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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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.
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"
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,...