Karl Farmer

Karl Farmer

LTC, MDS, plasmapheresis

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  1. IPN question (enter or not?)

    Karl Farmer replied to evandavid24's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I'm online for classes all day, and also am fanatical about true crime, law updates that strip freedom, and whatnot, so I am an encyclopdia of scary trends, BTW. But speaking of Draconian, I nominate...

  2. IPN question (enter or not?)

    Karl Farmer replied to evandavid24's topic in Nurses Recovery

    How about American society as a whole getting together? Nope, won't happen. People in this country omly care about themselves, and are not proactive even in the face of the liked of the Patriot Act...

  3. TX looking for nurse w/DWIs

    Karl Farmer replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

    My opinion is that nobdy should be jailed unless they caused physical harm to another person, since being jailed precludes them working, supporting dependents, paying fines, paying taxes. And also...

  4. IPN question (enter or not?)

    Karl Farmer replied to evandavid24's topic in Nurses Recovery

    You are lucky you are not in the state of AZ- if you are arrested for public urination, you are classified a sex offender, and the registration and lifelong ramifications of that. But youre counseling...

  5. TX looking for nurse w/DWIs

    Karl Farmer replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

    And she looks crazier' 'n a hoot owl, anyway- I wouldn't want to wake up and find her bending over MY I.V.

  6. TX looking for nurse w/DWIs

    Karl Farmer replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

    Naturally, being a nursing site, the last thing I'd suggest is avoiding your own legal obligation. But the nurse in question won't work again, the question is why the BON gave her a license, so many...

  7. TX looking for nurse w/DWIs

    Karl Farmer replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

    Check the state police site. It was even mentioned two nights ago (Sunday) on an MSNCB crime special, the huge rate of repeat rapes in Texas due to mandatory overcrowding releases. But whatever, this...

  8. TX looking for nurse w/DWIs

    Karl Farmer replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

    And actually her story is nothing. Maricopa County (Phoenix area) arrested 1000 people with DUI warrants this 4th of July weekend, and there are 40,000 FELONY warrants outstanding there. That is only...

  9. TX looking for nurse w/DWIs

    Karl Farmer replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

    Well, she won't have a job so won't be paying her fine, or income taxes,so the state will have more expenses and less revenue. Aside form that, in Texas, you serve only one month for every year you...

  10. Disillusioned and Bullied

    Karl Farmer replied to Traum-a-Rama's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Get a notebook, and record every conversation with the boss. By being taken off the schedule you have been terninated, at least temporarily. You need a concise credible chain of events to obtain...

  11. Disillusioned and Bullied

    Karl Farmer replied to Traum-a-Rama's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Nurses historically have attacked their own peers. It's unusual in a professional field. Medicine and law, as examples, all protect those in their fold. Not nurses. This is why you can never trust a...

  12. My thoughts on 'what should I tell the BON'?

    Karl Farmer posted a topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Post after post asks:"What should I tell the BON? Should I tell them this? Will they know about that? I was arrested for this, but charged with that- should I tell the BON what I was arrested for, or...

  13. IPN evaluation

    Karl Farmer replied to metnaj23's topic in Nurses Recovery

    These 'evaluations' consist of pyschological tests that are scored, and can be not what they appear. To get an idea of what they involve, and how your answers can be interpreted, or misinterpreted,...

  14. background checks. ANY STATE WHO DOESN'T DO ONE?

    Karl Farmer replied to greatnurse55's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    greatnurse . I carry a RN license in the state of michigan and Florida.. I have a criminal background... not violent no drug or etoh. I am having trouble finding a job.. I heard Hawaii is easier, can...

  15. IPN evaluation

    Karl Farmer replied to metnaj23's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hey nutcase- dig the handle! My advice for any type of evaluation is to find a NON PROFIT organization. They are less likely to report you as worse off than you may be, since they are not motivated by...

  16. What did the Doctor mean! Someone help

    Karl Farmer replied to Del07's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Check your state BON and your employer's policy for receiving telephone orders, and follow them explicitly. In fact, the DON is much like a BON- not your friend, but there to hold the staff...

  17. What did the Doctor mean! Someone help

    Karl Farmer replied to Del07's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Nursing homes are not for the faint of heart,

  18. What did the Doctor mean! Someone help

    Karl Farmer replied to Del07's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    The DON has nothing to do with what was or was nor ordered. What she has to do with is crafting safe policy for the building, and making sure the nurse practice act, and state and federal regs are...

  19. Comprehensive background checks, info:

    Karl Farmer posted a topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    OK, I finally came upon something in the long winded CA BON website. It says that the DOJ automatically sends arrest information to professional organizations, namely- BONs. This means that if you are...

  20. What did the Doctor mean! Someone help

    Karl Farmer replied to Del07's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I've seen 180 units also. LTC people are totally out of control, and there is little motivation to attempt tight control, due to costs and he time involved, so they keep getting insulin thrown at...

  21. What did the Doctor mean! Someone help

    Karl Farmer replied to Del07's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I have given 100 units of regular many many times. There are some crazy blood sugars in LTC, and you can rest assured (not) that the quality of many of those machines is questionable. As far as...

  22. What did the Doctor mean! Someone help

    Karl Farmer replied to Del07's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    All it really means is that if the patient had received 15 units the first time, rather than 50- he would have beed dead 4 hours later, and you would then have been able to save the 15 units you gave...

  23. Can an RN Apply for LPN Jobs?

    Karl Farmer replied to stardust1974's topic in General Nursing

    For that matter, graduate nurses often work as nursing assistants, also. But even a graduate nurse (or RN or LPN even) can't refer to himself/herself as a certified nursing assistant, in states that...

  24. What were the gender ratios in your nursing classes?

    Karl Farmer replied to edwindelahiggins's topic in Men in Nursing

    Just came upon this cute graduation photo. I'm the 'male nurse', the one in pants. The others are female nurses, in the skirts. They (we) were a wild bunch. I married the one on the right, in fact....

  25. Can an RN Apply for LPN Jobs?

    Karl Farmer replied to stardust1974's topic in General Nursing

    An RN can work as an LPN but cannot rerer to himself/herself as an LPN. Any LPN job in LTC can be filled by an RN. They only advertise for an LPN to indicate the pay will be that of an LPN. In fact,...