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1. Surgical consent forms- using layman terms

   SRainny9 replied to SRainny9's topic in General Nursing

   Appreciate all the feedback. It's not just "corporate" telling us to do this. It is coming from RN managers and director of nursing also. We now have a "guideline" that has a lot of procedures, and is in accepted layman terms. This was obtained f...

2. Surgical consent forms- using layman terms

   SRainny9 replied to SRainny9's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the input. We are currently asking patient's their understanding of the procedure and some nurses thought that is what they were suppose to write on the layman terms section of the consent. However, the answer we received from our superi...

3. Surgical consent forms- using layman terms

   SRainny9 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Is anyone at a facility that uses "layman" terms on surgical consents? Recently, we are being required to write out the surgical procedure (as indicated by the MD), and also write the surgical procedure in "layman" terms. Apparently this was recomm...

4. For those that have left bedside nursing.

   SRainny9 replied to PhantomRN's topic in General Nursing

   I left bedside nrsg after working on an orthopedic unit for 7 yrs. I am now working in an outpatient setting where we do nrsg interviews, perform EKG's and draw lab work, preoperatively. Do I miss bedside nrsg?? ABSOLUTELY NOT! I work M-F, no wee...