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Meet My Friend James---a Stand Up Dude |
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By Kara Clapp on
7/20/2009
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Hello Everyone!
I'd like you to meet my friend James. He's a cool guy who reminds me alot of Jason Chaffitz who recently won a congressional race against Chris Cannon. If you met James in person, you'd quickly learn that he has integrity, loves his country, and is mad enough about the trends of Congress to put everything he owns and has built as a small business owner at risk to run for Congress against Robert Bennett. I deeply respect him for toeing up to the line and running against the status quo. If you are sick and tired of abuse of power in our government like me, give James a look. You won't be disappointed.
Here's how to find out more about James: http://www.voteforjameswilliams.com/index1.html
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Medicare Regulations and Absurdities: Tidbit #1 |
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By Kara Clapp on
2/4/2008
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Recently I have taken on Medicare insurance so I can provide home visit services to those who are homebound and cannot get to a medical provider's office. While learning the terrain of "Medicare Regulations", I stumbled upon what has to the be the most ridiculous regulation known to mankind. As a Nurse Practitioner, I am licensed to diagnose, prescribe, and supervise my own medical treatment plans for patients who visit my private office. When I was a registered nurse, I was responsible for delegating nursing activities and supervising the outcomes of the activities of licensed practical nurses, student nurses, and nursing assistants. Medicare even pays me for the services I render to home bound patients. HOWEVER, as a Nurse Practitioner, I am not allowed to sign the home health agency document (called the "485") that summarizes the treatment plan for the home-bound patient, not even to direct a nursing assistant to give a patient a daily bath! Apparently only an ...
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So What's the Deal with Having Your Appointment Book Online? |
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By Kara Clapp on
9/5/2007
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Online access to my appointment book is one of the core service features of the Doctor Kara, P.C. Family Clinic. It is a direct result of my personal frustration as a patient in trying to get an appointment with my primary care provider. I doubt I am not alone in this frustration. Having to wait for an office to open to talk to a receptionist—only to find out the office is booked solid for 4 weeks—and all I needed was my annual visit to refill my Zyrtec for my spring allergies. Well, it all seemed a bit silly in my opinion.
That’s when I started looking for a software company that could custom build me a program so my appointment book could be available 24/7. I ...
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Welcome and Introduction |
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By Kara Clapp on
7/8/2007
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Hello! Thank you for stopping by to browse and see what's new in this small corner of the world. I'm Dr. Kara Diersing Clapp and I am a Family Nurse Practitioner with a PhD--hence the "doctor" in Doctor Kara, PC. I own and operate a small family medical clinic in beautiful Sandy, Utah. I've been a registered nurse for 14 years and an APRN (advanced practice registered nurse) for 11 years (10 as a CNS and 1 as an FNP). I started this blog as a way to share my opinions and insights that are difficult to package in a professional-based website like the one I maintain for the clinic. Sometime I just like to say things in plain English and with lots of passion. I think most people who enjoy reading blogs are well aware that blogs can be full of emotions that are best placed in a blog as opposed to a website that maintains a sometimes drier business-like tone. I tend to write in a conversational style, so I hope none of you are disappointed that I choose not to pull ou ...
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Why Did I Choose to Start a Clinic of My Own? (sometimes I wonder about that too!) |
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By Kara Clapp on
7/5/2007
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I love being a nurse. I love my career--it turned out much better than I could ever imagined. Like many nurses who became nurses at a young age. I was only 17 when I entered my first nursing program. I was a person who tended to be soft-hearted and caring about others. All of us inherit different capacities and personality traits. Mine happened to be "other-oriented", so a career in nursing was a great fit for me. Over the years my curiosity about being able to offer "the best" of what I knew became the driving force to return to school for another 4 nursing degrees. A little bit of boredom with small town life in Idaho directly ...
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