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1. Do you feel these are patient safety issues?

   ptsafety replied to ptsafety's topic in General Nursing

   Seriously, thank you all for your opinions and sharing what is done in your areas. It's SERIOUSLY a very bad problem in our area, and I know in some rougher cities as well, as some RN's I work with who have relocated have told their concerning stori...

2. Do you feel these are patient safety issues?

   ptsafety replied to ptsafety's topic in General Nursing

   It is not all bad here. Because of the social disparities here, it is a very challenging place to work, with the good RN's being very skilled, not just in Nursing but also Crisis Managment. I don't want to make the wrong impression that working in ...

3. Do you feel these are patient safety issues?

   ptsafety replied to ptsafety's topic in General Nursing

   TT...Yes, yes and yes. I work in a very high crime city, it's very very common for us to get travel RN's who are "tweaking"/high/impaired. Not just in our hospital but all of the hospitals in our city, we frequently put these RNs on the do not call...

4. Do you feel these are patient safety issues?

   ptsafety replied to ptsafety's topic in General Nursing

   TT: I too thought that prior charges would prevent Felony Criminals from admissions to programs and also from sitting for the Boards, but in my state apparently not. They can "argue" to be able to do so in this state, and this state is so lenient th...

5. Do you feel these are patient safety issues?

   ptsafety posted a topic in General Nursing

   In my state, it used to be that Nursing Schools has strict admission policies and limited enrollment. For example, 3.5 GPA, 90+ percentile on the NLN Admission exam, not in college for 15-20 years without a degree due to bad grades. Now it seems to...