Karl Farmer

Karl Farmer has 25 years experience and specializes in LTC, MDS, plasmapheresis.

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1. LVN scope of practice - IV removal without having my IV cert.

   Karl Farmer replied to janetjanetjanet's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   Poster posts an opinion that it's OK to discontinue an invasive medical device, if she had experience in this arena, nothwithstanding that states have specfic legal scope of practice rules? This sort...

2. Request local CA LVN job/pay info:

   Karl Farmer replied to Karl Farmer's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   Thank you for this information. It seems that IV certfication in CA is much ado about nothing due to its limited scope, much like it is in AZ. And you have to be VERY careful to fully know the nurse...

3. LVN scope of practice - IV removal without having my IV cert.

   Karl Farmer replied to janetjanetjanet's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   Silly sounding or not, why would anybody risk a license by doing anything they are not confident that is within their scope of

4. Do facilities care about convictions or arrests as well?

   Karl Farmer replied to alexiscc's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

   Arrested? Dismissed? Convicted? Sealed? Expunged? If you are arrested, in this country, your file is forever marked as such. It doesn't matter what happens next or finally. Every BON will know you...

5. Any nurses out there hired by a hospital after a minor felony on their record?

   Karl Farmer replied to RN-NewGrad's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

   There is no such thing as a minor felony. There are degrees of felonies, yes. But criminally speaking, a misdemeanor is a minor crime, and a felony is a major

6. handcuffed or arrested

   Karl Farmer replied to SPNman321's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

   What? You are claiming that a misdemeanor is not a criminal charge? And by the way, being handcuffed does not only not mean you are necessarily under arrest, it also does not mean you are being...

7. handcuffed or arrested

   Karl Farmer replied to SPNman321's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

   Readers may be suprised to realize this, however: Even at the point of your receiving a ticket for a traffic violation (speeding, as an example), you have in fact been 'arrested'. The difference...

8. Request local CA LVN job/pay info:

   Karl Farmer posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   Anybody in the SF bay area, or greater LA, working in LTC- have any job advice? Are there jobs available? Average pay? Is IV cert. required, or commonly requested, and if so- is that really needed as...

9. LVN scope of practice - IV removal without having my IV cert.

   Karl Farmer replied to janetjanetjanet's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   Might want to read your state nurse practice act, rather than lose your license for doing something you are not qualified to do by your state. Don't take anybody's advice. It it your responsibility to...

10. New to site, Newly Diagnosed with BP I, and supposed to start Nursing School???

    Karl Farmer replied to joannlmt83's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Nursing schools are all hateful places. 52 started in my class, 30 graduated. They especially tore up single mothers. The nursing profession is the same, there are no kindred spirits, and no...

11. FBI background check on yourself, info:

    Karl Farmer replied to Karl Farmer's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    If that is for me, I can't private you, don't see how to send a

12. Concern about releasing Past Medical History to BON.

    Karl Farmer replied to Curious123456's topic in Nurses Recovery

    You need to not release protected health information. Go to a HIPAA site and read up on this issue. Then you will know where and what information is and can be released, either by yourself, by...

13. Finally allowed to sit for a probationary license, good or bad?

    Karl Farmer replied to nurse_wannab's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    We'd all like to know what state you are in, and what you were arrested for, and the nature of the criminal complaint, including the degree of the

14. explaining mental illness disability to RN board?

    Karl Farmer replied to OMGWhatIsThatSmell's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Another thing is any history of any psych med, even antidepressants, will probably preclude your obtaining an individual health policy in the future. Another reason anything like that ought to be kept...

15. FBI background check on yourself, info:

    Karl Farmer replied to Karl Farmer's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    If you were fingerprinted, regardless if the charge was dismissed, it's on your RAP sheet (FBI, at least, check your state police/court sites also)