BabyLady

BabyLady BSN, RN

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  1. Do you get discipline for not wearing ID badge?

    BabyLady replied to tavia_yeung's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Sure they can...do you never have new employees starting? I can see it now, "Yes, my name is Registered Sex Offender Bob, I used to work here several years ago and I just started back this...

  2. I've now failed NCLEX-RN twice....

    BabyLady replied to purple nurple's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    1. Ditch the ATI books...seriously, they will not help you pass anything, but ATI tests and are NOT a proven method of review. 2. Hurst...heard mixed reviews on that program. 3. Saunders...probably...

  3. Do you get discipline for not wearing ID badge?

    BabyLady replied to tavia_yeung's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Are you not licensed by your state? Then your patient has the right to know who is providing their care...first and last name. I do not agree with facilities that do not use last names. The physicians...

  4. Should smokers be admitted into the nursing program?

    BabyLady replied to Elly Aker's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Diabetics are protected under the Americas with Disabilities Act. Smokers have a drug-addiction to nicotine..that is not protected by

  5. Should smokers be admitted into the nursing program?

    BabyLady replied to Elly Aker's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Smoking is different from over-eating because smoking is a DRUG addiction. We don't allow alcoholics, another legal "drug" to work because they are impaired. Smokers, with the stinch from cigarettes...

  6. Dealing with on call Doctors

    BabyLady replied to dinkymouse's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, you are dealing with an MD that doesn't so much not want to do anything, as much as they don't know what to do. We have some residents like that, but not our Neonatologists. With the foot-ball...

  7. Is this common?

    BabyLady replied to sistasoul's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on your facility policy. In my facility, we can give a drug 1 hour early or 1 hour late and I can adjust the times on some drugs if it is detrimental to wake the patient up. For example,...

  8. friend/nurse where I go for tx, did she violate hippa?

    BabyLady replied to HeyHeyitsMaay's topic in General Nursing

    If you say something that is true, it is not slander. If you are simply repeating what someone else told you, you cannot be found guilty of slander, but the person that originated the statement, can...

  9. nurse practioner requirements change?

    BabyLady replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, heck yeah..I agree...in 10 years, yup...if they keep pushing like they are now...MSN's will be

  10. School asks for private info?

    BabyLady replied to malarwen's topic in General Students

    Tell them you don't have any teeth! Seriously...that isn't even part of your physical for any nursing job you'll ever

  11. School asks for private info?

    BabyLady replied to malarwen's topic in General Students

    ...If you have aleady been accepted, fill out what you feel is necessary and simply leave the information you feel is invasive, blank. Just tell them, that you were not comfortable disclosing the...

  12. School asks for private info?

    BabyLady replied to malarwen's topic in General Students

    I agree, this is NOT normal. Immunizations...they need to know. I had to have a physical exam to certify my health and fitness for my nursing program and it did not have any sensitive questions like...

  13. nurse practioner requirements change?

    BabyLady replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in General Nursing

    I did not say it wasn't changing...I'm on the East Coast and I have only found two and only one of them is withhin an 8-hour driving distance of me. Many are not making the change yet because they...

  14. friend/nurse where I go for tx, did she violate hippa?

    BabyLady replied to HeyHeyitsMaay's topic in General Nursing

    Not if she is simply repeating what someone else told her. The person that would be guilty, would be her husband...and if it was true...not even

  15. nurse practioner requirements change?

    BabyLady replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in General Nursing

    I have found more Universities that have MSN programs than BSN-DNP-only programs...tons more. So no, you should have no problem finding a

  16. Help! Need advise! I just resigned!

    BabyLady replied to NrsKyssez's topic in General Nursing

    Well, in the end, does it matter? Anytime you call in for shifts, at any job, regardless if it is a hospital, LTC, a bank or McDonald's, after you give you notice, multiple times, as the other poster...

  17. Legal Nursing Question

    BabyLady replied to JWestbrook20's topic in General Nursing

    It is not professional, NOR appropriate, to ever ask a patient for their personal contact information unless you are asking for the sole purpose of putting it in the chart.

  18. Legal Nursing Question

    BabyLady replied to JWestbrook20's topic in General Nursing

    Why are we encouraging the OP to "let it go" rather than figuring out a creative way she can help this woman? The OP is a nursing student, she is not a nurse at the facility that may be in charge of...

  19. friend/nurse where I go for tx, did she violate hippa?

    BabyLady replied to HeyHeyitsMaay's topic in General Nursing

    Sure she can...it depends on how she got the information. For example, we had a set of quads born at my hospital last year where there was a write-up in the local paper and the mother breastfed the...

  20. friend/nurse where I go for tx, did she violate hippa?

    BabyLady replied to HeyHeyitsMaay's topic in General Nursing

    This is important...very important. If he told her as a friend..no HIPAA violation. If he told her as an employee of the clinic, major HIPAA violation and you need to file a

  21. How many fetal demises in a month?

    BabyLady replied to Devie06's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work for a very high-volume facility. We probably see about 2, on average, fetal demises a month. Early miscarriages, typically happen at home or "complete" in the ER or are treated in the...

  22. Patients who want to change doctors after problems

    BabyLady replied to CecileSF's topic in General Nursing

    You do not have to denounce anyone in the process, but if someone asks if they can change doctors, even facilities, you have to tell them the truth. "You have the right to decide if you need to make...

  23. Help! Need advise! I just resigned!

    BabyLady replied to NrsKyssez's topic in General Nursing

    Life is hard and sometimes we have to do things that are extremely unpleasant and uncomfortable. You will run into many bumps in your career. Newer nurses, regardless of age, still get their fair...

  24. Board of Nursing Actions

    BabyLady replied to GoNightingale's topic in General Nursing

    I am so sorry that this has happened to you. It could happen to any of us...even when the best intentions are put forward, especially with the way hospitals staff these

  25. Was this a A Violation of Hipaa?

    BabyLady replied to Trekfan's topic in General Nursing

    Not a HIPAA violation but a definate violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. 1. They would not provide assistance with the paperwork. 2. They essentially refused to see you because you had a...