

  13. HELP...Health care considerations for the Amish culture

    Baloney Amputation replied to cluv2nurse's topic in General Nursing

    The Amish children around here are barefoot a lot, even in grocery stores...it could be a health care consideration, I

  14. HELP...Health care considerations for the Amish culture

    Baloney Amputation replied to cluv2nurse's topic in General Nursing

    It's been a few years, but I remember a story from nursing school where a nurse from a university hospital located about 20 minutes away from the largest Amish settlement west of the Mississippi where...

  15. feedback about cover letter-please?

    Baloney Amputation replied to NanikRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would drop the parenthetical statement in the 1st paragraph. If you want to include that information, work it in the text of the letter. It looks very much like an afterthought. I would be more...

  16. I don't know if I can handle another 3 months of this. Dangerous doc?

    Baloney Amputation replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ugh...one thing that can be very irritating when transcribing is when a doctor is dictating things from a month or so before and has clearly forgotten the particular patient's details in the...

  17. Staying Thin at Work-Its a Problem

    Baloney Amputation replied to monicanurse's topic in General Nursing

    You can eat 500 calories of salad, or 500 calories of pizza. They are both still 500 calories. You've lost a sizeable amount of weight, so you know you can control your intake well. Certainly you can...

  18. high bun/creatinine

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

    Are you sure this isn't a homework

  19. nurses and spelling

    Baloney Amputation replied to Bormio's topic in General Nursing

    I think you are experiencing a serious ABBA deficit. It's happy, relaxing, lose-the-'tude

  20. nurses and spelling

    Baloney Amputation replied to Bormio's topic in General Nursing

    Honey I'm still free; take a chance on me. ABBA is the ultimate in bring-me-out-of-a-crabby-mood music, I

  21. nurses and spelling

    Baloney Amputation replied to Bormio's topic in General Nursing

    Some nurses do dictate their notes. Besides nurse practitioners, of course, I've transcribed for RNs who are generally in certain clinic settings. They are all generally worse than doctors in the...

  22. nurses and spelling

    Baloney Amputation replied to Bormio's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a type B, by the way. I usually see a word once and will remember it forever. It's a handy skill my brain gave

  23. nurses and spelling

    Baloney Amputation replied to Bormio's topic in General Nursing

    Now wait...from what I understand, a nurse is given the chance to elaborate on charting if it isn't immediately evident. You certainly are allowed to explain nursing shorthand and abbreviations to a...

  24. nurses and spelling

    Baloney Amputation replied to Bormio's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a type A. No, type B. Yeah, type B. Nah, type A. That makes me type A, B, B, A. I'm type

  25. nurses and spelling

    Baloney Amputation replied to Bormio's topic in General Nursing

    Which personality type of people do you think cares most about spelling and