beachynurse ASN, BSN

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  1. beachynurse

    sexual behaviors between married travelers is offensive

    beachynurse replied to Tiffany Reed's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I'm not, and I still think that behavior is unprofessional in the work
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    Homework help

    beachynurse replied to YourDaddyNurse2b's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The chicken sandwich or the cheeseburger. Jews do not eat pork because they are cloven hooved animals that do not chew their cud. They don't eat shrimp because they do not have fins or scales. The...
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    New School Nurse as LVN

    beachynurse replied to CaliNurseJen's topic in School

    Sigh, just let it rest.... and I don't recall you asking for advice. You commented just to be critical, and that is NOT supportive. Again, you have no idea what the terminology is in every state and...
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    New School Nurse as LVN

    beachynurse replied to CaliNurseJen's topic in School

    Thank goodness you're done. I don't recall asking you for an opinion or
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    New School Nurse as LVN

    beachynurse replied to CaliNurseJen's topic in School

    I do not teach health classes, the PE department does. I am in a school division with over 100 schools, and 154 Nurses and assistants. I am not going to take the time I do not have in order to go...
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    workplace accommodations for ADHD

    beachynurse replied to pinkiepieRN's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I found a few websites that may help you. I have ADHD as well and I find it very difficult to stay on task as my meds wear off. I hope one of these helps....
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    New School Nurse as LVN

    beachynurse replied to CaliNurseJen's topic in School

    Thank you for your attempt to correct londonflo. Our school division refers to us as medical professionals. We are well aware that we are not practicing medicine, and that we are nurses. Remember,...
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    New School Nurse as LVN

    beachynurse replied to CaliNurseJen's topic in School

    I have been a school nurse for the last 19 years of my 38 years of being a nurse. With all due respect, as a new grad LPN, you don't know everything there is to know. I know when I was a graduate RN,...
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    Strep testing???

    beachynurse replied to nursekoll's topic in School

    We do not do strep testing or COVID testing in our schools. We do Have COVID tests that we can provide for students that are going home with symptoms.. We also do not have a medical director to sign...
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    Narcolepsy in Child

    beachynurse replied to cowboysandangels's topic in School

    I have had numerous students with Narcolepsy. All are on medications at home for it, and 1 takes meds at school. Some have 504's some don't. They have accommodations to be able to rest for 20 minutes...
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    Evacuation of School Building

    beachynurse replied to GetBackToClassRN's topic in School

    My school has almost 2,000 students, and I have so many medications, daily, PRN, Emergent that I would need a giant cart to get them all out. Thank goodness I'm in a high school and all my diabetics...
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    Teaching students to write in APA format

    beachynurse replied to Sam_Rabbit's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I still have some of my papers from then, and a few books. There were no real formats that I saw or
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    Teaching students to write in APA format

    beachynurse replied to Sam_Rabbit's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I had to use all 3 formats in my BSN program. History classes use Chicago Tiburon. It was not fun having to learn how to use all of them. When I initially started school in what my daughter calls the...
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    HIPAA and Location App For Home Visits?

    beachynurse replied to Karahrn's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I don't know what to tell you
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    HIPAA and Location App For Home Visits?

    beachynurse replied to Karahrn's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Well, let me see if I can help you understand. If you are using a location app to let your patients see where you are, I was giving you a scenario of what can happen if a patient is told one thing and...
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    Faking sick

    beachynurse replied to nursekoll's topic in School

    I wish I could do that as well. Again, the motto here is "Don't piss off the parents" . That would definitely piss them off, and cause more headaches for me than I need. I would get phone calls...
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    HIPAA and Location App For Home Visits?

    beachynurse replied to Karahrn's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I would not want to give my patients that much power over me. What if you tell them they will be third and an emergency comes up and they get bumped to 5th? They will be able to see that you made 2...
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    Using Shopping to Cope with Work

    beachynurse replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I sure do! I have 2 huge closets full of clothing along with the drawers in a triple dresser, a chest, lingerie chest, and 1 of my nightstands. I do buy impulsively and sometimes I spend too much. I...
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    A Nurse's Guide to Remote Triage

    beachynurse replied to Sandy G's topic in Telephone Triage

    I was a triage nurse for many pediatric practices in my area. I really enjoyed doing it, and I'm thinking about trying it again as a second job to increase my
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    Access to medical records

    beachynurse replied to ApplePineApple's topic in General Nursing

    I went through something like this with my Mom. I am her Health Care Proxy, my brother is next and is her POA, and my cousin is third. My cousin requested medical records and was denied. She asked my...
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    DMV reporting of unsafe driving

    beachynurse replied to queenjulie's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Virginia Law is different, anyone can report medical concerns. It also addresses medical provider reporting. This is directly from the Medical Review section of the DMV website. It also discusses...
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    Do Emotional Stressors Contribute to Abdominal Pain in the School Setting?

    beachynurse replied to ledzep97's topic in School

    It does complicate things for girls.. And now we have the trans population and sometimes we aren't sure which biological sex they are in order to do the correct assessment. The kids and parents get...
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    Do Emotional Stressors Contribute to Abdominal Pain in the School Setting?

    beachynurse replied to ledzep97's topic in School

    Sigh, it's much different in high school. Some students do come to us with real complaints of abdominal pain, and we work with them to not only assess the physical, but the emotional as well. Then...
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    Why do some fairly new nurses talk down about bedside nursing?

    beachynurse replied to Googlenurse's topic in General Nursing

    Or they were expecting not to have to do bedside nursing after graduating with their BSN. I saw a new BSN quit a hospital job day 1 on the unit because she thought that because she had the Bachelor's...
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    Schools under fire! Fake Degrees Caught!

    beachynurse replied to ASN2016's topic in Nursing News

    I agree with you. Years ago I was an agency nurse that worked in a massive teaching hospital. My findings were that the other nurses were extremely grateful to see me. My presence made a lighter load...