CNN: Abortion Performed on Wrong Woman

Kooky Korky, BSN, RN · May 21, 2020

Dear God

caliotter3 · May 21, 2020

Rates right up there, higher if you will, because of the loss of an innocent life, with the cardiologist who can’t bother to check the chart before he enters the room and has no idea he already performed an angiogram. No wonder the cardiac event surrounding all of this doesn’t result in a diagnosis. The insurance companies can’t pay too much for the public’s trust it seems.

SmilingBluEyes · Jun 7, 2020

So no time-out? this is horrible.

Hoosier_RN, MSN · Jun 7, 2020

34 minutes ago, SmilingBluEyes said:
So no time-out? this is horrible.

Definitely horrible. But this is in another country. Not sure what Korean standards are. ?

Waiting for Retirement · Jun 17, 2020

I realize this event happened in another country but isn't it a basic thing for nurses and doctors everywhere to at least ask a person his or her name?? One question would have prevented this. One question from anyone!

Hoosier_RN, MSN · Jun 18, 2020

13 hours ago, Waiting for Retirement said:
I realize this event happened in another country but isn't it a basic thing for nurses and doctors everywhere to at least ask a person his or her name?? One question would have prevented this. One question from anyone!

Again, not sure what Korean standards are. I'd like to think that they'd ask, or that the patient would ask where she's being taken, but cultures are definitely different

Waiting for Retirement · Jun 19, 2020

On 6/17/2020 at 8:56 PM, Hoosier_RN said:
Again, not sure what Korean standards are. I'd like to think that they'd ask, or that the patient would ask where she's being taken, but cultures are definitely different

True, I definitely understand there are cultural differences. I am just incredulous that what seems to be a basic nursing or medical question---"who are you?" was left out of this equation.

Standards of care naturally vary. This seems out of whack even allowing for that.

Hoosier_RN, MSN · Jun 19, 2020

1 hour ago, Waiting for Retirement said:
True, I definitely understand there are cultural differences. I am just incredulous that what seems to be a basic nursing or medical question---"who are you?" was left out of this equation.
Standards of care naturally vary. This seems out of whack even allowing for that.

My other thought, as this was South Korea, they are government run health, and possibly a "do as you're told model"

NurseBlaq · Jul 30, 2020

Devastating. Something as simple as checking a name would have taken little to no time to prevent all this heartache.

Subee2, BSN, MSN, CRNA · Jul 30, 2020

On 6/19/2020 at 11:39 AM, Hoosier_RN said:
My other thought, as this was South Korea, they are government run health, and possibly a "do as you're told model"

What in the world does "government run" mean here? Are you implying that a "government run" facility like the VA or a NYC HHC abandons all standards? This is SOUTH Korea, not the North.

Hoosier_RN, MSN · Jul 30, 2020

36 minutes ago, Undercat said:
What in the world does "government run" mean here? Are you implying that a "government run" facility like the VA or a NYC HHC abandons all standards? This is SOUTH Korea, not the North.

Asian countries and their brand of socialized medicine are very different than VA or western style. I was stationed in South Korea and the culture is a whole different mindset. As an American, it was hard to wrap my mind around. This is the point of view that I put out there. Do I know for a fact this is how/what happened? No. Is it a possibility? Yes

And as far as it goes, I've seen some really dog turd things happen in VA facilities as well, since I do partake of their services, as well as it occasionally gets reported on the news