I wrote up a doctor

[RN always]

I went to the ER the other day with CP! The doc didn't even do an assessment on me. Did not listen to my heart/lungs or even look at my feet or feel my stomach or anything! In fact, he didn't even touch me! They did do an EKG and labs, found nothing. Anyways, a few weeks later I pulled up my H&P on the computer and I could not believe what I was reading. The doc charted that he assessed me for all the above. It went on and on and I got madder and madder. It took me a long time to decide to write him up b/c I'm not one to stir up trouble. But after talking to my DON, she kept encouraging me to do it. So I did, and now I am finding out that another person wrote him up for the same thing! I feel better now. I don't know what will happen b/c I just turned the letter in yesterday but I feel good about myself that I finally had the guts to do it! What do you all think?

[hapeewendy]

I almost wrote up a complaint about a nurse, now now now settle down, I wasnt eating one of my own or anything ,

I was in a full blown asthma attack and she didnt even listen to my lungs , kay fine, audible wheeze you might say, and thats fine ,slap a mask or two or three on me and have at it, but surely *SOME* kind of lung assessment should be done all the while I'm there.. no? I was too sick to really care but after, she was standing around doing her charting and she's documenting that she did a full assessment, including , yep you got it , auscultation!

she didnt know I was a nurse ,but she did fudge on my record, and I saw it...

its a shame that ppl , doctors, nurses , whomever, do this kind of thing...

[meownsmile, BSN, RN]

I was thinking the same thing fab4fan,, if we got caught looking up our own information we'd be out the door before the doctor. Only way we could get our records is to go to medical information and sign a request for them.

[AIS52]

Originally posted by RN always

That's interesting. If I send a copy to my insurance, what will they do?

Well, often times they will split the money recovered with you 50/50!

I know insurance companies do this because my aunt is an attorney who specializes in medicare fraud. When she had surgery a few years ago she requested an itemized bill for her stay and found such charges as respiratory therapy. Mind you, she did not need or receive any respiratory therapy- but because there is oxygen availible in your room insurance gets charged several hundred dollars.

Anyhoo, she disputed some charges and out of policy- NOT because she was an attorney, her HMO split the recovered costs with her. Pretty cool if you ask me.

[mother/babyRN, RN]

Good for you, however, better check into your facility's privacy policy when it comes to accessing the computer. Where I am, even checking your own, or your family's results is considered a violation of privacy and is a reason to be fired, should they determine that you did so....Stupid, in my opinion, but they take the position that the material is owned by the hospital and unless you are actively caring for a patient, no other information is considered yours to access....