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1. Computerized Charting Errors-Need Stories

   nurse4me8897 replied to nurse4me8897's topic in General Nursing

   Most data shows that EMR's have reduced errors, and that is partly true. However, EMR's have also introduced a host of new errors that were never a factor with hand written charts. Mistakes are being made in entirely new ways now. My focus is to high...

2. Computerized Charting Errors-Need Stories

   nurse4me8897 replied to nurse4me8897's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you all for these contributions! Every little bit helps and I especially appreciate the personal stories- I know that they can be hard to tell. The errors that occur with computerized charting are all new to us and it's impossible to know what ...

3. Computerized Charting Errors-Need Stories

   nurse4me8897 replied to nurse4me8897's topic in General Nursing

   Wow, that badge scanning sounds scary! One of my big focuses is charting under another person's name, and I can definitely see how this was VERY scary for you! Thank you so much for sharing this story! I hope that it will help other nurses protect th...

4. Computerized Charting Errors-Need Stories

   nurse4me8897 replied to nurse4me8897's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you so much for your story. Your feelings of being a criminal are exactly why I am doing this presentation. Good nurses are being put into bad situations, and hopefully with more awareness about the risks and pitfalls of computerized chartin...

5. Computerized Charting Errors-Need Stories

   nurse4me8897 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi Everybody! I'm doing a presentation on pitfalls of electronic medical records, and I am focusing on errors unique to computerized charting that nurses need to actively protect themselves from. I could really use examples of errors, or near errors,...

6. Do you often have delays in getting your patients to ASU, or catch ASU hodling beds?

   nurse4me8897 posted a topic in PACU

   I'm looking for ideas to streamline our transfer of ambulatory patients to ASU for DC. We currently have horrible delays and a great difficulty getting beds over there. Our current system is basically to wait for ASU to call us and give us a bed whe...

7. Required nurse minimum in night shift PACU Help!!!

   nurse4me8897 replied to nurse4me8897's topic in Safety

   I think I would like to contact Joint Commission. Is there a hotline, or does anyone know if there is a place I can actually look up Joint Commission standards for staffing a PACU? Also anyone else out there work in a PACU? What are your night shift ...

8. Required nurse minimum in night shift PACU Help!!!

   nurse4me8897 posted a topic in Safety

   I work in a very busy Level I Trauma Center. I have worked all the units, but took a job as night shift PACU nurse two years ago for a little break. Compared to working the units, this is generally a sweet job. The problem is, they only staff one ...

9. Magnet Status--what's on the hospital's "to do" list in order to meet the criteria?

   nurse4me8897 posted a topic in General Nursing

   My hospital--a large teaching facility and level 1 trauma center-- is initiating a push for magnet status. Wierd things are happening here and we are all wondering what else to expect. Of course, rumors abound... does every single RN in the hospita...