art supplies

Hi. Yesterday, I had a nice chat with a patient. He is an artist and is retired now. I asked him where one can buy art supplies and he said, as a struggling artist, they used to buy art supplies, oil paints and other stuff from New York at a store in Third Avenue. I think that s the New York Central Art Supply store. Here s their website: www.nycentralart.com

how to link , again (I hope)

Still cant get to link to you,bloggerfordummies.blogspot.com, so please click on the same blog from my list of favorites. This site is really helpful for new bloggers like me.
here s another try: BloggerTipsandTricks

Pinay nurse joke

My friend who is also a nurse here told this one:
While waking up from major surgery, the patient was asked "Mr. Kelley, do you know where you are?" to check his mental status. Looking up from the hospital bed and seeing several Filipina nurses hovering over him, he said "Philippines?"
I was browsing and stumbled upon jokes at kabayanjunction.blogspot.com in his blog. Too bad i dont know how to link yet.

linking to another-let s try this

you ll notice a small link at the bottom of my blog,www.e-referrer.com I hope this will interest you.

about blogging

Blogging is harder than I thought. I found this blog that explains about stuff you need to know like linking, blogroll,wikis etc using simple fun videos:www.commoncraft.com/blog. Go to my favorites and click on the link. Very interesting. I dont know how to link yet from my blog post so bear with me and click from my "favorites list"-on the left.

privacy in nursing

I knew this would be a difficult concept for us because in our country we tend to talk about everything, usually with no malice. Here in the USA, health info is protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996(HIPAA). Basically it means dont talk about your patients! Ill try to give you an idea. Remember when you enter the elevator and you say to your coworker, "I had a hard time taking care of Ms X because she was cursing and shouting at me when I gave her insulin." You cant do that here, because you would be divulging her medical information. Another example, if you fax a patient's lab results and it was transmitted into an office and people were able to read them who were not the intended recipient, you may also be violating the HIPAA rule. You may be fined or be imposed more serious penalties. Im not saying this to scare you, but just to let you know that some things are done differently here. We still share info especially to the team taking care of the patient, but we are always aware of the patient' s rights to privacy. Another example is a relative asking about the diagnosis of a patient. Be sure he is allowed by law to know the info he is asking for, as it is not automatic, as in the Philippines. Especially with some sensitive information like HIV.
So if you come here and some hospitals dont even have a list of patients displayed on the floor, it may be because of HIPAA. For more info you may visit the ff: www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacysummary.pdf

There are lots of places to visit during off duty days