BlueDevil, DNP

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 it. Everyone in our group has a favorite tie of yea...

"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 way at all. I am curious about your feelings, becaus...

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 sure to have car trouble, furnace trouble, roof trou...

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 offer.

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 said it the passive aggressive 3rd party comment as...

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

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

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 little tacky (don't feel strongly about it, I just...

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 value.

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. Should be 'nuff said, but wait, there's more! Bel...

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 holding out for Mr. Secretary (as in Secretary of Healt...

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 times.

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 HIV from the breaks in the skin. Clearly the patient...

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 colleagues, but I cannot afford to refuse to take a...

This is one of my all-time favorite comments. Brava.

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: $0 per year(which covers 0% of the overall premium) Amount you pay for the premium:$XX,xxx per year (which equals 2.5%...

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 often have an agreement to donate services to the c...

You will be hearing from my attorney. ;-)

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 bearing on what is required of or recommended for,...

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 ashamed, for the first time in 30 years, to be a nurse. ...

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 implied connection between this individuals unconfirmed ...

Why? It is irrelevant gossip mongering.

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 a MPH from the single best public health program ...

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 profession. It is a huge set back for our position, wh...

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 recommendations of "medical authorities," all of whom...