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xtxrn ASN, RN

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  1. insulin for non diabetics to prevent diabetes.. and aging? WHAT?

    xtxrn replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in General Nursing

    A non-diabetic is supposed to have a somewhat elevated bg after meals. But they have natural insulin in their bodies to deal with it. That's the big difference between diabetics and non-diabetics:D...

  2. Old dog wants to learn new trick :D

    xtxrn posted a topic in General Nursing

    I keep reading all of these posts referring to contracts and agreements- what in the world are those? Is it union stuff? Whenever I've gotten a job, they tell me to show up on this day, and I say...

  3. Recovering alcoholic RN wanting to work with addicts

    xtxrn replied to onlytimeforme's topic in Addictions

    I had a friend who worked in a state prison. She really liked it, but she was also a no-b.s. type person, and the smart mouth comments from a few of the inmates were met with eye-rolling, and not any...

  4. "Strange Addiction"

    xtxrn replied to xtxrn's topic in Addictions

    Exactly...it's not like the opiate receptors or endorphins are a factor with most of them. It's "just" weird behavior- w/what looks to be some OCD...but there's definitely negative consequences...

  5. New Job -- Unfriendly Welcome By Staff

    xtxrn replied to Michizzle's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Work is a verb- not a

  6. Old dog wants to learn new trick :D

    xtxrn replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

    I worked at an adolescent residential facility that opened an acute unit for their kids (and supposedly for the community but 'someone' never marketed it, so I sat there for 16 hour shifts Sat/Sun for...

  7. Help- need to have ideas- new job

    xtxrn replied to martymoose's topic in General Nursing

    If you've ever had more than 15 minutes in the presence of a kid, they will train you from what I hear. It's a lot of immunization follow ups (don't think you actually shoot them), height/weight...

  8. Old dog wants to learn new trick :D

    xtxrn replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, they learned that the hard way about 20 years ago, when they'd pay the bonus with the first 2 checks, and never see the nurse

  9. HIPPA question

    xtxrn replied to sherry79007's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    :cheers::yelclap::BDCk::nmbrn::anpom:

  10. HIPPA question

    xtxrn replied to sherry79007's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Who

  11. HIPPA question

    xtxrn replied to sherry79007's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Here ya go :) http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/consumers/courtorders.html Also look at the other topics to the middle to lower right of the page.... :) Hope this

  12. Old dog wants to learn new trick :D

    xtxrn replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

    Ya know....that part just kills me, with all of the new grads here who can't get jobs.... The tuition assistance/reimbursement contracts make sense, and I'm familiar with those- a facility would be...

  13. I quit in the middle of my shift....

    xtxrn replied to newgradERrn's topic in Emergency

    really??? mental breakdown?? you're "diagnosing" this based on leaving- but making sure patients were covered? if she had gone in with a .45 and blown away the ed, that is a mental breakdown-...

  14. Old dog wants to learn new trick :D

    xtxrn replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

    Back in the dark ages (mid 80s) nursing school wasn't paid for unless a scholarship to a 4 year school- and a lot more people went to diploma and ADN programs back then. I can see where a facility...

  15. Licensure Renewal

    xtxrn replied to FarrellGirl,RN's topic in Ohio Nursing

    You may have it waiting somewhere to be delivered once the post office knows where to send it... but don't wait- contact the board in Kentucky since your license is there and ask them what you need to...

  16. Does this job sound like a scam?

    xtxrn replied to glenlorie's topic in General Nursing

    :hhmth::hhmth::hhmth::hhmth:

  17. I quit in the middle of my shift....

    xtxrn replied to newgradERrn's topic in Emergency

    You notified your manager and they reassigned your patients- I don't see how that could be abandonment, but using them for a reference may be a major problem.... I'm sorry it got to be so

  18. Old dog wants to learn new trick :D

    xtxrn replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

    I can absolutely understand the need for a union if a hospital pretty much owns you for a certain amount of

  19. Old dog wants to learn new trick :D

    xtxrn replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

    I can understand that- it's pretty common...and makes sense.

  20. Old dog wants to learn new trick :D

    xtxrn replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

    OMG- how is that even legal ????

  21. Old dog wants to learn new trick :D

    xtxrn replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

    Ok- thanks y'all.... What about strikes - I remember hearing about them ages ago (don't remember where).... how does a nurse ethically deal with that knowing there are people inside who need care?...

  22. Question on risk of HIV exposure/infection

    xtxrn replied to LUV ALZ's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, anybody with a blowhole for snot gets the full banana-suit in my

  23. Does this job sound like a scam?

    xtxrn replied to glenlorie's topic in General Nursing

    Eeeewwwww

  24. I feel defeated

    xtxrn replied to Idaho Murse's topic in General Nursing

    It's completely understandable that you're feeling badly about all of this. Is there some place else in the hospital where you could do anything - filing, work as a CNA or gopher, just anything to...

  25. I feel defeated

    xtxrn replied to Idaho Murse's topic in General Nursing

    That really