[herring_RN]

elkpark, I hope you are right.

[elkpark]

Originally Posted by herring_RN

elkpark, I hope you are right.

(Well, I hope I am, too! )

[snappy01]

Most, if not all nurses, are in favor of protecting the public from unsafe nurses! It's a no brainer. However what about UNSAFE staffing each and every day, on every shift, throughtout many many states in an effort to cut costs? Why do BON's not consider this to be reportable making DON's and managers responsible? And what about hospitals that "ask" doctors to leave when they practice medicine unsafely or are verbally or physically abusive to staff?

[barefootlady]

I have had a few days over the years when no matter what was done it was too little and too late. I shudder to think about a couple of those even now. I am all for protecting the public but nurses are not the only ones needing to be better policed. Doctors especially, and lying administration easily come to mind.

[withasmilelpn]

I think that places wil just turn to other means of terminating, such as call outs or lateness.

[elkpark]

Originally Posted by withasmilelpn

I think that places wil just turn to other means of terminating, such as call outs or lateness.

I don't doubt that at all, but there's never going to be a system that makes it impossible for facilities to fire people and which would you rather have follow you around for the rest of your career -- having been fired for being late to work too often, or because of an allegation (unsubstantiated because it was never investigated, but still "floating around") that you were an unsafe practitioner? At least this system will force facilities to back up those kind of allegations if they want to make them ...

[oramar]

How long does it take the BON to act upon these reports. If it takes them years to get around to looking at these firings it won't help much. In the case of really dangerous nurses there could be a lot of damage done if it takes two years two go from firing to hearing. I have heard complaints about BOM being really slow to deal with bad docs.

[elkpark]

Originally Posted by oramar

How long does it take the BON to act upon these reports. If it takes them years to get around to looking at these firings it won't help much. In the case of really dangerous nurses there could be a lot of damage done if it takes two years two go from firing to hearing. I have heard complaints about BOM being really slow to deal with bad docs.

Good point; however, even a slow BON investigation would reach a conclusion sooner than "never," which is when many unsafe practitioners get investigated now.

[rentalnurse]

Wow, Im not going to wk in DC, the district is incompetant in doing most everything and now this. I complained to staffing about how dangerous the floor is that i worked on and was placed on DNR.

[mystic_fish0526]

Management can make any of us unsafe and guilty if they decide they want to get rid of you. Twisted stories, outright lies, incident reports on something that never happened.
Now mandating reporting to boards, what are they trying to accomplish? Soon enough there will be no one at bedside. Who would want a job like this, when your career and license is at stakes every day you short-staffed? I've had more of those days than others. I still have flashbacks of my time in critical care.
I'll never go back to bedside. it's just becoming impossible job.