rnmaybe

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1. 1099 vs w2

   rnmaybe replied to Gassadist's topic in CRNA

   I would say 20% would be more like it so that would be equivalent to about $240k as 1099 employee

2. Out of nursing over a year...this stay at home mom thing just isn't for me!

   rnmaybe replied to MaiBee's topic in General Nursing

   You answered your own question. Being a stay at home parent isn't for YOU. about

3. Would you report possible diversion?

   rnmaybe replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   Lots of times nurses that are diverting will work lots of overtime and take patients that may require lots of narcotics If their drug of choice is at work. Alcoholics will tend not to show up for work because their drug of choice is at home.

4. Pharmaceutical companies are crooks!

   rnmaybe replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

   In other words your facility is able to write off these things because you are subsidized by the tax payers. Your not writing off anything because you also received better reimbursement through medicare and medicaid.

5. Pharmaceutical companies are crooks!

   rnmaybe replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

   Do you work in a hospital or health care facility? What about when your hospital gets a drug for $10 and bills the patient 20-50x that amount. Do you have a problem with that?

6. Should Healthcare Professionals Ask About Guns in the Home?

   rnmaybe replied to P-RN's topic in General Nursing

   Do you really believe once you ask this question, the person is going to slap their forehead and say they never thought about securing the firearms until you just brought it up?

7. HIPAA and the Undocumented

   rnmaybe replied to nurseactivist's topic in HIPAA

   Arrested for making a clock that looked like a bomb? Here's your sign!

8. Pts handpicking assignments, and refusing nurses of opposite gender?

   rnmaybe replied to jdub6's topic in Relations

   So if the patient said no homosexuals or minorities are allowed to care for me, you would honor that request?

9. Pts handpicking assignments, and refusing nurses of opposite gender?

   rnmaybe replied to jdub6's topic in Relations

   Yet, let someone request an all white staff for their care or no homosexuals and see the amount of disgust aimed at the patient. When you come to the hospital you get what you get. You can try and accommodate to the best of your abilities but somet...

10. Negotiating my salary is exhausting!

    rnmaybe replied to CocoaLoverFNP's topic in NP

    Once you are salary they can definitely take advantage of you on the hours worked,

11. Off duty RN scope of practice on an airplane.

    rnmaybe replied to creativekari's topic in General Nursing

    No one said anything about cardioverting asystole (which is impossible) except yourself. You can't treat a patient properly without the proper tools and cardiac monitor is one of those tools. Please enlighten us on how you palpate your apical pulse...

12. Off duty RN scope of practice on an airplane.

    rnmaybe replied to creativekari's topic in General Nursing

    The patient can have an issue without a palpable pulse due to decreased cardiac output from a decrease in stroke volume. Cardioversion would indicated not epinephrine.

13. Off duty RN scope of practice on an airplane.

    rnmaybe replied to creativekari's topic in General Nursing

    not necessarily. They may not have a palpable pulse and depending on where you check for a pulse but could still be perfusing.

14. Pt asks: Is my surgeon any good? Your response is...

    rnmaybe replied to CrunchBerries's topic in Relations

    There is actually case law about a nurse who advised a patient about getting a different doctor and was fired from her position. However, the BON of her state required her to look after her patients best interest (kind of paraphrasing here) and was ...

15. Off duty RN scope of practice on an airplane.

    rnmaybe replied to creativekari's topic in General Nursing

    And if the patient is in rapid a-fib or SVT and you give epinephrine you have just killed the patient. The monitor is a tool to guide your assessment.