Selfie

It's his first day for bedside reporting. He doesn't want to be late.

OP, these aren't benefits that are determined by your employer, they are benefits determined by state law. If you are still having back problems, I would go see a doc, let them know it's a work related injury, and find a workers' comp attorney. You may be entitled to a payout for your back, and/or payment now for missed work. Don't ever quit your job if you have a work related injury. By law, your employer has to accommodate your restrictions, and if they can't, they are required to pay you partial payments for the missed work. At the very least, get a free consult from an attorney, and see what they advise, per law by your state. This back injury may affect future employment.

I would not surrrender my license. Each license affects every other license you will ever get including the one you have now. I would read some of the stories here, and then find a new attorney.

I may have to stay late. It's no big deal. If I have to stay late, I have to stay late.

Agree. A community is not a real community if some members are excluded.

thank you.

P.S. What do these different colored dots by our names mean?

That may or not be the true on this site. In any case, I don’t feel it translates to the real world. In the real world, some of the most competent and most respected nurses I’ve worked with have been diploma nurses. Perhaps by default you could opt out.

It's maddening. I think if we fast forward six months, we will see a completely different set of opinions expressed on this board. "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (1788 – 1860)

The fact is, we don't know all there is to know about Ebola. Science is constantly changing and evolving. What we think is true today is often not true 5, 10, 50 years from now, or even tomorrow. Just as I can be a carrier of the influenza virus be asymptomatic and still spread it to others, we don't know enough to say the same couldn't be true for Ebola. We still don't know why some people have gotten it, and others' haven't. There is still much to be learned. To ASSume otherwise, seems irresponsible, IMO. More on what we still don't know, and why: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/31/health/genes-influence-ebola-infections-in-mice-study-suggests.html?_r=0

The problem is there have been so many inconsistencies in the treatment and care of ebola patients here in the US. The CDC just RECENTLY decided what constitutes appropriate PPE. and that was ONLY after a health care worker in the US became infected. Remember they were telling the staff in the hospitals to wear gowns and masks, and TAPE the neck openings? The guidelines keep changing. Do you think the general public doesn't see this? Why should the public now trust them? I'm all for no quarantine if the CDC, actually if a health care team, comes up with specific guidelines of reportable symptoms, along with an expressed understanding and agreement by the health care worker in contact with those with EBOLA.

QUOTE: Additionally, what in the world is stopping this nurse from saying, you know what, I am so out of here, getting up, and leaving? I am not sure she is on lock down. And attorney who will not show up at the site and escort their client home? What is it an arrestable offense to leave? Shouldn't the attorney who is working for this nurse be more proactive? Shouldn't the nurse--"Ok, big wig human rights attorney, come and get me. Now." I wouldn't want to have to worry about jail time after quarantine- for breaking quarantine, backlash from the public, and possibility of being reported to the BON. My guess is that she'll be able to finish quarantine at home now that gov Cuomo has loosened the guidelines.I

No. No. and HELL No. Your supervisor didn't even stick up for you. Why would you even put yourself in this position? You are feeling uneasy, and justifiably so. I'd call Monday, cancel, and say: "I'm calling to cancel the interview. After thinking things over, I still have unresolved feelings regarding what happened to me the last time I was employed here. I feel that I was wrongfully terminated. After that, my unemployment was denied. Sorry for any inconvenience this cancellation may have caused." Wrongful termination and then fighting your unemployment? This does not sound like a good company.

Dave, Maybe you could apply to the ER, and once you have your foot in the door (in your area of experience), you could then transfer to the floor you desire when the facility permits (usu. six months).

I agree, Guttercat. I took the test in the same time period, and I never got my scores either. I've also always wanted them. I have in the recent past applied for an out of state license that required scores sent directly to that state's BON. I was told at the time if they send the scores to my home address by accident, don't open it. It is currently on my list of things to do-to contact the school and get my scores!

What Ruby Vee said is not so much opinion, but FACT. I've seen nurses in trouble/fired for this as well. The OP would probably face disciplinary action with my manager, as well. I was taught 20 some years ago to send in the renewal the minute you get the notice in the mail. If it gets lost in the mail, or something goes wrong, it won't be the BON that takes the hit. You will take the hit. Some employers still want a paper copy of the license. This is the first year I've been able to renew online in my state, and my employer still needs a copy of the actual license.

OP, along with what everyone else said, I think you’re a liability on the unit and in the facility now. Not only did you throw your coworker under the bus, you threw your manager and the facility (both responsible for this coworker) under the bus. If anything goes wrong with this patient, now the family can say: “Well, we were told by livintall that they don’t have the best nurses here, they don’t provide the best care, she said she wouldn’t even let one of them care for her family.” And, the family can now talk outside of the facility and say “XYZ facility doesn’t have good nurses, one of the nurses we had even said this to us.” Do you see where this is going? The manager is now going to have to address these concerns you have and answer to his/her manager. When this nurse finds out what you said about her, you may even be liable to her for slander. A friend of mine sued a former facility for this, after one of her former managers said some disparaging things about her, and my friend won a settlement.

Does anyone know if Medicaid or Medicare B would pay for these services? (I know that Medicare A pays for home health businesses that are Medicare certified, but that it will not reimburse "maintenance medication management" which is basically what this is) I don't think so. Medicare has very strict guidelines. You would need a doctor's order just to go into the house to fill the mediset. I discharge patients from the hospital, and I am unable to set up home care for mediset fills only. We are able to teach the patient/family in the home. There must be a skilled need for home care services. FYI- Some pharmacies will do this for patients, and I think more are beginning to participate. Could I convert my business to a HOME HEALTH AGENCY focused on medication management only? Or would I need to have therapy services, etc.... for home health licensure....? I wouldn't think so, considering medicare guidelines. I think you would need to find some skilled needs. Medicare wants HOMEBOUND patients, or they won't reimburse.

This. And it also helps me to get things in perspective by thinking- will this matter to me in a year from now?

What's keeping you from quitting? This job will have little if any impact/influence on a future nursing career. I don't know if this is a hospital or nursing home, but If I really wanted to stay (and I don't know why you would after the way you've been treated), I'd speak to the manager or director about evening shift, and the other issues you mentioned. Otherwise, I'd hand my 2week notice in today.

I agree with everything you said. Your assessment skills have to be top notch, and home care really does tie everything in nursing together nicely. I enjoyed really getting to know my patients, and having time to spend with them- when I was a home care nurse. I think as far as respect goes, I felt more respected by the providers when I worked home care than when I worked at the bedside. They really do rely on your expertise.

It appears the original post was changed after reading some of the comments. I think there should be an option to pull up the original post vs "article" when these posts suddenly become "articles."

Finally. A voice of reason.