deespoohbear replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing
My guess is that it would be in violation of HIPAA. When people check into our ER now for treatment, they are asked if they want a copy of their ER record to go to their PCP. So, I guess if a doc from another hospital calls and inquires about a pt ...
deespoohbear replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing
My guess is that it would be in violation of HIPAA. When people check into our ER now for treatment, they are asked if they want a copy of their ER record to go to their PCP. So, I guess if a doc from another hospital calls and inquires about a pt ...
deespoohbear replied to military wife's topic in General Nursing
I have had glasses since I was 9 y/o (now in mid 30's) and had no trouble getting into school. I had to have a general medical check-up but I would think as long as you can read the eye chart with your glasses or contacts you should have no problems...
How on earth does the nurse check the pt's ID and transfusion info without a blood bank bracelet? At our facility the person who draws the pt for the T&C has to band the pt, no exceptions. A couple of the lab people have forgot to "band" the pa...
deespoohbear replied to OC_An Khe's topic in General Nursing
State doesn't announce when they are coming to our hospital either. But it usually about the same time every year give or take 3 months. In the past our floor has never had any problem with state. They come up make sure the narcs are locked, audit...
Yep, same thing happened at our facility. The nurse was removed from her management post and was given a position with no weekends, no holidays, no call. Made for a lot of hard feelings at our facility. This has been about 18 months ago and still ...
deespoohbear replied to OC_An Khe's topic in General Nursing
Probably because of all the extra paperwork in Home Health & Hospice. I know I gripe about the paperwork in Med-Surg, but it is NOTHING compared to the paperwork for Home Health and Hospice. One of the reasons I DON'T go into Home Health & ...
deespoohbear replied to OC_An Khe's topic in General Nursing
there is a difference between having a background in your area and actually working the floors (or administration office, or whatever) in the last eon. most of the inspectors are so far out of touch with reality and obssessed with stuff that doesn't...
deespoohbear replied to OC_An Khe's topic in General Nursing
How about requiring JCAHO inspectors to work in the REAL world of hospitals, pharmacies, and whatever else they accredited. Let's say if you have an inspector who is a nurse then he/she should be required to work a floor (such as M/S, ER, ICU,) for ...