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Blindsided

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  1. Preparation for AANP exam

    Blindsided replied to bayouchick02's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Oh, I found lots of "stuff" to occupy me since I graduated, like cancer, surgery, congenital kidney issue, more surgery, ha-ha. I have practiced some, but have absolutely no interest in family...

  2. Preparation for AANP exam

    Blindsided replied to bayouchick02's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thanks posters. Yes, I graduated in 2006, but only worked a few months as a NP. Currently, I'm working as a RN, but wondering about taking the exam, so I will be "official." Do you have to be working...

  3. Preparation for AANP exam

    Blindsided replied to bayouchick02's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm currently employed but as RN and not NP. Can you even take the exam if you're not working as

  4. Would you become an RN again if you had the choice?

    Blindsided replied to eminthesr's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I have worked with some super great nurses throughout my career, and I guess a couple "evil" ones too Mostly though, if you treat people like you want to be treated, you'll enjoy your co-workers....

  5. Major Office Issues Help!!!!

    Blindsided replied to amandap213's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    All the stuff coming across the fax that requires a chart before the doctor can address it, WE have to pull. Medical records people rarely, if EVER pull it, without asking them and/or feeling like we...

  6. Major Office Issues Help!!!!

    Blindsided replied to amandap213's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    For those of you who still have paper charts, please tell me how the medical records are handled in your office. I have never worked in a place so chaotic, where the nurses have to pull so many of...

  7. Liability of teaching an outside nurse

    Blindsided posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work in a busy family practice office. We have a client that comes in for a routine injection. She wants a family member (a nurse) to start giving the injections. The doctor agrees to do this, but...

  8. Liability of teaching an outside nurse

    Blindsided replied to Blindsided's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, still unclear This client does not percieve herself to be ill and she is not ill. This injection is a choice made by the client. This client and family member have not proven themselves to be...

  9. Liability of teaching an outside nurse

    Blindsided replied to Blindsided's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have a clue what your post means. How did you get that from my post? My post was referring to someone's earlier post about the family member going through hell with the client. So no, I don't...

  10. Liability of teaching an outside nurse

    Blindsided replied to Blindsided's topic in General Nursing

    So, the other nurse isn't a

  11. Liability of teaching an outside nurse

    Blindsided replied to Blindsided's topic in General Nursing

    OK, let me clear something up here. The client is not ill in the least. The family member is not going through hell with the client. In fact, if the client is of age, why can't she be taught to give...

  12. Liability of teaching an outside nurse

    Blindsided replied to Blindsided's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everybody for your input. Will medicaid even pay for the supplies to give the intended med? Syringes, alcohol wipes, etc. Or do they have to come to the office for injection? They have some...

  13. Employee Survey Time

    Blindsided posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey everyone, this year our survey is computerized. Now we all know that the powers that be can track every single keystroke, do we not? Have you experienced this, and how did you deal with

  14. Employee Survey Time

    Blindsided replied to Blindsided's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks peeps (ooo, I wish I had a peep right now :)). I am outspoken in meetings and very little if any changes take place in response to it. Other less outspoken folks thank me, but that is small...

  15. Employee Survey Time

    Blindsided replied to Blindsided's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I know this is pretty much a boring topic, but thanks Caliotter for your response. Each year this comes up I ask if it's mandatory. I'm told no, but their attitude makes us feel very pressured...

  16. Night shift- when do you exercise?

    Blindsided replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    SAY WHAT??? I'm having a good laugh at myself, because the more I read this, the harder it was for me to understand

  17. Hygiene disaster areas

    Blindsided replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

    And another thing...if you're rotund, but insist on wearing low cut pants, then you better damn well wash your

  18. escribe questions

    Blindsided posted a topic in General Nursing

    Does your office use escribe? If so, what protocols do you have in place? What problems are you having? Do you feel your license is in danger? Would like to hear from those that use it, and what are...

  19. escribe questions

    Blindsided replied to Blindsided's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your response. We use Allscripts. We have certain protocols that the docs have signed off on, but not every patient falls within the protocols. We do not send anything back to the doc to...

  20. escribe questions

    Blindsided replied to Blindsided's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, I know this is a boring topic, but anybody? It seems to me it's just ONE MORE THING for the nurses to have to do, now that the physicians and management have turnd it over to us. The only ones...

  21. Retired, now what?

    Blindsided replied to sueff's topic in Retired Nurses

    Oh my gosh, you are in a perfect position to be living my dream, which is to be a volunteer nurse! Do it for four hours or forty hours. Either way you'll make an impact. There are so many lonely folks...

  22. He// to the NO!

    Blindsided replied to FLmomof5's topic in General Nursing

    You peeps are keeping me up tonight, God bless you! My hubby is even riled up about this one. Document, document, document! Oh, make sure it's on your "free time" though!

  23. Need major help regarding nursing math, unique circumstance

    Blindsided replied to Nat706's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I want to thank the posters for helping and encouraging the op. To the op I say: you sound like an exceptional person to me. Others including myself have overcome so much to get where we are. You are...

  24. A true life horror story

    Blindsided replied to nurse2it's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! I want to thank all of you for these sometimes funny/sometimes horrifying

  25. Too late to take my National Certification????

    Blindsided replied to cr8tivNP's topic in Advanced Practice

    Thanks op for your post. I want to know this very thing. Is there a time limit after graduation and sitting for the certification exam? Hope you get some more answers. Thanks everybody!