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Oops....Sorry for the Duplicate! Oh, we did! The power point we received was about 4 years old. We found a current article and study for the data in ours. We also have multiple suggested areas, one is a "safe area" and two are enclosed. (None will touch budget!) If any staff is seen drinking, then pt/family would have to be in a certain 10 ft area in the hall (but there is no loitering allowed in the halls). Otherwise, Pt/family will not seen staff hydrating.

Thank you everyone! Between all the different sites we reached out to, we were able to gain great insight, new sources and even a copy of an old power point. It's just want we needs to get ours wheels turning. Thanks again... wish us luck!

Thank You everyone! From this site and several others, we received great perspective and a couple more sources, including a copy of an old power point that had been put together. I cannot thank you enough! It gave us enough to get our wheels turning. Wish us luck!

It's not even a JACHO regulations. JACHO defers to OSHO here are the actual osha regulations 1910.1030(d)(2)(ix) eating, drinking, smoking, applying cosmetics or lip balm, and handling contact lenses are prohibited in work areas where there is a reasonable likelihood of occupational exposure. I agree. We were told it was allow for us because of the distance of our break room just as it had a lid. But our Admin said no. This is where to challenge came from.

I have been watching Facebook posts on suggestions. Mark Boswell's name comes up often. He has his review of system lectures on youtube. I thinks he actually has a system review book with question/answers/rationale (but not definite on that). But I know definitely, he has 3 small question/answer/rationale books each with 150 questions you can order off Amazon. The best reviews I heard were on Jeff Solheim.***** Go on Solheimenterprises.com***** it has online modules, you can purchase as a bundle with all systems or systems individually. The price is a little high but by the time you buy several books your at that price. You can put it on 2 devices when you pay for it. I put it on my ipad and a friends. We split the price. And we have access to the modules for a year. Laura Gasparis Vonfrolio's name came up multiple times. She actually is more involved with CCRN but she has done CEN. She has videos on youtube, as well. She is fun to listen to. Emergency Nursing Certification (CEN): Self-Assessment and Exam Review Book by Jayne Mcgrath and Andi Foley Has a quick down and dirty system review followed by question/answer/rationale then at the end of the book there is another 150 random questions with answer/rationale for a total of 300 questions. If you have an iPhone, I found an App " CEN PREP-2017 " for like $20 it has over 700 questions/answers/rationale. What you start with is what you think your base knowledge is. I took a sample test on the phone app and decided from there. If I made 75% or greater, I would just review question/answer/rationale and only study the systems I felt weak. I hit 63%. So sad! There was a lot of OB, herbs and random weird stuff I have never heard of in my 25 years in the ER. So I decided on Solhiem, talk about "keep it simple, stupid". Have great visual printouts also! Wish he was around years ago. Sheehy's Manual of Emergency Care -I know it is a review book but I'm not sure if it has any questions/answers in it if you are wanting question answers. And some mentioned the CEN Review Manual by Emergency Nurses Association Staff- which is a review book and has access to Online several exams Hope this helps!!

I don't exactly know how the contract part works... to get out of it, do you just have to work in an area that does not administered medication? If that is the case, you can go into Bed Control /Intake area, pre-cert/case management, education, infection disease, quality control, recruitment, etc.. They are for the most part 9-5er's.

I know this is an old subject that keeps getting kicked around. But I thought I would throw it out there again... Over the years some Hospitals have developed "hydration stations", "clean areas', etc. and have been able to pass there surveys. The Administrators at my facility challenged my dept to come up with a presentation. If we where able to come up with enough data, they would allow us a hydration station as well. We are finding it more challenging then we thought. We found 3 fairly decent articles but they are not giving us the data punch we want. So, we decided to reach out & ask if anyone can suggest any articles that might help us obtain more data.