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  1. Personal info was shared -HIPPA violation?

    merlee replied to Quienes's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    So let me get this straight. Someone - an RN - gave your dad's phone number to a complete stranger without your dad's permission. And this person is here on a visitior's visa. Call the hospital's...

  2. male in nursing

    merlee replied to ALHANOON's topic in Men in Nursing

    Can you give us more information? What country are you in? Why are you wanting more men in nursing?

  3. Nurse Visit Cost insulin tx

    merlee replied to TemeculaGuy's topic in General Nursing

    Most of the clients in ALF's are over 65, and may be eligible for home health care if ordered by a physician. This would not come out of their budget. However, I don't know at what point the client...

  4. Doctors?

    merlee replied to glovedgoddess's topic in General Nursing

    Every pt should have a doc assigned as the admitting doctor, and that is the person who writes the orders. More and more hospitals are using hospitalists that have very limited if any office hours....

  5. Staff Appreciation

    merlee replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    There are many ideas for this. There are a variety of sites you can check. Try Miles Kimball, Oriental Trading Co., and there are other sites, too. Try All Nurses!!! Go to a local uniform shop....

  6. Is this professional?

    merlee replied to Jenni811's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, it can be construed as unsanitary, like our caps were. Other than that, don't let it bother you. Why have you never asked

  7. Nurse Visit Cost insulin tx

    merlee replied to TemeculaGuy's topic in General Nursing

    Unless you carry your own malpractice insurance, this is a dangerous pursuit. They need to go thru a home health agency for this. If you want to pursue this, who will be paying you? Will you be an...

  8. Conscience Schmoncience! Who cares what you believe?

    merlee replied to jmqphd's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Excuse me, GHG and some others - - not everyone regrets their decisons. I had an abortion in 1978 and have no regrets. NONE. Despite precautions, I got pregnant while married to an abuser. This was...

  9. Has anyone ever seen this done before?

    merlee replied to NCRN2010's topic in General Nursing

    NO NO NO NO Swabs are supposed to be sterile. And who knows what is being introduced INTO the wound??? OY VEY

  10. What was the lowest diastolic bp you have seen?

    merlee replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen very athletic people w/ bp 90's/40's, and heart rate 46-56 at rest. No problems. For many years, I ran 100-110/50's without problems unless I jumped up from a lying position, and then my...

  11. Attending upcoming career fair, are you?

    merlee replied to nursejennie35's topic in General Nursing

    Make sure you have plenty of ONE page resumes, printed on an off-white or pale gray paper. It will stand out a bit. Sometimes having business cards helps, too. Enter every raffle, even the ones from...

  12. How do your pronounce "peds"?

    merlee replied to Strawberrygirl2's topic in General Nursing

    "Peeds" are for kids, as in pediatrics. "Peds" are those little socks you wear on your feet! As in pedestrian. Don't know why these two words are pronounced differently, but it's a good thin they...

  13. Was this a HIPAA violation?

    merlee replied to abbaking's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    1. As earlier stated, HIPAA didn't go into effect until 2003. 2. If the person writing this recommendation wasn't going to be able to be more subtle or more positive, they shouldn't have written it....

  14. Unbelievable !!

    merlee replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Haha! BTW - - my first roommate in nursing school asked about taking a BP around the neck. But only asked!! She later became an occupational

  15. How powerful are hospital unions?

    merlee replied to 2011nursetobe's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    It's very dependant on where you work. Some unions are fairly powerful, and the ratios are part of the contract as well as many other aspects of your job, and some are not very effective. I've worked...

  16. IV ADMIN

    merlee replied to santos2010's topic in General Nursing

    You can't be serious. The answer is part of what you typed. Get

  17. I cried

    merlee replied to payang0722's topic in General Nursing

    This is the first of many times. You are only human, and most of us have cried, many, many times. Best

  18. HIPPA violation?

    merlee replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, it doesn't make a lot of sense unless there was some sort of mitigating circumstances. But we can't tell from this amount of information. HIPAA

  19. Patient hygiene-How far is too far?

    merlee replied to derikajames's topic in General Nursing

    I think this thread is a riot!!! Shaving the pubic area is rarely done any longer - unless there will be surgery. Washing is done as basic hygiene. In many years as a bedside nurse, I bathed...

  20. How do you know if you put an IV in an artery?

    merlee replied to crystal777's topic in General Nursing

    I was an IV therapist for a number of years, sometimes starting up to 12 lines in an 8 hour shift. I hit an artery exactly once, and knew immediately. Just be prepared to hold pressure on it for...

  21. How do you know if you put an IV in an artery?

    merlee replied to crystal777's topic in General Nursing

    Trust me, you will know - the blood will spurt across the room when you remove the stylet. And accessing an artery is somewhat more painful. You will not be able to run anything through the line...

  22. Documentation

    merlee replied to curley64's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The above posters are all correct. "If it wasn't charted, it wasn't done" applies here to. And as earlier stated, state what you saw and heard. "pt was mumbling while walking down the hall, and...

  23. What to do, what to do.

    merlee replied to needtoknowbasis's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    New orders should be started at the nearest appropriate time, and adjusted accordingly. If a patient needs antibiotics, and the med is not given as soon as available, this is a delay in treatment and...

  24. Does this mean I'm hired ?

    merlee replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Wait for the letter before you hand in your resignation - - what if the next orientation is not until July 1? So just wait. And best

  25. TMI

    merlee replied to Poi Dog's topic in General Nursing

    it was in your place to tell them to knock it off, to take the conversation to another place. Then if it doesn't stop, you report it to HR. And you certainly didn't seem to mind repeating it all to...