aeauooo

aeauooo

neuro, ICU/CCU, tropical medicine

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  1. Cost of illegal immigration on one Florida hospital

    aeauooo replied to Danish's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    i don't think there was any less animosity towards legal immigrants then (or now) that there is towards illegal immigrants now. their status as illegal immigrants is related to changes in immigration...

  2. Cost of illegal immigration on one Florida hospital

    aeauooo replied to Danish's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    i wonder what the cost of mass deportation would be in comparison to the amount of money spent on health care - and other social services utilized by illegal immigrants. i wonder how effective a...

  3. Cost of illegal immigration on one Florida hospital

    aeauooo replied to Danish's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Incidentally, the scapegoating of immigrants in this country is nothing new, as a descendant of Irish (or Italian, Jewish, Polish, German, Asian, et cetera) immigrants must certainly be well aware....

  4. Cost of illegal immigration on one Florida hospital

    aeauooo replied to Danish's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    so, what do you want to do about it? far more of my tax dollars go toward a multitude of programs to which i am morally opposed than those that go towards the care of illegal immigrants. far more...

  5. Cost of illegal immigration on one Florida hospital

    aeauooo replied to Danish's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    What is not being considered here is that the amount of money spent on health care for illegal immigrants is a realtively small fraction of that spent on U.S. citizens. "Foreign-born adults in Los...

  6. charting"incident report filled" in nurse's notes

    aeauooo replied to NICURN04's topic in General Nursing

    so in other words, if you were brought in to testify about an incident, you’d bring evidence from a previous incident into court. three words: class action suit. copping a condescending attitude...

  7. charting"incident report filled" in nurse's notes

    aeauooo replied to NICURN04's topic in General Nursing

    Again, it has to do with discovery. If you are called in to testify, you may be asked if you kept any notes from your patient care. If you answer yes, those notes become discoverable and you may be...

  8. Policy on patient leaving AMA with IV in place

    aeauooo replied to trainer2070's topic in General Nursing

    No way! That sounds like a liability, considering the neighborhoods a lot of my patients live in. What if you're patient lives in a crack

  9. Policy on patient leaving AMA with IV in place

    aeauooo replied to trainer2070's topic in General Nursing

    That's an interesting thought. If narcotics can be absorbed rectally, I don't know that they wouldn't be absorbed through the mucosa of the bladder. Knowing what we do about human behavior, I have no...

  10. charting"incident report filled" in nurse's notes

    aeauooo replied to NICURN04's topic in General Nursing

    You've never read Patricia Benner's "From Novice to Expert." Of course I deviate from 'otherwise accepted practice,' but not in ways for which there is very clear evidence that would increase my...

  11. charting"incident report filled" in nurse's notes

    aeauooo replied to NICURN04's topic in General Nursing

    I fail to understand how you perceive an incident report "covers your back" or would otherwise be desirable to have as 'back up' in court. An incident report is an internal quality improvement...

  12. Things that gross me out....

    aeauooo replied to 2shihtzus's topic in General Nursing

    More often than not, when I put the urinal some other place, the patient puts it back on the table next to the water

  13. Things that gross me out....

    aeauooo replied to 2shihtzus's topic in General Nursing

    Did you try flushing the catheter with saline before you changed it

  14. charting"incident report filled" in nurse's notes

    aeauooo replied to NICURN04's topic in General Nursing

    The difference is that my "opinion" isn't based on what I think the correct action is, it's based on the nursing literature and advice from professional sources. Unrelated: I dislike the nurses who...

  15. Tattoo Policy

    aeauooo replied to ICor9:24's topic in General Nursing

    I took care of a guy who had a tat on the glans of his member - OUCH! Years ago a CNA got fired from a hospital in Seattle for having a tat on his antecubit that read "HIV+." He sued and was re-hired...

  16. charting"incident report filled" in nurse's notes

    aeauooo replied to NICURN04's topic in General Nursing

    Good! I recommend you take a look at the advice on incident reports from your insurance company - this is from the NSO website: "Record clinical observations in the chart, not in the incident report,...

  17. "fan out and go" + alchohol

    aeauooo replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    I knew there was a reason I don't live in

  18. charting"incident report filled" in nurse's notes

    aeauooo replied to NICURN04's topic in General Nursing

    There are plenty of articles in nursing journals on this very subject. I challenge anyone to find an article in a peer-reviewed nursing journal that supports noting an incident report in a patient's...

  19. "fan out and go" + alchohol

    aeauooo replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, and by the way, I'm going to sue you for firing me without just

  20. "Well... it's not in the job description"

    aeauooo replied to antidote's topic in General Nursing

    What on earth are you talking about MUSCLEMAN/johnqpublic/Mr.Benson/whateverthehellyouarecallingyourselfnow? TROLL

  21. At dinner out, I am chastised for drinking before work by manager -- help?

    aeauooo replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I tell my patients on warfarin I'm giving them rat poison. "Oh, just a little." It drives home the point of keeping on top of their

  22. At dinner out, I am chastised for drinking before work by manager -- help?

    aeauooo replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks - in this country people would freak if they told they were getting 'heroin.' I've had people get worked up about getting methadone; "Isn't that what you give to

  23. charting"incident report filled" in nurse's notes

    aeauooo replied to NICURN04's topic in General Nursing

    This begs two questions: 1. What would you put in an incident report that you wouldn't put in your charting? 2. If you chart that an incident report was filed, what is it that you want to testify in...

  24. charting"incident report filled" in nurse's notes

    aeauooo replied to NICURN04's topic in General Nursing

    No, NEVER chart that an incident report was filed. Your charting should reflect the care that was given and be the only discoverable document. As CritterLover wrote, it is an internal document. If you...

  25. "Well... it's not in the job description"

    aeauooo replied to antidote's topic in General Nursing

    Christ distilled all of the Law and the Prophets down to two simple commandments (Matthew 22:37-40). My nursing practice is guided by one rule: Be the nurse that I would want taking care of