Any hospitals out there have a policy regarding an individual being hospitalized and a minor child staying with them alone in the hospital room? Our hospital does not have a policy on this, but I feel uneasy about letting this child stay alone in the...
TaylorMaidRn replied to bendyprissy's topic in Safety
First, I believe you absolutely did the right thing. Do not let this situation deter you from advocating for the patient! Like the others have posted, I would definitely get a second opinion from another nurse before calling the doctor, and then char...
TaylorMaidRn replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism
I love seeing non-clinical personnel make decisions for a hospital on what would be best for their patients regarding nurse-patient ratios! Makes perfect sense?
TaylorMaidRn replied to mcknis's topic in Activism
I am licensed and keep one in my car. Workplace violence is not unheard of in the hospital setting. Where I work, we have no security, and our rural county has only 2 sheriffs deputies and 1-2 police officers on duty during the night. These officers ...
TaylorMaidRn replied to Katie828's topic in Endocrine
Well, more information would be helpful, but just based on info given, a 24 hour urine cortisol and/or 8am cortisol draw to rule out/explore Cushing's would not be unreasonable.
TaylorMaidRn replied to TaylorMaidRn's topic in Emergency
We usually use our nursing judgment and we normally get the patient triaged and to a bed quickly. However, there are times when we have an ICU/critical patient that it takes both nurses or all three nurses to get stabilized and ready for transport to...
TaylorMaidRn replied to TaylorMaidRn's topic in Emergency
The only code team we have are the ER nurses (2-3 total depending on what time of day). This new triage policy was put into place to increase press ganey scores. The idea behind it was to reduce LWBS and increase patient satisfaction.
Rural emergency room, new triaging system...1 RN triages every patient that comes through the door AS SOON AS THEY COME IN THE DOOR, and the remaining 1-2 RNs (no other support staff) treat all of the patients in the ER. (We can have up to 18 at a ti...
TaylorMaidRn replied to TaylorMaidRn's topic in General Nursing
Marie.rn- yes, this was her first TPN treatment, she was originally supposed to receive it in the hospital, however, she requested to the dr that she be able to do it at home and go back to work so that she could keep her medical insurance which cove...
TaylorMaidRn replied to TaylorMaidRn's topic in General Nursing
Thank you all! I'm currently looking into the malpractice insurance and wondering why I didn't get it as soon as I step foot in the nursing field! Thanks for all the info!
TaylorMaidRn replied to TaylorMaidRn's topic in General Nursing
Thank you all for your responses and advice...I appreciate it greatly! I have made an appointment with an attorney who represents nurses in these predicaments to aid me in how best to go foward, and already feel a little relief. It just dumbfounds me...