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Hello all, I'm a Security Consultant who used to be a nurse and my consulting firm is moving into the HIPAA domain. Had a question for you folks who have been in charge of your facilities HIPAA Compliance Assessments. So do you all have all sections of the HIPAA Compliance assessments (Privacy Rule, Security Rule, and Breach Notification) done by just one vendor or are you accustomed to having separate vendors/consultants take care of each section?

I worked as a nurse for 7 years since the time I got my license. After which I moved over to Information Systems. By the way, if you're taking care of critical IT systems their's little difference between that and nursing. Their's just different terminology. - Prevention - Implementation - Configuration - Maintenance - Feedback - Training - Documentation

I'll keep my fingers crossed. Do you think the nurse staffing agencies will have any issues with my not having worked since 2012, or will they just see my license is active and disregard everything else?

Yes, I always complete the required 20 CEUs to renew the license however I have not actually worked at any healthcare facility. They always renew the license.

I'm an LVN with an active license although I haven't used it in 7 years. I just renew it every 3 years or so. I've been working in another field. I have a Bachelors degree in Information Systems and have nothing on my record. Can I still easily get a job as an LVN in Texas part time?

ok, so I just started at this long term care facility not too long ago. Just yesterday I was passing by the staffing coordinator (who thinks shes God) obviously since she got put their by HR....walked past her and said hi, with eye contact and she did not even acknowledge me! what lack of ethics! yet she comes to me two hours later and asks "heh can you work the evening shift tommorrow".....I pretended like I could not even hear her and continued charting. After her second try when she came closer to me I told her probably (not) and that I would think about it and would call her once I got home... At home I took my sweet time relaxing, watched my damn sports highlights and called her back and told her a big fat NO. could have paid $$$ to feel the sobby expression in her voice. Vengeance is glorious!

....the usual suspects are alcohol wipes, normal saline bullets, and the almighty neb treatments. most interesting thing was finding the cell phone number a female coworker slipped into my pocket!

that's hilarious @Glock 19 and Remington .22, I think that recoups the adrenaline you might have lost too after working a long shift. Myself I load up a 30 ounce water bottle with ice and take a swig every half hour to clear my head. works wonders. I think of the 5 mile run I'll be doing at the end of the shift, and all is good!

heh Loriangelou14 I hear you well. Some places I've worked at where very bad, you wouldn't even repeat "what you heard" because that'll just be like fuel onto the fire. start there even by you saying factual things. Unfortunately not all the ears listening are educated and they end up generating their own version of what "they heard". Its the environment we chose to work in. Not always ethical but it's the reality.

I have been a nurse for over 5 years now but it seems like all the effort you do to control rumors, they always end up spreading uncontrollably. I mean give me a break, some minor chit chat level issues sometimes hit the rumor mill and the doctor ends up being called in for it. For those of you who have been nurses for a while, can you elaborate on how rumors work in a nursing facility, hospital, LTAC, e.t.c. I mean if their are any patterns one must recognize it would surely be helpful. thanks

Well, the tax laws on "work transportation" are very open as long as the person is using the 1040 or 1040a. However getting this back with your taxes has a downside in that the amount you can get is limited and you have to wait till the end of the year. Anyway, it's a good point you made though. There's far too many visiting nurses that do not take advantage of the tax credits/breaks.

On the flipside it's convenient to an extent. The flexibility I would say, I'm just venting at the glaring personal expenses one has to make given the number of people that speak about highly paying nursing jobs out there.

Caliotter thats precisely my point. In the end what you make is your expenses made trying to perform that job subtracted from what your hourly wage is. In this instance you are making say $30.00 per visit. Heres the math. Gas spent getting there (at $3.15 per gallon with a vehicle that burns 35miles per gallon. The distance travelled is 70 miles. You have to spend four gallons of gas. i.e. 2 x 3.15 = $6.30, then add another $6.30 return trip. So $12.30 on gas per visit. Now you remember you also burn an average of 2 hours just travelling. So that has to be accounted for too. That's why i always comment that home health is quite the drag. In this case if you it's costing $12.30 on you per visit then I am all ears for the nurses that think it is profitable. Maybe their is something I'm missing, but hence the discussion right?

how come some home health agencies urge people to travel far distances but are reluctant to provide compensation for gas mileage, and car maintenance. You have to admit giving $25.00 per visit when the patient is 30 miles a way doesnt really reward as much.

...rumor has it that incorporating yourself as a nurse (ie. getting paid on a 1099 vs W2) has major advantages. Just a quick poll on how many of y'all know people who have done this. What the advantages are, e.t.c.