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I worked with a MD in the ER six years ago. He was not on staff. He constantly ordered for Obecalp until most of the nurses refused to work him and admin found out his little game. I think he was a disgrace to the medical profession. Patients deserve to be treated with respect. They deserve to trust us. Actions like this only serve to fuel the patients mistrust of the doctors and nurses who work hard to provide the care they have come to us to recieve.

Thank you for the clarification. Could staff please change the thread title to read, "Brother of ShowbizRN". Very misleading to those friends with Showbiz and thinking she has passed. I recieved an email earlier today that a longtime member of the AN community had passed and it was ShowbizRN. My sympathies to Showbiz on the loss of her brother. Please know you are in our prayers.

Do you see what I am talking about now?

What I am commenting on is that if you go to Showbizrn profile and read past posts, showbiz is a WOMAN! The Op is stating they are a family member and showbiz-their brother has died.In showbiz posts-SHE is a WOMEN. Also when reading past posts BY showbiz, the style of writing is the same as in the original post on this thread. I am not the only one wondering about this, some of us have been PMing because something seems not right.

I am really confused about this post. At first I thought the OP was speaking of their brother. Then I took it to mean a family member was posting under ShowbizRN account to say "he" died. But when I went ShowbizRN profile to look at past posts made, ShowbizRN is a women. Has made posts referencing past gyn surgery and being married to a woman and much more to confirm that ShowbizRN is a woman, not a man as stated in the original post saying "he" died. Does anyone know more about this? Seems strange to me. I am not trying to insensitive just trying to make sense.

RN and PA are two totally different professions. You wouldn't become a nurse to get experience to become a PA.There are some other forums on the net for PA. Or do a search here for nursing vs PA. There are great threads to view. Good luck!

month after month this same thread circulates with different op.

My dh and I were having dinner at an Olive Garden a few years ago. Dh was eating a pasta dish and as he took the fork towards his mouth....I noticed something sticking out. It was fake nail!!!!!!!!!!! OMG I freaked. We called over the mgr who proceded to fall over himself apologizing. It wasn't his fault. He did say gloves were mandatory when any food was being handled but some employees just buck the system. He said he would rectify the situation and also use this as an example as to why gloves are important. If the chick had put gloves on the fake offending nail would have come off in the glove, not the pasta! They did give us gift cards and of course comped our meal. I gave the gift cards to a friend!

You cannot go technical school, community college or through an 11 month LPN program without a GED. You also have to take a nursing entrance exam for any LPN program. A person cannot go into a program of "higher learning" without a GED. Even most fast food places require a GED now if you wish to be employed. If your mom is worried about being older than the other students, tell her not to sweat it. People of all ages decide to get their GED. She will do fine! I hope she pursues her dream. Someone with as much experience as she has in LTC will do great. Tell her to contact program she is looking at for her LPN. They can point her in the right direction to obtain her GED first! Good luck to her.

I am not sure what the problem would be and I do not know anything about the nursing situation in Indiana. Maybe go on the regional forum and post this. Also, is your wife a member here at allnurses? She would benefit greatly to post for herself and begin networking, both in general forums and her regional.

Nursing is my second career. I made far more in my first career. But I had always had in the back of my mind that someday I would go back to school (again!)to become a nurse and I did. The pay is not equal to the amount of responsibilty in my opinion. But if I choose to leave nursing, then I can. But for now, for me, the rewards personally are an added benefit. My husband always had a need for doing some type of altruistic work. Nursing would not have been for him!! He was led to become a lawyer. He practices family law. Talk about hearbreaking work! Now the words lawyer and altruistic may seemlike an odd pairing. But the heart and soul given to the cases he handles are at most heartbreaking. His salary is good but in no way is equal to that of a tax or corporate attorney. His job entails being social worker, psychiatrist, cop, mediator and the list goes. My husband often gets chided by his school buddies that say "Come work for me, you will make so much more". But my dh knows he would miserable and then it just be a "job". Being able to make a living in which you can take of youself and your family is what we all pursue. Being able to make a living doing what you love is priceless.

Wow, I'm blown away by this post. If I screwed up this bad I deserve to have it bought to my attention. Some complaints patients or family members submit have no merit. This kind of complaint holds great merit. My bil is a pharmacist. I sent him a copy of this thread. He had some great points: 1-The first comment he made was the pharm tech should have asked the pharmacist to speak with the customer and never handled that situation himself. 2-The pharmacist would have disposed of the meds. He/she would have no idea if the meds had been tampered with. 3-The meds cannot be resold. In this country, we do not even recycle the bottles prescription meds are given to the patient in. In some countries you can take your bottles back to the pharmacy to be recycled! 4-He also commented it put a red flag up for him that the tech took care of this, not turning it over to the pharmacist. Either this pharmacy is being run by shoody people who in turn have shoddy work ethics or the tech is perhaps filling scripts that a tech is not legally allowed to fill. He said this does happen. Pharmacists will let techs fill narc scripts and the pharmacist "just signs off". But a narc has to be visually assessed and counted by the a licensed pharmacist. Perhaps the tech filled this, realized he/she screwed up when the customer came back and was able to bury the whole situation. As a consumer I would greatly encourage you to proceed with contacting the home office of this chain pharmacy. And get the names of those who were involved. Yes, screw-ups happen, But they are also the driving force that makes us each better at our jobs. Imagine losing a family member because they were unable to understand they had been given the wrong med. (by not reading the info on the bottle or just assuming this is the med they are to take.) Scary stuff. We have to work hard to protect the license we have earned. It didn't come out of a Cracker Jack box. In my opinion that tech is putting the pharmacist's license at risk by not informing them of the situation. Imagine how we would feel if a nurse tech covered up a dire situation or "just handled it" without reporting to the nurse they work under. The ramifications are many.

I switched MDs 2 years ago because I could not understand him. It was not even a matter of like or dislike-I never even got to this point because I could not understand a dang thing he was saying to me. Asking him to write things down...forget about it. Wasn't able to read what he wrote.

the bon does go case by case. there are some awesome threads with all the info you are looking for. of course no one here can offer legal advice, but i will say the bon is usually willing to work with you. you may have to jump through hoops. you also may want to file for an expungement and this would begin with the court system that sentenced you. get going, it takes time to cut through red tape. good luck! allnurses.com/nursing-licensure-criminal/

I have read this issue. I hope others will check out OXFORD-BRAIN JOURNAL. Incredible research.

fibromyalgia is not an autoimmnune disease. this is a widespread notion. a higher percentage of women are diagnosed but this is thought because men are more reluctant to seek medical help. the medical community first began studying rheumatism in the 1880's. in the mid 1900's it became named fibrositis. in the 1960's fibrositis was persued by a canadian physician, dr. hugh smyth. in 1990, dr. smyth along with five other physicians completed the research that is now used by the american college of rheumatology's criteria. the american college of rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of fibromyalgia history of widespread pain has been present for at least three months definition: pain is considered widespread when all of the following are present: pain in both sides of the body pain above and below the waist in addition, axial skeletal pain (cervical spine, anterior chest, thoracic spine or low back pain) must be present. low back pain is considered lower segment pain. pain in 11 of 18 tender point sites on digital palpation definition: pain, on digital palpation, must be present in at least 11 of the following 18 tender point sites: occiput (2) - at the suboccipital muscle insertions. low cervical (2) - at the anterior aspects of the intertransverse spaces at c5-c7. trapezius (2) - at the midpoint of the upper border. supraspinatus (2) - at origins, above the scapula spine near the medial border. second rib (2) - upper lateral to the second costochondral junction. lateral epicondyle (2) - 2 cm distal to the epicondyles. gluteal (2) - in upper outer quadrants of buttocks in anterior fold of muscle. greater trochanter (2) - posterior to the trochanteric prominence. knee (2) - at the medial fat pad proximal to the joint line. digital palpation should be performed with an approximate force of 4 kg. a tender point has to be painful at palpation, not just "tender." add to this- central nervous system, gastrointestinal, dermal, and a host of other life-altering symptoms. a good md or np will refer the patient to a rheumatologist for true diagnoses. as far as "believe in fibromyalgia"? i guess the same could be said for mental illness. two hundred years ago we crucified the mentally ill because they were "possessed". think of patients with epilepsy. just some 30 years ago, these patients were ashamed of the diagnoses because of the lack of knowledge by the medical community and the general public. or we could continue to jump all over our fellow nurses who call out for shift because they "just" have cramps. the "unknown" is often easier to dismiss rather than investigate, learn about, and learn from. think gulf war syndrome. a large number of these cases are confirmed fibromyalgia patients. i have read through past threads on fibromyalgia and i am appalled at the comments written by fellow nurses. it breaks my heart to think a patient seeking a diagnoses would be so harshly judged. there is much written now on the research of fibromyalgia. johns hopkins continues to make great strides in this area. like so many other now "confirmed" diseases and/or illnesses they all were at one time floundering, waiting for a diagnoses, waiting for a medication(s), waiting for a cure; fibromyalgia is very real. i always try to remember that medicine is science in progress. waiting for great men and women to discover what we are yet to know. listen to your patient. please do not judge based on lack of information and or knowledge.

I agree. HR screwed up big time and HR is trying to elicit sympathy on your part. You are fortunate to have not taken a position with this company!

Contact the Florida BON. Explain the situation. I always have "a need to know" and once I get my questions answered I always feel better. So many nurses have had previous felonies etc. and still made it through school and obtained licensure. I believe your goal to become a nurse is not without merit! Go for it. Make an appointment with a mental health professional. This a very trying time for you. Having someone to bounce things off of and help sort out your current state of being sounds right on target. The fact that you recognize you need this is awesome...do not put this off. Take care of you, first. The rest will follow in good time. Many blessings to you.

There is a medical assisting forum on another site. Just google medical assisting and you will find it, plus a plethera of info on what you are interested in! Good luck!

There are quite a few other Nursing sites where one will find no public traffic. Allnurses has been around for quite awhile and I do not think it is going to change course and become a site only for LPNs or RNs now. Do a google search and you will find the site you are looking for. There are several.

Maybe allnurses could require that if we want to be a member we have to send a copy of our license, that states we are in good standing with our state Board of Nursing!!! Students would have to have the school they attend send in a letter stating they are in fact NURSING students if they want to be a member of allnurses. And if they quit school-no more membership at AN! Same for EMTs, PAs, FNPs, PCTs, CNAs, etc. Everyone better prove they are qualified to post on this site. Patients have to prove they are really patients by sending a letter from from their MD and a copy of the last financial statement from the last hospital stay they had. Obviously this is all in jest. I appreciate the "differences" we all bring here. Be it nurse, doc, cna, patient, family member. Bring it on. I want to hear your POV from where you stand in this big wide medical world. Sometimes a valid complaint I Think I Have is not valid after all; when I read responses from so many different aspects of the healthcare world. I learn something new here every time I come here. And what I learn does not always come from a fellow nurse! My only request-Trolls NOT wanted here at AN!

Geez. So if the pt. needs an enema the fam runs over to watch? I would ask the MD to speak w/ the family. It does sound as if they are paranoid. Did they have a previous experience that has prompted this or was the loved one just placed recently in LTC? It is rough when giving care and feeling as if you are being judged/watched!

So many hospitals are cutting back in every way possible right now. If you are financially able to not work at the present, get yourself out there as a VOLUNTEER in a health care setting. With all the cut-backs being made from house-keeping, dietary, nursing staff etc. the patients are the ones who suffer from these cuts. Volunteer work looks awesome on a resume too!

Last weekend my dh and I attended his annual holiday party. His law firm puts on a huge bash that is also a fundraiser for local charities. Silent auction etc. There are four law firms that put this on each year. Many "professionals" attend this function. During the dinner portion of the evening we were seated with a retired FBI agent, an aide to a state congressman, a college level prof., several business persons, and of course a few lawyers. The conversation turned to children and grandchildren that will be graduating this year from high school. (We do not have children) One woman spoke about her daughter-the lack of maturity, lack of decent grades. Her daughter dreams of being a teacher. The woman said she told her daughter to go to nursing school instead. These are her statements- "Nurses are so in demand schools do not care about high school grades." "Anyone can get into nursing school." "But she just does not have the intelligence to become a teacher. A nurse, yes. A teacher, no." GOOD LORD! I about fell off my chair!! Not only was this sad to hear a mother speak of her child this way (no wonder her daughter does not believe in herself!) others at the table were agreeing that becoming a nurse sounded like a better option than becoming a teacher. (I have the utmost respect for teachers.) (I also did not know anyone we were seated with) Well, I let it rip! My dh sat with a cheshire cat smile on his face as I had my say. The public often has no idea what being a nurse entails. Yes, we are professionals, Yes, we have degrees. Yes, we obtain continuing education year after year. We are the ones who carry out the orders the MD decides are best for the patient. We are the ones who care for the loved ones who are close to death and help them rally back. And yes, we are the cream of the crop who made it through nursing school (while many others dropped out) while enduring many nights of self-doubt and wondering if we should have chosen a different career path. We are the ones who come home at the end of the day and cry to our spouse because we lost a patient. Teacher or nurse. They both are equally noble and enduring professions. After I stepped down from my soap box a wonderful conversation evolved at that table. I was suprised how little the public really understands about what it takes to be a nurse and what the day in a life of a nurse entails! If I am ever to be on the side getting cared for, instead of giving the care-I want my nurse to have compassion and brains. It takes an equal amount of smarts and heart to do this job!

Contact the Tn BON to get all the correct information you need. Good luck!