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  1. beachynurse

    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...
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    UK Nursing Student Wanting to Move to US

    beachynurse replied to StarUSA's topic in Immigration Advice

    If you know where you may relocate to in the US, you might want to check with that states Board of Nursing. They may be able to give you some
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    LPN LTC - evil nurses

    beachynurse replied to ButterflyBuns's topic in General Nursing

    Davey Do, You always seem to be able to put things in perspective, and provide wise
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    Have you ever left in the middle of a shift?

    beachynurse replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    As nurses, we are people too, with lives and family outside of work. We get calls for sick kids from schools, we have family emergencies. You better bet that if I get a call that a family member has...
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    Schools under fire! Fake Degrees Caught!

    beachynurse replied to ASN2016's topic in Nursing News

    Wow! I think that was a rather harsh statement. I'm not trying to be harsh back to you, but with that kind of attitude I can see why they may give you a hard
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    Too Fat To Be A Nurse?

    beachynurse replied to Newprospnp's topic in General Nursing

    I would give anything to be able to have the gastric sleeve surgery. I had the lap band done about 14 years ago, and did fantastic. I lost the weight I wanted to, looked and felt great. I never wanted...
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    Nursing Exam Failure Rates Spark Review

    beachynurse replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in Nursing News

    Wow, I simply can't believe that they want to lower the standards for the NCLEX. I thought that they were already too low. When a person is going into a career that can impact the life or death of...
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    Student RN Scrubs

    beachynurse replied to Brenwick2's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    What do you mean you can’t work on their grammar because of culture? So these students will come out of school sounding illiterate and not like a professional? What does culture have to do with...
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    Student RN Scrubs

    beachynurse replied to Brenwick2's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I’m afraid I disagree with you here. White has always signified student as long as I can remember. These stub are already coming out of high school with a sense of entitlement the likes of which...
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    Nurses Fired For Viral TikTok Video

    beachynurse replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    It's hard to believe the lack of professionalism these nurses had shown. If I had seen that, and was scheduled to deliver a child there, I would rethink my decision. It would also make me very wary of...
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    Random drug testing- how paranoid are you?

    beachynurse replied to Haven's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I think it is horrible that nurses have to suffer in pain, with anxiety, or panic disorders because they are afraid of taking medication to manage said disorders. We are human too and are entitled to...
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    Failed My AANP Today, I'm Very Upset

    beachynurse replied to uniqueguy34's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I am not an AAPN, but I just wanted to give you some encouragement. DON'T GIVE UP!! You can do it. I know it's hard, but try and consider this a practice exam, and now you know what the real test is...
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    Starting Out on a Medical-Surgical Floor

    beachynurse replied to Jessica Carter's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I totally agree with this. I also think that going to a med-surg floor first allows nurses to hone their critical thinking and assessment skills. You see everything and anything on these floors, and...
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    Nursing with expunged misdemenor

    beachynurse replied to FutureRNAriel1999's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    If you were wrongfully charged don't accept the plea, then you are technically pleading guilty. Most states have domestic assault as a barrier crime... or you have to wait 5 years with no...
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    How am I supposed to give pills when I have several dosages?

    beachynurse replied to pepitohonguito87's topic in General Students

    Got that right!
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    Used and Abused

    beachynurse replied to cowboysandangels's topic in School

    Being salaried can be a good and a bad thing. Unfortunately, we can work over our scheduled hours and not be paid for them. If you have a decent boss they will allow you some comp time for some of the...