Hellllllo Nurse

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  1. Shadowing and HIPPA

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to loisane's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    HIPAA, not HIPPA http://www.hipaadvisory.com/regs/finalprivacymod/uses.htm All any institution has to do is have pts sign a consent saying that students, employees or orientees may be present during...

  2. Lethal Injection

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to purseOnalityRN's topic in Correctional

    Only physicians can administer lethal

  3. I'm so frustrated and sad...

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Sadie04's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Many of us have been there. Hugs, and understanding to

  4. Urgent HIPPA News!

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Cutie's topic in General Nursing

    Healthcare providers are legally permitted and encouraged to share pertinant pt info w/ each other and with other institutions, which are caring for the same pt. The problem is not HIPAA. The problem...

  5. Nursing student w/ Dialysis Nursing employment

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Nursing N 2004's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Well, I'm a dialysis nurse. You need to be technically inclined. The machines can be complicated. There is a lot of blood in dialysis, so it would help to not be squeemish. Quite a few dialysis pts...

  6. A Nurse's Lifestyle

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Lauren3249's topic in General Nursing

    My best friend is an RN in Kansas. She's been an RN for more than 20 years. She makes $16./hr agency, no bennies, doing home care peds, and up to $25./hr agency for

  7. Monster A & P exam today - good thoughts please!

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to kermit27's topic in International Nursing

    Boy, I remember those days. Best of luck to

  8. brownish/black vaginal discharge

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to LonghornSara's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm putting you on ignore

  9. Ten Best Things To Say If You Get Caught Sleeping At Your Desk

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to nursebedlam's topic in Nursing Humor

    :rotfl: Good

  10. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

  11. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    No, there isn't. Dept of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics stats bear this out: The current number of unfilled nursing jobs supposedly r/t the shortage is approx. 400,000. the current number of...

  12. Why is it MEN seem to get along better in this field than WOMEN??!!!

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to 1BlessedRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Excellent post, and I totally agree! BTW, I was recently offered a "promotion." I asked what the salary increase would be. I was told there would not be one. I was told that better hours and major...

  13. NT Government doubles nurse staffing levels

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to nursebedlam's topic in International Nursing

    Good for The NT Gov't! It looks like they "get

  14. Religion's Place in Nursing

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to CHIRN's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent post. Especially this part:"I certainly don't think I have a monopoly on the

  15. Religion's Place in Nursing

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to CHIRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. I was an inpt hospice nurse for four years. In my experience, how much a pain a person died in was a matter of whether or not we could get their doc to prescribe meds appropriatly. I also saw...

  16. A quick vent

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to bellehill's topic in Pain Management

    I know how you feel! I used to work inpt hospice. We got a lot of admits in for intractable pain. We'd finally get them comfortable, and some family member would say something like "You have my mom...

  17. New LPN and no jobs available.

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to ladybay's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    You can do all of these things and more in a sub-acute/rehab unit in a LTC

  18. Skin Care Products

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to TELEpathicRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Zinc oxide mixed with Granulex spray is the best thing I've ever seen at healing stage II decubs, and preventing decubs

  19. Cicadas!!!!

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to PennyLane's topic in Maryland Nursing

    We have those bugs here in Texas, too. Not only are they the ugliest, grossest things, they are so freaking

  20. Question - about sick grandmother

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to JennyMacRN2B's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    When pts can't eat, their albumin levels are very low. Thus, they usually are not able to retain IV fluids in their vasculature, because of low intravascular colloidal oncotic pressure. This usually...

  21. Religion's Place in Nursing

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to CHIRN's topic in General Nursing

    Great post. I believe in God and Jesus. I pray almost every day. However, I do not call myself a christian becaue of the poor character, self-righteousness and intolerance in others' beliefs that I...

  22. brownish/black vaginal discharge

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to LonghornSara's topic in Ob/Gyn

    No, we are not defending ourselves. We are correcting your false assumptions about nurses. My nursing specialites are inpt hospice, geriatrics, and hemo/peritoneal dialysis. I spend a great deal of...

  23. NY State may require nurses to obtain 4-year degrees

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Brian's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Exactly! I've looked into getting my BSN at a local university. They require five semesters of "U.S. Govenment." The minimum I'd need to take is 62 credit hours. Add that to the 127 I already have as...

  24. Is it okay to love parts of nursing and hate others?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to luckymichelle's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent

  25. Dress or scrubs? Females ONLY!!!!

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to 1BlessedRN's topic in General Nursing

    I wore and old fashioned white nurse's dress, white cap and white hose on Halloween. My pts kept saying "Wow, a real nurse!" This was kind of disconcerting! What did they think I was the rest of the...