Atheos

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1. Do you ever feel guilty about....

   Atheos replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

   We are supposed to do things on our day off? I suppose playing GTA4 all day counts for

2. Why would a facility over-hire nurses?

   Atheos replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

   I agree. We do this at our facility. Having an abundance of nurse and CNA staff has proven to be a boon. We don't have trouble filling shifts and frankly, having more PT and PRN staff and less FT...

3. Social Service Director and Housekeeping Supervisor's Ideas About Resident Rights...

   Atheos replied to flashpoint's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Not to be contrary or anything but you realize that resident's right WASN'T invented by nurses. In fact, for DECADES nurses were the MAJOR offenders until people cam along and told them how to do...

4. Back stabbing STNA....HELP !!

   Atheos replied to indiansfan's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Sueing is going to go nowhere. If you were both arguing in the hallway then you both were wrong. Even if you WEREN'T arguing back the perception to the residents was that you

5. Staffing in ALF

   Atheos replied to michael79's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Well the Regs say... It doesn't seem to differentiate between levels of care so I personally would maintain staffing for the entire building to the reg

6. Staffing in ALF

   Atheos replied to michael79's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   No expert but here it is not determined by the resident's individual level but by the building's type of license. We have an independent living that has an AL license. To maintain the license we have...

7. My 9 year old patient was raped and required surgery

   Atheos replied to ssouthernyankee's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   No such thing as 'getting off easy' when going to prison as a Child

8. MCI in Manassas VA

   Atheos replied to Mom2Cassidy's topic in Virginia Nursing

   30000? For a LPN certificate? You have GOT to be

9. How do I deal with this patient's family members?

   Atheos replied to morango576's topic in Home Health

   Didn't mean to scare you. Just something I learned in my 6th week of being a CNA... The facility/organization/employer WILL try to sell you out. The only thing that saved me is that about 12 different...

10. How do I deal with this patient's family members?

    Atheos replied to morango576's topic in Home Health

    Indeed. Courts are not likely to take your spoken account seriously. If you have detailed and dated written notes the courts WILL take that seriously. Especially as time passes because there is no...

11. Is looking at your own health info a HIPPA violation?

    Atheos replied to nkochrn's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    It IS a violation of HIPAA and many people have been fired over it. Improperly accessing a system containing HIPAA protected material is considered a HIPAA violation. Even if the info is

12. BSN RN & Certifications not allowed on my badge: I am outraged!

    Atheos replied to Simba2241's topic in General Nursing

    Ummm... Do you know how many Medal of Honor (The HIGHEST award) winners actually REFUSE to wear or even accept the medal??? Soldiers HAVE to wear their badges. It's required of them and they have no...

13. Unintentional v. Accidental Injuries - Peds

    Atheos replied to Multicollinearity's topic in General Students

    I tried looking it up somewhere reliable. The CDC uses the words interchangeably. The words DO mean the same thing.

14. Unfair Tests/Pls give advice

    Atheos replied to ggabri07's topic in General Students

    Question? How many are failing? MORE than half? Like 1 more? Or most are failing minus a few? I would say if ~ half are failing then I would try and ask the teacher what to focus on. If more are...

15. Unintentional v. Accidental Injuries - Peds

    Atheos replied to Multicollinearity's topic in General Students

    Accidental Injury - Random in nature. (Car accident) Unintentional Injury - Accidental but preventable. (Hurt playing a sport, horse playing, etc) At least that's how we were taught. ETA: We were told...