bobstein

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1. How did nursing ever "buy into" 12-hr shifts???

   bobstein replied to HazeK's topic in General Nursing

   Hospitals did not come up with the idea of 12-hr shifts ... nurses did. I was one of the nurse managers who worked to sell 12-hr shifts to upper administration at the request of my staff. The longer shift does NOT save the hospital money ... it act...

2. procedures on dead people

   bobstein replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

   disher: Theoretically, you are correct. The problem is that damages are still limited to mental distress. Our justice system only allows for monetary payment to "make right" a non-criminal civil wrong. Juries do not award much for mental distress...

3. procedures on dead people

   bobstein replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

   Ideally, ethics and the law would always be interrelated. Most of the time, what is "right" is legal and what is "wrong" is illegal. I believe we would all agree, however, that the daily headlines provide proof that at times what is wrong isn't nec...

4. procedures on dead people

   bobstein replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

   I've read with interest the posts in this thread as I have published on this particular question. Many are suggesting that the practice is illegal and unethical. Without trying to introduce humor into this serious subject, I must point out that the...