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Hi everyone! I just thought I'd start the new State forums off with an introduction thread. Please feel free to reply to this thread if you wish. Otherwise, feel free to start a new topic if you wish to discuss other topics that are local or state related. Enjoy!

Hello everyone, I've been a RN for 27 years in Jackson. I've done telemetry,

PACU, Radiology, Med-Surg and currently a Nursing Supervisor ( for the last

8 years). I have made a few changes lately. I'm a Legal Nurse Consultant and

also taking a Nurse Forensic's course. I plan to work more with Criminal cases as opposed to Med-Mal cases. I will probably see some of you that are going

to Nursing school this fall (ADN programs). I have scheduled some documentation inservices with some of the schools. Focusing on what we as

Legal Nurse Consultants look for in the way of charting (tampering, SOC, etc.)

I don't like to see nurses torn to shreads during a deposition because of lack of charting, "skimpy or vague" charting, and "tampered" charting. When a case goes to trial all you have to defend yourself is the Medical Record, you

have to defend what is or is not written. I have never regretted becoming a

nurse, I hate that it's become a "business". I'm from the old school where we

were allowed to staff by "acquity" and not by "numbers". For all you new nurses, remember why you became a nurse, don't lose the "passion", the doc's and administration may think they run the hospital, but we know better.

legalnurse22

Welcome to the site and thanks for the advice. Forensic Nursing? I bet that is exciting. Forensics has always fascinated me, but I didn't think their was much of a market for that here. Do you plan on assisting the coroner in actual autopsies or only from a legal or investigative aspect?

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Hello! I am brand spankin' new to this site but I did search it out because I had a situation at my work that I wonder if anyone else had experienced. I am a public health nurse and am required by my employer to home visit TB patients alone. I have found out through public records that many of my patients have been convicted of violent crimes. I was wondering if other states, counties, districts had any policies about home visitation that protect the safety of their nurses? I would like to see a policy change in this county because I believe that this represents a very dangerous situation. If anyone has any policies in effect, would you please let me know? I would like to present policies that are already in place when I approach my supervisory staff. Thanks!

You might want to post this on the General Nursing Thread for faster responses. You might want to even try the Nursing Politics thread....

Welcome to AllNurses!:balloons:

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Hi ChattyPatty,

Forensic Nursing is exciting and I do plan to talk with some of our coroners

and plan to take the Death Investigation Course that's offered through the

State ME's office. I would like to do some "intern work" with a coroner or ME

to get some experience. I am focusing most of my Legal Nurse Consulting

toward the Criminal aspects (elder abuse, domestic violence, child abuse,

wrongful deaths, DUI/manslaughter, etc) but I won't turn down the usual

med-mal, etc. I will stay on fulltime at the hospital for at least 2 more years

untill I get my consulting practice up and going. I almost have too many "pots in the fire". But I'm ready to slow down and work from home and the consulting is something I can do even when I "retire" from the rat-race

at the hospital.

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Hi ChattyPatty,

Forensic Nursing is exciting and I do plan to talk with some of our coroners

and plan to take the Death Investigation Course that's offered through the

State ME's office. I would like to do some "intern work" with a coroner or ME

to get some experience. I am focusing most of my Legal Nurse Consulting

toward the Criminal aspects (elder abuse, domestic violence, child abuse,

wrongful deaths, DUI/manslaughter, etc) but I won't turn down the usual

med-mal, etc. I will stay on fulltime at the hospital for at least 2 more years

untill I get my consulting practice up and going. I almost have too many "pots in the fire". But I'm ready to slow down and work from home and the consulting is something I can do even when I "retire" from the rat-race

at the hospital.

Sounds really interesting. Keep us up to date!

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HI! How's life going? i just read your posts here. i was wondering if RN's do scrub, i mean, i heard that there are also surgical technologists etc working in the surgical team. what are the functions of RN in the OR then if there are other areas or specializations such as the tech? am a graduating student and if God permit me, i can get my way to work as an OR nurse. thanks for the information, i enjoy reading all nurses posts. Thanks again and God bless!

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Hello from shellyjellybelly(don't let the name fool ya). I'm from Minnesota and I love it here even though it's a bit 'back woods'. I've been an RN for 14 years and I have worked many areas of nursing. I'm an ants in the pants kinda person but sometimes I'll slow down to the current pace of things. I'm looking for nurses to keep me in check. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS SITE!!!!!!!oh and I love my musical kids and music in general. I'm training them to be my meal tickets when I retire from nursing.LOL

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