BabyLady

BabyLady BSN, RN

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  1. Eligibility to sit for NCLEX in MD with DWI charge

    BabyLady replied to m.neugz's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    My school was very clear about how criminal charges can affect your ability to gain licensure when we attended an informational session before any of us applied...yours should have been as well. The...

  2. Finances

    BabyLady replied to ebonell24's topic in General Students

    My advice is if you can, wait on starting a job until you see what your coursework is going to be like. Make SURE your employer knows that school is your #1 priority. You will find that if you are...

  3. Will never write order again w/o permission from doc

    BabyLady replied to *Posh*'s topic in General Nursing

    Several people have commented that they would not take a verbal order to discontinue life support, especially in this case where the family wanted it earlier than the time written by the physician. I,...

  4. Will never write order again w/o permission from doc

    BabyLady replied to *Posh*'s topic in General Nursing

    I see some of the senior nurses do this all the time and I absolutely refuse to engage in it. The only thing I am willing to stick my neck out for is perhaps, when he forgets to write the route on a...

  5. Blood transfusion

    BabyLady replied to blessed02's topic in General Nursing

    I agree..a pump regulates it...to hang by gravity, can put the pt at risk for fluid

  6. Do all Nurses need Malpractice Insurance

    BabyLady replied to beatrice1's topic in General Nursing

    ...and your instructor passed on one of the biggest myths in nursing, that carrying malpractice insurance makes you more of a target. There is no fact in that whatsoever. Here is your proof:...

  7. Do all Nurses need Malpractice Insurance

    BabyLady replied to beatrice1's topic in General Nursing

    This is scary and if they are telling employees that nurses cannot be sued, they are wrong. Call your legal department and ask them to cite you the statute that bars nurses from getting sued...I can...

  8. Blood transfusion

    BabyLady replied to blessed02's topic in General Nursing

    Wouldn't that be enough of a reason not to hang it

  9. Employment Drug Test Questions

    BabyLady replied to booradley007's topic in General Nursing

    In my facility, they do screen for alcohol..if you are working, company policy is that your blood alcohol has to be ZERO because you cannot consume any alcoholic beverage within 12 hours of reporting...

  10. Employment Drug Test Questions

    BabyLady replied to booradley007's topic in General Nursing

    i am sad to report....that you were actually correct. physicians and nurses are #1 in professions that abuse drugs. followed by attorney's. it is the #1 reason nurses in my state lose their...

  11. Employment Drug Test Questions

    BabyLady replied to booradley007's topic in General Nursing

    So you think it's a privacy violation for someone to work as a nurse that is on multiple illegal drugs?

  12. So, what's it gonna take for nursing to change and become what it's supposed to be?

    BabyLady replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Nursing

    We are talking about customer service aspect of the job and nothing else. To me, the ones that "get" this connection, will make it and the ones that don't,

  13. Terminated illegally I believe

    BabyLady replied to MomRN0913's topic in General Nursing

    i agree! i feel that if you go after them, you'll find out how "legal" their action was not. true story: a close friend of mine used to work a "salary" position for a background investigations firm....

  14. So, what's it gonna take for nursing to change and become what it's supposed to be?

    BabyLady replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Nursing

    ...thanks...then you understand completely, what I am talking about. You, like me, probably found the transition to working with the public probably a very natural part of the job, in fact, probably...

  15. So, what's it gonna take for nursing to change and become what it's supposed to be?

    BabyLady replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Nursing

    This is where you are wrong...it is EXACTLY the same model. Contractors: Provide a service for a price...be it construction, plumbing, electrical, etc...would you hire a contractor who was rude to...

  16. So, what's it gonna take for nursing to change and become what it's supposed to be?

    BabyLady replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Nursing

    I'll be honest..I came from another career before entering nursing where I have always worked with the public. Learning to work with the public is a NEEDED SKILL in nursing. For me, I had zero...

  17. No Immunity to Hepatitis - Hepatitis Patient Care?

    BabyLady replied to kprince's topic in General Nursing

    Unless your titers are showing zero, I would not assume that you have no immunity. We had a huge debate on this on another thread and if you research it, some research will show that for some...

  18. Terminated because of a dirty drug screen (all drugs were prescribed btw).

    BabyLady replied to randb83172's topic in General Nursing

    Good lord, you are comparing apples to apes. Thank you...you just made my argument. In the example that YOU gave, the MD's said that the medications would not cause "significant...

  19. Terminated illegally I believe

    BabyLady replied to MomRN0913's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't generalize to say that they are not enforceable (because as a former manager, I have personally went to court to make sure that they were enforced because I witnessed many of these...

  20. Terminated because of a dirty drug screen (all drugs were prescribed btw).

    BabyLady replied to randb83172's topic in General Nursing

    Only part of what you are saying is true. Folks that are automatically assuming that the OP was impaired...do most of you even know how drug testing works? Do you realize that opiates can stay in...

  21. Terminated illegally I believe

    BabyLady replied to MomRN0913's topic in General Nursing

    I never said she shouldn't see an attorney...the OP asked if she had a case and she absolutely has one. People are under the MISTAKEN impression that if you work in an at-will state that it is a...

  22. Terminated illegally I believe

    BabyLady replied to MomRN0913's topic in General Nursing

    No, they pay you for the hours that you worked....they turn around after you leave, send you a bill for what they fell that they are due to be compensated..give you X number of days to pay it and if...

  23. Terminated illegally I believe

    BabyLady replied to MomRN0913's topic in General Nursing

    Yes...because an employer can fire you for any legal reason in an at-will state. ie. They wanted to get rid of everyone that wore a green shirt on Monday. However, even in an at-will state, they...

  24. Terminated illegally I believe

    BabyLady replied to MomRN0913's topic in General Nursing

    This is not true. Living in an at-will employment state has NOTHING to do with unemployment compenstation benefits. That has to do with actions an employer has to take with regards to hiring/firing....

  25. Terminated illegally I believe

    BabyLady replied to MomRN0913's topic in General Nursing

    Non-compete clauses are very common in many professions, especially sales. These are legal contracts and I would be very careful in assuming that they were "settled out of court" unless you personally...