BlueRidgeHomeRN

BlueRidgeHomeRN

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  1. Regulation Proposed to Help Protect Health Care Providers from Discrimination

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to Anxious Patient's topic in Activism, Healthcare

  2. Regulation Proposed to Help Protect Health Care Providers from Discrimination

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to Anxious Patient's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    i think you have hit the nail on the head...patients have rights, healthcare workers have rights, and when in question it is best to err on the side of the patient if it is an emergent situation....

  3. Regulation Proposed to Help Protect Health Care Providers from Discrimination

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to Anxious Patient's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    yup, you are 100% correct, i am a simpleton, and i rest my

  4. Regulation Proposed to Help Protect Health Care Providers from Discrimination

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to Anxious Patient's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    let me make sure i understand your highly insightful argument: 1.....you and all liberals are always 100% correct on all matters. 2....anyone who disagrees with you is a simpleton or evil....

  5. Regulation Proposed to Help Protect Health Care Providers from Discrimination

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to Anxious Patient's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    it's ok..he got it after all [think clinton video deposition and

  6. HIPAA and Teens

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to Jolie's topic in General Nursing

    i wonder if this was really hipaa, or just a cya to make sure the responsible party (i.e. mom and dad) had the correct info to work with?? mind you, i am the mother of a now adult son who hid a broken...

  7. Just one persons opinion

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to dauschundlover's topic in General Nursing

  8. public health nurse

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to free2liv's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    i have not personally seen or heard of lpn's in public health, but my experience is limited to the eastern seaboard (the 13 colonies + florida!) in some areas, only bsn rn's are hired for public...

  9. Regulation Proposed to Help Protect Health Care Providers from Discrimination

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to Anxious Patient's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    your memory is short--or you are very young. ask someone to explain it to

  10. Regulation Proposed to Help Protect Health Care Providers from Discrimination

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to Anxious Patient's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    depends on what your definition of "is"

  11. Regulation Proposed to Help Protect Health Care Providers from Discrimination

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to Anxious Patient's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    right next to my brains, experience and service to this

  12. Are you curious when other NS students don't believe in Cdn RN's d/t grading scales?

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to student456's topic in International Nursing

    my least favorite topic line is "i just failed for the eighteenth time..what should i do?:devil:" "consider another career" always leaps to mind for me. anyone can freeze up and fail due to nerves...

  13. QA nurses and missed visits

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to LearningRN's topic in Home Health

    i am the clinical director, and imho you have no business writing a note about a missed visit unless you were the nurse who missed the visit!! if the nurse can tell you what happened (severe weather,...

  14. Nurses and the 2008 election

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to Brian's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    so the question must be.......how do we fiscally and morally bankrupt the

  15. How do you wonderful nurses do it?

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to tryingtobecome's topic in General Nursing

    as others have said, you never stop learning and growing, you burn a lot of midnight oil and eat a lot of take-out...and it is worth every minute! good luck in this journey, and thanks for all your...

  16. Needle stick injury in Health Care

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to mnt0121's topic in General Nursing

    my background includes occupational health, and i can tell you that workerman's comp does not cover injuries incurred while performing a task that is in violation of policy and procedure..especially...

  17. Help I've fallen and can't get up--

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to travlr99's topic in Home Health

    sorry--it was a decade ago in florida...maybe a google would help?? we like to have them here in virginia for our patients, but most of ours can't afford gas and food, let alone this "luxury"

  18. Is the RN liable for other's actions???????

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to nursemate19's topic in General Nursing

    have you thought about job-hunting?? this sounds like an unsafe place to work, even without any legal liability! i had to walk away from a clinic that had ma's delegating patients and paperwork to...

  19. Help I've fallen and can't get up--

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to travlr99's topic in Home Health

    thanks..my dad went "home" years ago, but we finally found a model for him that fit in a belt holster like a text pager, but smaller. that he wore after the driveway

  20. Help I've fallen and can't get up--

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to travlr99's topic in Home Health

    depends on the state--not covered for sure in va and fl. i've seen several companies in both states i've done hh and hospice in, and they were all pretty much the same. the big trick is getting the...

  21. Needle stick injury in Health Care

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to mnt0121's topic in General Nursing

    and what have we learned from this about scope of practice and why the rules

  22. Against vaccines:

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to Gavsmom's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat::yeahthat::yeahthat: have you ever seen the effects of the diseases these vaccines, that you loathe and fear, prevent, up close and personal? you are an adult, but imho not vaccinating...

  23. Nurses and the 2008 election

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to Brian's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    it is clear to me that even a cursory look at the polictical threads, just here, clearly indicated a lack of homogeny among nurses. there are nurses to the left, right, and middle of the road. while...

  24. Myths in Healthcare

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to advocateforsafety's topic in General Nursing

    sure it will--when pigs

  25. Myths in Healthcare

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to advocateforsafety's topic in General Nursing

    agreed...accidents, cancer, house fires are all tragic and can hit anyone at anytime. in my experience, both in nursing and in the business world, 70% of people whose lives are "out of control" made...