Nanette

Nanette

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  1. Unapproved abbreviations

    When I first read your entry, it sounded like you were down on the director for coming down on this. Where I have worked, we have been dealing w/this for at least 4 years, 2 years ago they lowered the boom and refused to acknowledge orders w/the unap...
  2. Ethical issues in the community

    Actually, I did not teach the class last year, the faculty who did had a preplanned activity, she purposely let the discussion focus around Teri S because it was such a hot topic at the time and so rich with issues. I am planning on breaking into gro...
  3. Ethical issues in the community

    I am looking for some discussion points for one class on ethics for our community nursing class. Last year we spent the hour talking about Teri Schiabo [sp]. I was wanting to avoid end of life issues to bring an awareness of the variety of ethical is...
  4. qualifications of a nurse educator

    It depends on the state, I imagine. For an RN program you must have your masters, for most LPN programs a Bachelors is OK
  5. Where to Turn...

    HI She needs to protect herself, I know of CNAs in IL who have lost their certification because of 'complaints' of patient abuse. If she wants to continue to work as a CNA while going to school, she better keep on top of this complaint, if the reside...
  6. Major careplan = dinosaur???

    We have started to use concept mapping instead of care plan, different format, the visual aspect of it helps students put things together.
  7. what is JCAHO

    JCAHO is a regulatory agency established, I believe, in the 1950s, probably earlier. It was started by surgeons who demanded better standards of care than what the hospitals were providing. The also wanted consitent standards across hospitals. Not a ...
  8. Walking Rounds/Report

    Walking rounds can be of great benefit if handled positively, ther e should be nothing wrong with a patient hearing most of what you say about him/her. Granted, there are sometimes you may want to add a PS in the hall, most of the time they are goss...
  9. History of fall

    In answer to the original question, I have never experience in ED or ICU a pt w/distended abd r/t blood transfusion [unless there were other factors, ileus, liver failure, etc] A comment on the tone of the last two entries: Please let's try to behave...
  10. Triage for small ER

    I understand your situation, although not as small as you, we have similar issues, our patients are seen quickly most of the time. It's not exactly JCAHO you have to worry about, they are checking how you comply with the EMTALA/COBRA laws. You do not...
  11. MDs who don't sign/date/time orders

    HI You are all over this one! NO, we should not reward poor compliance, YES everyone should be accountable for thier performance. But, unless you have a strong admistrative team and physician leadership, you will not get the docs to comply on thier o...
  12. Anyone out there use IDX to chart??

    Angela, I have posted on informatics sites and gotten very few answers, I posted on a general site because I was hoping to tap into some actual users and find out thier view. I found it interesting that when I went to apply to join MANI, Ihad to prin...
  13. I was not 'called' to be a nurse, in fact I was the only one of my classmates who did not want to be a nurse forever..... Before the days of major liberation, there weren't many options discussed as career choices. I became a nurse because I could no...
  14. i am looking for anyone who used idx [last word] product for nursing documentation. we are planninig to implement in 18 months and are just now starting to plan how this will look in the future. i would sure like to talk to someone about what thier s...
  15. Rural Nurse Organization

    I have a email group for rural hospitals, was through egroups,just changed to yahoo. We have 25 members so far from all over the US., feel free to join if you'd like to network. As we all know, rural-esp small rural facilities have unique ways of get...