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    Labcoat?

    Balder_LPN replied to diagnose's topic in General Nursing

    N mie skewl stewdents R naught a loud 2 ware eh lahb
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    A few questions for the "older" new nurses...

    Balder_LPN replied to adiliegro's topic in General Nursing

    I am in that boat too, the only other guy in my class is the same age as my son,
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    The look!!!

    Balder_LPN replied to CTRNTOBE's topic in Male Nursing Students

    :yeahthat:
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    Upset!!! write up and patients marijuana

    Balder_LPN replied to RNGINA's topic in Home Health

    i know a guy working at the phone co who tried to report people growing pot to the police at least twice. they said the same thing "how do you know its pot? can we put you on the stand as an expert...
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    Upset!!! write up and patients marijuana

    Balder_LPN replied to RNGINA's topic in Home Health

    First- I dont think she was judge and jury (i mean she didnt pronounce guilt or impose a sentance.) Second- medical charts are protected by HIPAA and this information cannot be given to law...
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    Do you wear different scrubs for psych?

    Balder_LPN replied to angelfire280's topic in Psychiatric

    Do you mean to say you cant where scrubs in the hospital period? or just in
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    Womens interest in male nurses

    Balder_LPN replied to johny1's topic in Men in Nursing

    Thats the main point I was trying to make earlier. You put it very well, with a lot less words, I bet people even read your whole post (unlike my wordy
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    LPN to RN, or ADN (need advice)

    Balder_LPN replied to kellysmom's topic in Nursing Career

    I have chosen to become an LPN then do an LPN to RN Bridge, then a RN to BSN program. Locally we have NO WAIT list for the LPN to RN bridge and that means that is about the quickest I can get employed...
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    Code Red/Code Blue/Code whatever....what do you have/what are they for?

    Balder_LPN replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    Code Strong - Restraint
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    Womens interest in male nurses

    Balder_LPN replied to johny1's topic in Men in Nursing

    A couple different things.... For the OP; Try telling women you are going back to college, then tell them you are studying nursing only if they ask what you are studying. Thats what I do in...
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    A few questions for the "older" new nurses...

    Balder_LPN replied to adiliegro's topic in General Nursing

    i understand what this article says about nurses age's, but i found this opening statement hard to beleive and i would have to ask her how she came up with this statistic. "of the 185,000 nurses who...
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    A few questions for the "older" new nurses...

    Balder_LPN replied to adiliegro's topic in General Nursing

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    A CT to make you feel sick

    Balder_LPN replied to gwenith's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    OMG! Maybe I'm not ready for this profession yet. Really though, I have been around a few different trauma incidents, gave first aid at a couple, and the pictures seem to bother me more than the...
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    Mommie Dearest

    Balder_LPN replied to Meerkat's topic in Psychiatric

    I was still hoping that someone would quantify for my why you do or dont consider bigotry or evil to be a mental illness. Is it not a mental illness because you are making a "choice" to be evil or...
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    HIPPA violation?

    Balder_LPN replied to Mythreeangels's topic in General Nursing

    As overbearing as HIPAA can be it serves a very valid purpose, to safegaurd your privacy as a patient. I would proably actually only file a complaint if there where things I wanted to keep private...
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    Terminated from LTC!

    Balder_LPN replied to Serenity USVI's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yeah thats a horrible advertisement for the prepaid legal there. Where is siri or someone to remove this junk? I know I have had posts censored as ads for items that brought far more relevant info to...
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    Stool Question in Children

    Balder_LPN replied to Pinky2's topic in General Nursing

    As a parent and a patient; If a doc kept me in the dark like this about issues with my children or myself, I would find a new doctor, and quick! that is assinine for the doctor to do that to
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    How would you handle this and what is your opinion?

    Balder_LPN replied to Nutmeg5575's topic in General Nursing

    But it does make for good TV. I wonder how REAL that was anyway. Not that I dont beleive someone would do that, but it was a "reality" TV show, not reality! That untold ER stories show is...
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    Who am I, the HIPPA police?

    Balder_LPN replied to ICRN2008's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I have been working with HIPAA since 1997, far longer than most people in healthcare. HIPAA does not prevent a covered entity (you in this case) from disclosing information to an authorized individual...
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    Funny patient names by nurses

    Balder_LPN replied to Kidrn911's topic in Emergency

    My friends dad was a music teacher, North Storms. Dont forget his brother.....South, they had a musical trio with a cousin, the trio was called.... Stormy Weather No
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    do any of you work in anything other than ltc as an LPN?

    Balder_LPN replied to Princess74's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Our local hospital has few LPN's, but my wife has been offered an LPN Position in the ER , and she was hired in the PACU at an outPT surgery center as a new grad, that is where she has worked since...
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    Phone consultation...charges for

    Balder_LPN replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in General Nursing

    Well, coming from a background in IT where I got TONS of calls from my customers, I understand the charge. Remember; the "2 second" (come on now) phone call also required the nurse to drop what she...
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    News of Mother's Death Left on Answering Machine

    Balder_LPN replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    How horrible for that family. Check out this one...Just last week.... One of my classmates showed up at work at LTC after a few days off, her Grandpa was in the same LTC, and her boss (who had also...
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    Why would a CRNA not be allowed to do hearts,OB, Cardio?

    Balder_LPN replied to Alpha13's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    My guess too would be liability issues. Myabe the hosp admins feel that there is less risk if the CRNA is totally focused just on that. Just my
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    Gender Relations

    Balder_LPN replied to nurse_shane's topic in Men in Nursing

    My opinion is that women are like a magicians sleight of hand trick.....to appreciate them you shouldnt even try to understand them. It's been working for me for about 10 Years now, and my life is way...