LEFTFLANKPAIN

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1. Studer?

   LEFTFLANKPAIN replied to LEFTFLANKPAIN's topic in Emergency

   It is what it is, weather or not anyone can handle the truth, this is happening in my place. Looking for real, constructive input, I know there are other facilities that have big problems too.

2. Studer?

   LEFTFLANKPAIN replied to LEFTFLANKPAIN's topic in Emergency

   Thank you.

3. Studer?

   LEFTFLANKPAIN posted a topic in Emergency

   How has Studer worked out for your facility? In principle, it's all very good. However in execution, our facility has seemed to lose touch with reality and moved out all of its proven high performers who have always behaved ethically, and moved in ve...

4. Chronic Extreme Emergency Department Shortstaffing

   LEFTFLANKPAIN replied to LEFTFLANKPAIN's topic in Emergency

   Thank you. These are scary times in some ERs around the country. I may try to lobby for a safe harbor type of program in my state. Thank you for that information.

5. Chronic Extreme Emergency Department Shortstaffing

   LEFTFLANKPAIN replied to LEFTFLANKPAIN's topic in Emergency

   I love the ED so I would still go there. It's our facility that has lost complete sight of the patient, relying upon extreme short staffing to maximize profits. It has become extremely dangerous to work there.

6. Chronic Extreme Emergency Department Shortstaffing

   LEFTFLANKPAIN replied to LEFTFLANKPAIN's topic in Emergency

   Might be time for me to do that.

7. Chronic Extreme Emergency Department Shortstaffing

   LEFTFLANKPAIN posted a topic in Emergency

   Our facility chronically leaves our ED shorthanded by 25% to 75% in Nursing staff. This leaves extremely unsafe staffing ratios, I'm talking up to 11, 12 patients to 1 RN; also our RNs often must do our own housekeeping, be security for violent event...

8. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

   LEFTFLANKPAIN replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

   Someone who does not get the Flu vax, does not get the Flu so does not pass it to patients is more dangerous than this? Deaths by medical mistakes hit records | Healthcare IT News

9. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

   LEFTFLANKPAIN replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

   Again...we will see. Strong legal arguments abound. Strong ethical issues abound.

10. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    LEFTFLANKPAIN replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    Have you even read the posts in this forum?

11. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    LEFTFLANKPAIN replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    For those who may have been under a rock, this has been the recent buzz about Peer Reviewed studies and Scientific Integrity (aka *gasp* some scientists have been hasty, inaccurate or unethical): How science goes wrong | The Economist Hank Campbell: ...

12. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    LEFTFLANKPAIN replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    We will see how it goes when the lawyers come out. The Flu vaccination mandate brings up all kinds of Civil Rights and Medical Ethics issues. Sorry this isn't 1975 USSR, this is the USA.

13. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    LEFTFLANKPAIN replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    As of late 2014, medical errors are the #3 cause of death in the U.S. This is one reason why I don't sit on my high horse as a Bachelor's Degree educated RN. Also have several other college degrees, decades of experience, but still do not condone the...

14. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    LEFTFLANKPAIN replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    It's called Coersion and it's Unethical. At the point where the RN is asked to take a medication into his or her body, that staffmember becomes a Patient. To coerce a Patient into taking a medication he or she does not want to take is considered assa...

15. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    LEFTFLANKPAIN replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    Pretty unethical those here who are mocking Patient Choice. Judge, judge, judge. Ethically, our jobs are not to push our personal beliefs upon patients, but to inform them of the choices, the risks and benefits associated with them, and it's the pati...