habanero

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1. Are you aware of how you conduct yourself in public?

   habanero replied to rkitty198's topic in General Nursing

   Too many people have taken HIPAA way out of context. Saying Hi and asking how are you doing is not divulging any medical history (which is what HIPAA was meant to protect). In our small community, not saying HI, would be considered rude. When people ...

2. Dangerous nurses

   habanero replied to funmom's topic in Relations

   Aloevera, Conditions of participation states that medication errors can not be used as a punitive measure but rather as a learning tool. A facility who participates with Medicare or Medicaid can get in trouble if they make medication errors punitive ...

3. Code Status Error - An Ethical Dilemma

   habanero replied to Simkah's topic in General Nursing

   I hope some of you know work in states where they have standardized color-coded wristbands. This was brought about because of the many nurses who work PRN or travel. Texas started in January and we have implemented this in our hospital. The idea behi...

4. Am I too old to just be starting?

   habanero replied to Roxy0628's topic in General Students

   I was 30 years old when I started my pre-requisites. I am now 49, have attained my BSN and Masters and work as a Director of Nursing in a hospital. We are never too old for anything we put our mind to. We are only as old as we feel (sometimes that is...

5. Dangerous nurses

   habanero replied to funmom's topic in Relations

   I have not read everyones post so this may have been brought to everyones attention. It is our mandated duty by the Board of Nursing that we report to the Board any behavior or conduct that is harmful to patient's or others. If we are not doing our p...

6. Code Status: When Should We Talk About It!

   habanero replied to klg315's topic in General Nursing

   Medicare requires that we discuss advanced directives with our patients upon admission. However, I know that this is poorly done. Most nurses and/or admission clerks just ask if they have one and do they want to execute oen if they don't. The discuss...

7. I am GETTING out of hospital work! This is BULL!

   habanero replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

   I am really sorry you went through that. As a Director of Nurse's I am appalled that someone in authroity would be so uncaring. Unfortunately, sometimes as supervisors we get burned out by people who are calling in all the time for every little thing...