rngreenhorn

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1. HIPAA help

   rngreenhorn replied to 2greeneyes's topic in HIPAA

   Old-timer... The original post was posted years ago, but alas as quoted so eloquently in Monty Pithon, "it's not dead yet". Sounds better with the accent, "I'm nawt deed yet." The thread might not yet need a code blue, but certainly a rapid response ...

2. HIPAA help

   rngreenhorn replied to 2greeneyes's topic in HIPAA

   Thanks nurse ellie for clarifying! The one in the middle is either having triplets or has some serious ascites going on. Either way he looks like he's pretty proud of that belly. HIPPO violation for sure. Where's my taser, he needs to be brought i...

3. HIPAA help

   rngreenhorn replied to 2greeneyes's topic in HIPAA

   Thanks rnnow... see I'm not crazy (thought I might have been for a bit). So, for your situation, I guess I don't have any advice. Cept to say, if you have a union in your previous hospital you should contact them, seems crazy to be fired for an in...

4. HIPAA help

   rngreenhorn replied to 2greeneyes's topic in HIPAA

   Well, some nice person posted yesterday that he/she was fired for HIPPO violation when he/she left a computer without logging out and the son of the patient got on the computer. I got the alert on my email, so decided to throw my considerable knowled...

5. HIPAA help

   rngreenhorn replied to 2greeneyes's topic in HIPAA

   Violating a hippo? Sounds slightly problematic? Hummm, which reminds me, I got to get on my bucket list item number 19... Go on safari.

6. HIPAA help

   rngreenhorn replied to 2greeneyes's topic in HIPAA

   As far as I can tell HIPAA stand for Health Information Probably Ain't (readily) Available... when needed act.

7. The evolution of a new policy in healthcare organzations

   rngreenhorn replied to rngreenhorn's topic in General Nursing

   We named our COWs Bessie and Bossie. Confused the heck out of tech support when we called with a problem. We'd have to use code, cause we couldn't use the word COW (OMG, we might get sued). We'd say, there is something wrong with Bessie, she's off ...

8. The evolution of a new policy in healthcare organzations

   rngreenhorn posted a topic in General Nursing

   I wonder if the leadership in all hospitals is as clueless and full of *stuff* as mine. They implement some new BS policy, and then they realize it is not working. Instead of really assessing why the policy didn't work, they head back into closed do...

9. Needy, needy, needy... vent please.

   rngreenhorn replied to rksgray13's topic in General Nursing

   He likes it shaken... not stirred, I presume.

10. Needy, needy, needy... vent please.

    rngreenhorn replied to rksgray13's topic in General Nursing

    Worst cult ever... Instead of the shaving their heads like the Hare Krishnas they shave their butt hairs....

11. Needy, needy, needy... vent please.

    rngreenhorn replied to rksgray13's topic in General Nursing

    Well that's a buncha crap....

12. How to stop visitors from using empty bed???

    rngreenhorn replied to AJPV's topic in General Nursing

    We too had a patient come into his wife's room with a cooler of beer, and his dogs. He cracked a cold one right there is the room. I thought it was hilarious. PARTY'S in room 2010!!!! But the charge nurse and security was not so happy with the tu...

13. How to stop visitors from using empty bed???

    rngreenhorn replied to AJPV's topic in General Nursing

    Put biohazard tape across it. Then come into the room wearing full personal protective gear, including the PAPR hood to push the bed further against the wall.

14. Nurses eat their Young

    rngreenhorn replied to NYLiz's topic in General Nursing

    I move that the as a nursing profession we permanantly strike this disgusting-sounding-obiquitous-over-used-cliche' from our lexicon. All in favor say "buuuurrrrrp"

15. My monthly semi-coherent rant on the state of healthcare

    rngreenhorn replied to rngreenhorn's topic in General Nursing

    Haven't you heard hourly rounding et al is evidence-based! Sheesh, what is wrong with you? It worked wonders for some 5 bed hospital in Outer Mongolia. Plus the research is peer reviewed--- so of course it is practical to implement it in every unit,...