OMG JACHO IS HERE!

[hppygr8ful]

Need I say more?

Hppy

[sevensonnets]

I got pulled to a med surg floor once during a joint commission visit (I'm CVICU). Going about my own business in a patient's room and I looked up to see the director of nurses and assistant director and the manager all gathered outside the door looking panicked. The DON said, "Seven, come quick! They want somebody to charge the debrillator!" Afterwards, it was hugs all around and free lunch for me.

[Nalon1 RN/EMT-P, BSN, RN]

I don't even bother trying when they come anymore.

They will find something no matter what you do. There will never be a perfect inspection. Why bother trying?

I told my boss this and she just stood there looking at me, then said, yeah, I know, but at least try.

I had not heard of the name change, and they were just at our facility 2 weeks ago.

[MunoRN, RN]

I've never gotten why nurses stress over regulatory visits, they aren't evaluating you, they are evaluating how well your facility supports your ability to provide good care. What's really dumb is when we try and make our employers look more compliant than they actually are. As a nurse, your responsibility isn't to help your employer pass a regulatory inspection, it's to make sure the regulatory accreditors are fully aware of any deficiencies so that they can put pressure on your employer to alleviate those problems.

[RN100%, ADN, BSN, RN]

Sometimes hiding in a room doesn't work. They do "tracers". Meaning they pick a chart/patient and audit different things like restraints, blood administration, ect. So, whoever has that patient will be questioned🤔

[TigraRN]

Yep, last time they were in my hospital they pulled a couple charts, one of them was on the patient I was caring for, all went well. I was mortified when management mentioned that my chart was pulled and relieved after hearing it was all good

[applewhitern, BSN, RN]

We don't even use them anymore. We got tired of paying them to come in and criticize us, so now we use the state.

[neuron]

I've never gotten why nurses stress over regulatory visits, they aren't evaluating you, they are evaluating how well your facility supports your ability to provide good care. What's really dumb is when we try and make our employers look more compliant than they actually are. As a nurse, your responsibility isn't to help your employer pass a regulatory inspection, it's to make sure the regulatory accreditors are fully aware of any deficiencies so that they can put pressure on your employer to alleviate those problems.

Some times the state workers will take the name down of the nurse or worker and go report exactly what the person said, knows, did, etc. to the admin. Some of our surveyors have been downright nasty.