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July 11th, 2014

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The meaning of pain

6:31 AM
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At times it can feel like the pain and disappointment just never seems to stop. If it is not one thing it is another. We try so hard. We try to be so good and do right by people. We work and struggle and press forward day after day. We are told there is supposed to be some sort of reward out there, but where is it? ( Read more... )
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You hurt. You recover. You move on. Odds are pretty good you're just going to get hurt again. But each time, you learn something.
Each time, you come out of it a little stronger, and at some point you realize that there are more flavors of pain than coffee.( Read more... )
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Friday word: Analemma

7:24 AM
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an·a·lem·ma noun \ˌa-nə-ˈle-mə\

: a plot or graph of the position of the sun in the sky at a certain time of day (as noon) at one locale measured throughout the year that has the shape of a figure 8; also : a scale (as on a globe or sundial) based on such a plot that shows the sun's position for each day of the year or that allows local mean time to be determined

— an·a·lem·mat·ic adjective

Etymology:

Latin, sundial on a pedestal, from Greek analēmma, lofty structure, sundial, from analambanein to take up, restore, from ana- + lambanein to take

First Known Use: 1832



The analemma is the pattern the sun makes in the sky if you photograph it at the same time every day for a year. The figure eight is due to the tilt of the Earth's axis and its elliptical orbit around the sun.

Image: Harald Edens (http://bit.ly/1it7Grb) (found via ScienceAlert FB page)
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Originally posted by me earlier today in [livejournal.com profile] 1word1day
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Happy World Chocolate Day, everyone :)

9:07 AM
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( One more ;) )
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Comments, opinions? ;)

2:40 PM
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So how many of you watch NY Med and saw Katie Duke get fired for her instagram post? If you haven't seen it, you can find out more here.
The article says her employer, NY Presbyterian said it wasn't a HIPAA violation, but I disagree.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/nurse-firing-highlights-hazards-social-media-hospitals/story?id=24454611

'Man vs 6train' gave identifying information to the public about a patient (she said it was the man who was hit by the 6 train; she didn't need to post his name as the media will have already taken care of that); her account identified where she works (thereby identifying that the person is being treated in her hospital - can't release that info to anyone unless the patient or family consents - doubt she got a release) and the actual picture showed the type of treatment the patient received (any person with reasonable medical knowledge can figure out what kind of tx the pt received). They all sound like HIPAA violations to me.

I have been amazed at the number of posts by nurses that I have seen on social media saying this is not a violation of PHI; many of them are arguing that because the media released the name, it's ok. Well, that last time I looked, the media was in a different business. We as licensed healthcare professionals are held to a higher standard by licensure and ethical / legal standards such as HIPAA.
What's your take?

(reposted from the FB page of "The Cruise Academy--Continued education for nurses)

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