BlueDevil, DNP

BlueDevil, DNP

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  1. Recent DNP-FNP graduate, interviews approaching and pregnant. Advice?

    BlueDevil, DNP replied to FroggieNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I wouldn't let a pregnancy deter me from hiring a candidate I really wanted on board, but I'd be cheesed off if I found out after hiring her that she planned to take 2 months off and didn't mention...

  2. Interesting times in psych

    BlueDevil, DNP replied to nursetim's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    "They handle the addicts being seen for there post CABG f/u that have the flu with sarcardosis, maybe a little scaleraderma (sic) thrown in." I find this POV intriguing because I do not see it that...

  3. Career Transition-NP

    BlueDevil, DNP replied to CKOBXT's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Sure, if I was certain that it is what I wanted to be doing. IIWY, I might save a bit longer before beginning. You need to have 50% more in liquid savings than you think you need, otherwise you are...

  4. Broke and unemployed

    BlueDevil, DNP replied to Brokeand unemploye's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I don't give that information out, I"d be too easy to identify. It's easy enough to find our ads, they are in most of the big circulation journals for IM, FM, Peds and specialties we

  5. New nurse and feeling discouraged by older nurses?

    BlueDevil, DNP replied to x28y31's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think everyone covered most of it well. New people are learning. No big deal. However, when you give false information in report for whatever reason, expect to be called out on it. I wouldn't have...

  6. Clinic requires recent travelers from Texas to call from car

    BlueDevil, DNP replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    It is probably against the TOS, but I feel they deserve to be

  7. How helpful/important is it to work as a CNA before going to nursing school?

    BlueDevil, DNP replied to ReadyToListen's topic in General Students

    I wouldn't think it would be at all helpful,

  8. Article about Joan Rivers doctor - many patients identified

    BlueDevil, DNP replied to Semolina's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I don't see what the JR story linked has to do with HIPAA. They gave implicit consent to have the photos and gold records (lol) displayed when they signed them and gave it to her. I think I find it a...

  9. Can I renegotiate after accepting offer?

    BlueDevil, DNP replied to Alicia777's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    My suggestion is to try to negotiate being paid by productivity. as professionals, we should not be negotiating an hourly wage but compensation based on our

  10. NPs working with chiropractors

    BlueDevil, DNP replied to mystcnurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Chiropractic was founded by DD Palmer in 1895 in Davenport, Iowa. He described himself as a "magnetic healer." Palmer claimed to have learned Chiropractic manipulation from a spirit during a sèance....

  11. Names patients call you other than your own name

    BlueDevil, DNP replied to resilientnurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    No one ever calls me anything unusual, I suppose at least in part because I'm male. A few that I have known for years and to whom I'm close call me by my first name, most call me Dr. Devil. I am...

  12. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    BlueDevil, DNP replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    How do we know this? Her 21 days aren't up yet. She could come down with it any minute now! I have read this very comment I don't know how many

  13. Mandatory flu shots????

    BlueDevil, DNP replied to 45whenimdone's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I agree. I have dry skin that sometimes cracks and bleeds around my knuckles in the winter. I shouldn't have to wash my hands, it poses a risk to me I could get an infection such as Ebola, MRSA or...

  14. Obamacare and hospitals

    BlueDevil, DNP replied to mee9mee9's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    We can't decline insurance purchased on the exchanges, unless we want to decline ALL BC/BS, Aetna, UnitedHealth Group, Humana Group, Cigna Health Group, Metropolitan Life, etc. I don't know about my...

  15. Mandatory flu shots????

    BlueDevil, DNP replied to 45whenimdone's topic in Disaster Preparation

    This is one of my all-time favorite comments.

  16. Obamacare and hospitals

    BlueDevil, DNP replied to mee9mee9's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Ok, I'll play. I went to my state exchange for the first time today. You could receive a government tax credit subsidy of up to: $0 per year(which covers 0% of the overall premium) Amount you pay...

  17. Obamacare and hospitals

    BlueDevil, DNP replied to mee9mee9's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Probably not. The only thing different, by the way, between for-profit and not-for-profit health care is the way the accounting is done. Reimbursement is the same. Not-for-profit health care centers...

  18. Ebola Nursing Survey: to Quarantine or Not to Quarantine

    BlueDevil, DNP replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You will be hearing from my attorney.

  19. Help me bring this into the public!

    BlueDevil, DNP replied to malenurse122879's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Not to mention they are spending 30 days on their base in Italy, which was always the plan. It isn't some new or noble effort to protect the public, lol. It is a straw man argument anyway, and has no...

  20. Help me bring this into the public!

    BlueDevil, DNP replied to malenurse122879's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Well I stand by that statement, I really believe it. We have always known there were, shall we say, weaker nurses among us, but to see that the ignorance permeates 50% of my profession makes me...

  21. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    BlueDevil, DNP replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It is if one is trying to use it as some sort of weird rationale for quarantining Kaci Hickox. I assumed, perhaps unfairly, that since it was posted in this particular thread, that there was an...

  22. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    BlueDevil, DNP replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Why? It is irrelevant gossip

  23. Ebola- Quarantine/Quasi quarantine Yes or No?

    BlueDevil, DNP replied to NutmeggeRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Edited that quote. I just pulled out the pieces I wanted to address, I don't think the comments I am quoting are out of context or impact my post. So far as acting like a "know it all," Ms. Hickox has...

  24. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    BlueDevil, DNP replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yes, I have noticed, and I think it speaks to a rampant ignorance of actual science among practicing nurses. It is humiliating to those of us who take science seriously and have advocated for the...

  25. Support Kaci Hickox

    BlueDevil, DNP replied to nurse2033's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Well we could argue that philosophically, because I don't entirely agree with the premise. However, in this case that argument doesn't apply apply, since Kaci Hickox was and is complying with the...