n'ville

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1. Hanging It Up

   n'ville replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Retired

   The "dark side" is not so bad. I left clinical nursing 11 years ago to become a surveyor and have loved every minute of it.

2. Small children visiting patients in the critical care setting... thoughts??

   n'ville replied to TigerGalLE's topic in Critical

   I agree there should be some restriction on visitation of small children not only for the patients and nurses, but for the children themselves. But I am old school and I personally think part of the problem with increased infections in hospitals has...

3. Fraudulent visits - yes I brought it up!

   n'ville replied to salvadordolly's topic in Home Health

   You can declare your rights and protection under the "whistle blower act" and report the agency for Medicare Fraud if these visits are paid for by Medicare. I am sure private insurance carriers would also be interested if they are paying for service...

4. CNA's keep removing the patients alarms off of the beds

   n'ville replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric

   Then that alarm just became a RESTRAINT.

5. Protect Yourself, Protect Your License, and Most of All Protect Your Patient

   n'ville replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

   Then you are practicing medicine without a license and putting yourself at risk for a malpractice suit and loss of your license because if any of those patients experience adverse effects from the care you provided without a physician's order or prot...

6. Can't stand dialysis

   n'ville replied to Tfunke25's topic in Urology

   I transferred to a hemodialysis unit from the emergency room (which I loved) in order to have a more "regular" work schedule. I, too, did not like it and on more than one occasion talked to my old supervisor about going back to the ER. The dialysis...