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A woman from my church wears them and lost tons of weight with only walking in them. I tried them on, very weird, and were very ugly, but more designs coming out now, not so bad,. I may just go back and try them again.

I would be glad to schedule appointment cause then you don't have to pay the extra $5, however, most times they are so booked that they can't schedule you for days unless you are dying and I dont' know about you, but I work full time and dont' have the option of just taking a day off a month to go to MD. Saturdays are for emergencies only, I do have some meds that are filled for 3 months, thank the lord, but others I have that are bi-weekly, so to go to MD everyother week is out of the question.

MD already does this as policy, this fee is for your own call or the pharmacists, doesn't matter who calls. they put this form in your chart each time someone calls for refill, and then when you come in, you owe for how many forms are in your chart. I went into and they have a whole new list of charges (records, FMLA requests, etc) ie disability forms are $75 for the first form sent in, and then $50 there after. I was fuming today, questioning my MD about these charges, and he said, something about this is the way it is these days.

I am appalled!!! I had to call my family physician today for a prescription renewal and was advised by receptionist that the new policy for requesting MD's to renew medication is a five dollar fee for every medication that MD or NPA has to call in to pharmacy. I need to know what everyone thinks of this. It is enough that some of my medication is $70/month but now I have to pay a fee. Anyone have any thoughts on this. Thanks.

I have a pending offer for worker's comp cm, but am waiting on background check, they say it takes about a week. What actually are companies looking for in background checks, what would cause you to lose the job offer - why does it take so long?? Any additional info would be greatly appreciated.

Can someone please answer this question? Can you be charged with administering medications without a license if you are a licensed personnel and give someone say tylenol? I believe that I was taught that whether on duty or not, I cannot give anyone anything at anytime if it is not prescribed. ie at work, visitor asks for tylenolZ? Of course we have stock - am I allowed to give it? What if your collegeau? gives another employee something like fibrim? Is this considered administering or dispensing? Thanks.

I am also a chronic pain sufferer due to multiple injuries and accidents. Also just diagnosised with chiari 1 malformation. Waiting to see neuro - anyway I have been on vicodin now narco for last 12 years, take lyrica and muscle relaxers (at night) It has never affected my job, though I have lost one offer due to this (discrimination case ongoing),. anyway, see a pain management MD, get massages - these help greatly, heat, ointments, try to lower stress although in nursing I find this does not happen. We, as nurses, need to take care of ourselves first - I for one have a very hard time doing this, but it is vital to our own personal as well as professional well-being,. Be very careful at work that you don't get hurt, as this will open up huge can of worms done the road. Ask for help, take breaks (I know -- when???) but take care of yourself cause no one else will until we end up patients ourselves:)

Please do not be hard on yourself. You are doing the right thing by going back to school though being an RN you will run into the same situations. I just quit another job again due to the stress and pressures placed on me by my DON who is never at work. I was the charge nurse (although per diem) at a LTC - some situations came up that had legal implications in them, my administrator, DON and owner were all away (not telling me nor asking me if it was OK to be left in charge for three days, on call and not getting paid for it!!) Anway, I felt strong enough about this situation to speak to owner when he came back (because adm and DON did not return when supposed to - they are secretly dating each other!!!) and was told that they would take care of it. Anyway, the added stress of being in charge, being short staffed and having the CNA's run the place took its toll, I gave notice and was told next day that I was a major liability to place (two med errors over career there) and that I could leave today,. There is so much more to this, but my point is I too cannot deal with poor administration and DON's that don't do their jobs but expect the nurses to continually go above and beyond and never get recognized for work they do, and then when I am beyond my stress level, I cannot take it anymore. I am still searching for my niche, and hope and pray to GOD that I find it because I am a kind, compassionate nurse who does what is best for patients even though I risk my own health to do it. I do believe that we all will find our place, though it may take many years to do it. Keep up the faith and things will fall into place.

I too suffered PF. WEnt threw multiple injections, inserts, exercise, etc. At work one day, as I ran for a chart for MD in rounds, the fascia snapped. I don't recommend that route, although the heel pian stopped, now I have other problems. See Podiatrist before this happens to you - once it snaps, there is not much more you can do but suffer in other ways you never imagined. Good luck.:welcome:

Anybody have anything to say about my second concern. LPN giving out OTC caffeine meds to staff. What is the legality of nurse on duty giving over the counter meds to anyone? Are we, as nurses, or as civilians, allowed to give out OTC meds? Is there any liability to this? I though I was told that nurses are not allowed to give anything out (personal or not) because that is considered dispensing meds without a license. I would appreciate the legal aspect of this from someone who knows the law. Opinions also accepted. Thanks for all input.

I hope someone with legal experience can answer these questions. I went to a nursing law seminar and was told (I beleive) that if you report an incident to someone (DON, administrator) that you should document who, what, when, etc in the patient's chart. My administrator does not believe that this is true. I had an incident which required an incident report, and I wrote that he was notified. MD or family wasnt needed to be called. Anyway, big debate on this issue. Can anyone advise me on when to and not to document who was reported incidents to. Second, I was told at work today that LPN was giving CNA's OTC meds to help them stay awake. I say this is dispensing without license, but again my administrator states this is just like anyone giving anyone tylenol, etc. Also, he doesn't feel that LPN put facility in jeopardy. I disagree. He states that only Rx's given to other person would be legal problem. Please advise, and if anyone can refer me to good documentation websites I would greatly appreciate it.