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    Should Nurses Advocate for the Use of Dark Field Microscopy?

    MunoRN replied to Divine-LPN,BSN's topic in General Nursing

    Does the chiropractor also sell dietary supplements? Dark field microscopy and "live blood analysis" is used as part of a fraudulent dietary supplement promotion scheme. Do work for a chiropractor...
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    Is it like this everywhere now?

    MunoRN replied to Forest2's topic in General Nursing

    I'd pinpoint when it all went to *** as being 2008 or thereabouts. Prior to that, nursing management followed the same basic standards as other fields that required intensive management of time...
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    Trump's 'religious conscience'

    MunoRN replied to PediatricMA's topic in General Nursing

    I've read the "bill", which isn't a bill but an HHS OCR administrative rule defining how 25 different laws will be interpreted and enforced by the Office of Civil Rights within the HHS. What the rule...
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    #AMAGetOutTheWay: Nurses, Doctors, and Students United

    MunoRN replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Nursing News

    There's no current proposal to transition to socialized healthcare, there has been a push for reform based on universal coverage, by expanding medicare to those under 65 or to some form of a...
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    Will there be too many nurses in the near future?

    MunoRN replied to DCubed's topic in General Nursing

    You're referring to a low nursing employment vacancy rate, which is completely different from a nursing shortage. A nursing shortage refers to whether or not there are a sufficient number of nurses...
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    #AMAGetOutTheWay: Nurses, Doctors, and Students United

    MunoRN replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Nursing News

    I'm not sure your generalization really works as I am neither young nor socialist, I'm fiscally conservative which is why I'm all for reforming our system to universal coverage / single payer. I'm...
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    Does your employer charge you for PTO?

    MunoRN replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    The employee contribution actually went down to $600 a paycheck when the ACA employer mandate kicked in, prior to that the employer (and others in the area) and had transitioned all of the insurance...
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    Trump's 'religious conscience'

    MunoRN replied to PediatricMA's topic in General Nursing

    I think people assume this only refers to religious opposition to abortion and other reproductive services. I've worked in a region where it wasn't unheard of for a nurse or doctor to make it known...
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    Will there be too many nurses in the near future?

    MunoRN replied to DCubed's topic in General Nursing

    It's important not to confuse the nursing job vacancy rate with a nursing shortage. There are nurses who will claim there is no nursing shortage, but they're idiots. Just because an employer chooses...
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    Telemetry vs. Step-Down

    MunoRN replied to BlueShoes12's topic in General Nursing

    Telemetry often refers to a progressive care unit, which can describe a step-down unit. It's never made much sense to use the term "telemetry" to describe a level of care or acuity. Telemetry just...
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    Does your employer charge you for PTO?

    MunoRN replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    No states require hourly employees to be provided with PTO, neither does the federal government. Health insurance must be offered to full time employees, but the employer can require that the...
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    Trump's 'religious conscience'

    MunoRN replied to PediatricMA's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not necessarily opposed to it, so long as my religious beliefs are included: I'm religiously opposed to double charting, any time spent doing things that don't clearly benefit the patient,...
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    Does your employer charge you for PTO?

    MunoRN replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    I've frequently heard nurses complain about not having an option, this is the first complaint I've heard because it is an option to cash-out of benefits. It's up to the employee to ensure they are...
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    Does your employer charge you for PTO?

    MunoRN replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    Benefits are included in the OP's scenario, but the OP also has the option to opt-out of the benefits and take the value of the benefits as cash
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    hospital observation stay

    MunoRN replied to glm777's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Facilities aren't actually free to designate a patient as inpatient vs observation (outpatient) as they wish, these are strictly defined designation by MDS regulations. If you're coding a patient as...
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    Legality of working under license while on prescription narcotics in OH?

    MunoRN replied to mar0461's topic in General Nursing

    There's no reason to be taking opiates for pain more than 2 weeks out from foot surgery, so it shouldn't be an issue, but Ohio appears to define inappropriate use of prescription medications while...
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    Angry and need to vent

    MunoRN replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I think a lot of the frustration with these folks comes from the repetitive self-destruction that they often exhibit, which seems nonsensical if the point of getting high is for pleasure. I don't...
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    Does your employer charge you for PTO?

    MunoRN replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    That's for family coverage, the employee contribution was $60 biweekly just a few years ago. The average employer-provided family coverage is about $20,000 per year which is about what my plan costs,...
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    Does your employer charge you for PTO?

    MunoRN replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    Your employer is going to figure out what overall compensation they need to provide to be competitive, that same compensation can then by given to you through a number of different ways; all direct...
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    Does your employer charge you for PTO?

    MunoRN replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    Your employer provides PTO, I think you're confusing the option to cash-out the PTO for meaning they are charging you if you don't chose to do that. PTO pay is calculated as part of your total pay...
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    Does your employer charge you for PTO?

    MunoRN replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    Your employer provides PTO, I think you're confusing the option to cash-out the PTO for meaning they are charging you if you don't chose to do that. PTO pay is calculated as part of your total pay...
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    Does your employer charge you for PTO?

    MunoRN replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    How are you defining "great
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    Does your employer charge you for PTO?

    MunoRN replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    If you opt of benefits that your employer contributes to, then you save the amount that would be deducted from your paycheck but lose the amount the employer contributes on your
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    Alzheimers mention

    MunoRN replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with how likely you are to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's, not just the severity of symptoms. If the lower incidence of Alzheimer's diagnosis was found in the...
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    Alzheimers mention

    MunoRN replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I referenced that article as an example of where insurance coverage inequality didn't explain the socioeconomic variation in Alzheimer's incidence (the study was in the UK). While access to...