Cassinia

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  1. Why are doctors so rude?

    Cassinia replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I remember my first lecture in my first nursing class, which was many years ago. The instructor made the comment the doctors have the letters MD behind their name and many have a complex where they...

  2. Kidney Stones.......AGAIN!!

    Cassinia replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    I can empathisize; I've had 7 already. And, after about 5 years of this going on, my doctor decided to check my parathyroid. Guess what? The gland which should normally be the size of a pencil...

  3. Is it normal to take 4 Tries and Catheters to finally get it right?

    Cassinia replied to Nurseinthemaking's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, Nursinginthemaking, does that bring back horrible nightmares! My first time I had to cath a female pt (over 20 years ago) as a student, the pt was to go to surgery. The cart was waiting for her,...

  4. The Best and Worst things about being a male nurse

    Cassinia replied to Doug85's topic in Male Nursing Students

    To make you guys feel a little better, I'm going to tell you a little story about my sister... She just had her 3rd child and there were student nurses on the floor that day, one happened to be male....

  5. Can you guess the DX of this patient?

    Cassinia replied to catrn10's topic in General Nursing

    Being an oncology nurse for so long, the first thing I thought about was a brain tumor, until I got further into the descriptions. Next, I thought about seizure activity of some type. I agree with...

  6. Unfair treatment

    Cassinia replied to BS Nursing Student's topic in General Nursing

    As an ex-Special Education teacher, I find this diplorable, especially at this level. While using a curve is one thing, or throwing out a question becuase it was improperly worded or the correct...

  7. Filing HIPPA Complaint

    Cassinia replied to nursex20's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    By rights, the medical records are about you and, therefore, belong to you. You have the right to the original, not just a copy. Get your doctor behind you. They have the charts when you're seeing...

  8. Filing HIPPA Complaint

    Cassinia replied to nursex20's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Gen, first of all, you need to inform this biller's supervisor of what she's been doing and for how long. She is definitely breaking all HIPPA regulations with providing information to this other...

  9. Filing HIPPA Complaint

    Cassinia replied to nursex20's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Start with the State of Texas Department of Health (or Department of Licensing if you have one. Check the internet, or where your RN license came from) and ask which division licenses hospitals....

  10. need help with med surg also care plans asap

    Cassinia replied to lrcordoba's topic in General Nursing

    It's been many years since I was in school, but from the looks of your post, you are overly stressed and trying to make things a bit too hard. Take those breaks and breath. Sit there and study, and...

  11. Horrors Of Horrors

    Cassinia replied to madwife2002's topic in International Nursing

    It should include mds as well. I worked with an md who was French and she made a comment one day all the nurses should learn French so we could understand her. Now, I'm a hearing impaired nurse who...

  12. Filing HIPPA Complaint

    Cassinia replied to nursex20's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I'm a nurse case manager for an independent company and we deal with numerous independent health plans. Here's the check list of what needs to be done... 1. Call the collection agency & inform...

  13. Wrist Blood Pressure Cuffs

    Cassinia replied to RNonRun's topic in General Nursing

    I have one that I used on myself when doing some monitoring of my bp for renal problems. I have the Omron and was very happy w/that one as I compared it to the standard bp cuff @ the hosp. & the...