JKL33

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    Healthcare And Birthdate Imperative

    JKL33 replied to MarkMyWords's topic in General Nursing

    I'm much more annoyed with an ever-increasing bunch of randos who want my SSN for things. Which, my understanding is that it was originally never meant to be used in some of the ways which it is
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    Peri-care without gloves?

    JKL33 replied to lightwing's topic in General Nursing

    I get it. For me personally it's almost more a matter making sure professional lines are drawn/maintained. I don't even have too much problem with the idea that other caretakers may not use them; it's...
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    Broke My HCA Contract

    JKL33 replied to Lrjames98's topic in General Nursing

    So if people are going to need to relocate according to the nature of the situation you've described, how does making an employee sign a contract prevent that? Did a lot of employees say, "oh, well, I...
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    Should I quit Nursing?

    JKL33 replied to Aliceozwalker's topic in Nursing Career

    First thing I would do before deciding that your nursing career is hopeless is put your foot down a little (or even a lot, whatever is necessary). Safe to say that all of you skipping minimal...
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    Peri-care without gloves?

    JKL33 replied to lightwing's topic in General Nursing

    I'll be odd man out: I would not provide professional/paid peri care without gloves for the same reason I wouldn't perform a basic/routine GU provider exam without gloves. I don't care who is paying...
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    When the Nurse Becomes the Patient: What I Learned Sitting on the Other Side of the Triage Desk

    JKL33 replied to echmorrill's topic in General Nursing

    I bet the staff appreciated you as much as you appreciated them. I probably wouldn't extrapolate your experience to excuse some of the things (attitudes, behaviors) we deal with in the ED. I do...
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    Addressing the Nursing Burnout Crisis

    JKL33 replied to Nursing CE Central's topic in Nursing News

    Wrong turn at #4. You write of these misses as if this is a story about some superhero whose superpowers are shorting out. The "misses" are not misses, they are things that didn't happen because...
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    Am I crazy or too old for considering this??

    JKL33 replied to Seaturtle01's topic in General Nursing

    We are each having our own, slightly different experience in life and that is why, despite the fact that those in your life have discouraged you from making a move like this, there are still people...
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    How to handle difficult co workers when you're the new kid on the block?

    JKL33 replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in General Nursing

    Don't entertain any of this. I used to try to talk reason to people like #1 (such as informing her what you planned to do when you were done with report), but when you run across someone who is there...
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    Resident Resistant To Taking Meds

    JKL33 replied to tqfamily's topic in Patient Medications

    It would be interesting to know the root of the hesitation. Could even be something like loneliness, you know? Care conference is a great idea and maybe this is one of the things that can be ferreted...
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    What will be your New Year resolution?

    JKL33 replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    Make it happen. Life's too short. I don't prefer to take big risks. But I have changed up my trajectory for the better in the past few years and the only regret I have is that I didn't see things...
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    PRN holidays

    JKL33 replied to holly150's topic in General Nursing

    Agree the original understanding of per diem during my career was/has been that the trade-off is no benefits in exchange for significant control over own schedule and usually an increased hourly rate....
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    required experience

    JKL33 replied to Sophiaf's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yes - it is a paid position that requires an RN license and your responsibilities are those of an RN. Of course it is up to individual employers whether they want to use other definitions. Good...
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    What will be your New Year resolution?

    JKL33 replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    I've spent a lot of time studying and preparing for a new role over the past few years and this past fall I was so disgusted with my physical self (not overweight but not my personal ideal weight,...
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    Gobbledygook In Nursing

    JKL33 replied to Guest 1152923's topic in General Nursing

    - Business lingo such as: Silos/siloed, reach out, collaborate, stakeholders, and especially "culture of change" which is a euphemism for the planned intention to destabilize everything and treat...
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    Epic HIPAA violation

    JKL33 replied to EmNightShamala's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Yes it is. There isn't wording about which precise actions they must take (and that is by design, since different types and sizes of organizations would need to take different actions to accomplish...
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    Diploma and Associate Degree in Nursing

    JKL33 replied to LasercopyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    What do you make of these
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    New Grad through COVID

    JKL33 replied to HelloSunshine545's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I wonder if what you are currently experiencing is partially timing? In lay terms--you rose up to meet an unexpected challenge and made it through "running on adrenaline," and now things are...
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    Switching from nurse to daycare teacher??

    JKL33 replied to NursePoopyPants's topic in General Nursing

    Taco Bell might be paying nearly as much as what you quoted for CDA jobs. Fast food in my area isn't far off from that at all. Also, what would the associated benefits be--such as employer...
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    Epic HIPAA violation

    JKL33 replied to EmNightShamala's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    No insider knowledge, just my perception: I think they do care (for their own reasons). It definitely behooves them to keep tabs on this and be able to show that they have privacy procedures and...
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    Patient Abandonment

    JKL33 replied to jung park's topic in General Nursing

    It kind of depends on whether you walked away from an inappropriate situation and took a 5-minute breather or you left the facility during a patient assignment and didn't come back. It could be...
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    Can we talk about the Travel Nurse Cap?!

    JKL33 replied to CardiTeleRN's topic in General Nursing

    I mean, that's pretty much a matter of word choice. Hospitals aren't upset because the nurses may be called travel nurses even though they're not traveling far, they're upset because they want to...
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    Just realized a med error.. What to do?

    JKL33 replied to kQ123_'s topic in Patient Medications

    If I understand your post correctly you pushed it through running saline which is how plenty of nurses give lorazepam. It is diluted by the time it reaches the patient. Just lock this in your...
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    Epic HIPAA violation

    JKL33 replied to EmNightShamala's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Well even if whatever she did technically weren't a HIPAA violation, it would 99.999% be a violation of the privacy practices of that facility/company. This is not necessarily about whether she opened...
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    Can we talk about the Travel Nurse Cap?!

    JKL33 replied to CardiTeleRN's topic in General Nursing

    https://www.mcknights.com/news/movement-to-cap-nurse-agency-pay-rates-advances-in-another-state/ I think AHCA and their state-level affiliates sound delusional. These LTC owners,...