mandm336

Thanks to everyone who understands what has happened to me. I do love nursing and need to focus on that and find my niche. A little frustrating after being a nurse for 5 years. I do understand that the rules do protect us as well, don't get me wrong. Oh well, onward and upward. I actually have just registered to go back to school to get my BS and then Masters in Education - so perhaps that is my direction..this is a good site!

I suppose this will be a rant of sorts, but I became a nurse because I really did want to help people. Now I find that politics and rules and more and more regulations keep getting in the way. Perhaps I should have been born in Florence Nightengales time period were nursing really was about helping the patient in the best way possible. Not that I have anything against good rules etc. but it seems that HIPPA just gets more and more obtuse. After reading some other posts it seems crazy to me that you are unable to call a patient to see how they are doing even after they left your floor or unit. I understand the need for these rules to some degree but since when has the phrase CYA become all consuming? No one seems to understand that it is possible to make an honest mistake anymore and I am seriously considering leaving the profession because of this.