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    Suspend the HIPAA law for this shooting

    elkpark replied to Cheyenne RN,BSHS's topic in Nursing News

    Is there some reason I'm missing for two slightly different threads on this topic (from the same
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    Suspend the HIPAA law for this shooting

    elkpark replied to Cheyenne RN,BSHS's topic in Nursing News

    No, it wasn't and she's not. The original purpose was to reassure the providers and the public about general security and confidentiality of healthcare records in order to push hospitals and other...
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    What would a single payer system look like?

    elkpark replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    We are all aware of your obsession about whether providers will or won't accept insurance obtained through the ACA. However, your original statement to which I was responding was that many people in...
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    Suspend the HIPAA law for this shooting

    elkpark replied to Cheyenne RN,BSHS's topic in Nursing News

    I disagree strongly that the HIPAA regulations "do more harm than good" or are "insane." To me, they are just reasonable protections of individuals' privacy and should have been enacted long before...
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    Violating HIPAA by responding to Yelp

    elkpark replied to RiskManager's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Totally part from HIPAA, many (all?) states have state laws and regulations regarding confidentiality in healthcare. It's not just the Federal laws about which you need to be
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    RN who graduated from Concorde Career College

    elkpark replied to Jillyg12's topic in Colorado Nursing

    In your opinion, that is
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    "I have a PhD, I know more than you do!"

    elkpark replied to MendedHeart's topic in General Nursing

    You apparently mean that as a put-down and dismissal of the pharmacist, but "spending enuff boring time in a classroom" is how everyone with a doctorate got a doctorate. And pharmacists don't just...
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    "I have a PhD, I know more than you do!"

    elkpark replied to MendedHeart's topic in General Nursing

    No, I'm not just talking about "conversational etiquette," I think it's highly unprofessional to provide unsolicited healthcare advice, which is technically treatment. This scenario (tap water vs....
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    Is this discrimination?

    elkpark replied to WheresMyPen's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    (You have it backwards -- libel is printed, and slander is
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    Is this program legitimate?

    elkpark replied to webwayninja's topic in School, College Programs

    Whether or not one is willing to be a guinea pig for a new program is a v. personal choice. However, again, if no one were ever willing to take a chance on a new program, we would have only a small...
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    Is this program legitimate?

    elkpark replied to webwayninja's topic in School, College Programs

    It's a non-profit, public school. It's SACS accredited, which is the "right" general academic accreditation. If the RN program is new, as the OP says, it's impossible for it to have ACEN...
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    "I have a PhD, I know more than you do!"

    elkpark replied to MendedHeart's topic in General Nursing

    "Take part in health related conversations"? If I (or another nurse) am invited, sure. Eavesdropping on and butting into other people's private conversations to provide unsolicited advice?
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    Lapsed license - advice?

    elkpark replied to Jeanne Ramick's topic in General Nursing

    (Thanks for
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    Strike nursing

    elkpark replied to trulefty's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    So, is all of that supposed to be a rationalization for why you're willing to undercut your fellow nurses who have worked hard in other states in order to establish unions that do protect their...
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    Strike nursing

    elkpark replied to trulefty's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Yeah, that's just called "coming to work." And don't think that your striking coworkers will forget it,
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    Help!How to apply for state license with no social security number yet

    elkpark replied to kirstyrandall's topic in International Nursing

    There is actually a Federal law that prohibits issuance of any professional licenses without a valid SSN, and has been for a number of years; it's just taking some states longer to come into...
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    Is this discrimination?

    elkpark replied to WheresMyPen's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    ^^ This. And, although I am usually the last person to suggest contacting a lawyer, if your administration won't support you and you have hard evidence that this woman is actually slandering you, I...
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    Is this discrimination?

    elkpark replied to WheresMyPen's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    ^^
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    "I have a PhD, I know more than you do!"

    elkpark replied to MendedHeart's topic in General Nursing

    So, do you go around offering unsolicited medical advice to strangers in public places? Is that what makes someone a "great
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    Lapsed license - advice?

    elkpark replied to Jeanne Ramick's topic in General Nursing

    It's not just a matter of "many employers" who won't "let" you work without a license -- it's illegal to practice nursing without a license, and that includes individuals with an expired
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    "I have a PhD, I know more than you do!"

    elkpark replied to MendedHeart's topic in General Nursing

    The flip side of that, though, is that lots of people are deeply offended by automatically being called by their first names, esp. older people being addressed by younger people. Nothing ticks my...
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    "I have a PhD, I know more than you do!"

    elkpark replied to MendedHeart's topic in General Nursing

    I would have minded my own business, and not made it obvious that I had "eavesdropped" on a private conversation between the pharmacist and a client. I realize the conversation was probably easily...
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    imminent risk

    elkpark replied to lottieloo's topic in Psychiatric

    Define what you mean by "take reasonable action." "Causing other clients distress" is not a legitimate reason for forcing medication or restraint on someone anywhere I've worked over the years, which...
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    "I have a PhD, I know more than you do!"

    elkpark replied to MendedHeart's topic in General Nursing

    ^^
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    Graduated in 2008 but never took my nclex

    elkpark replied to Toia's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    First question would be whether you state will allow you to write the NCLEX after this long. Different states have different rules about that. Do you know for sure that you're eligible, or have you...