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    New Ohio law would let families put cameras in nursing home rooms

    Asystole RN replied to Nursingstudent___'s topic in General Nursing

    I absolutely agree that the patient deserves dignity, especially vulnerable adults, and we should always ask visitors to wait outside. That being said, legally appointed guardians (depending on the...
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    New Ohio law would let families put cameras in nursing home rooms

    Asystole RN replied to Nursingstudent___'s topic in General Nursing

    It is not money per say but rather caregiver stress and strain which has a well-known link to abuse rates. The theory is that the worse the staffing is the more the stress and strain on the...
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    Just Say “NO” to Nurse Staffing Laws

    Asystole RN replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    Ideally ANA would like staffing to be in the care and control of floor nurses which is why their ideal staffing work centers around the use of staffing committees. This does not have to be in...
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    The Above and Beyond question in an interview

    Asystole RN replied to mikeworksRN's topic in General Nursing

    You are approaching this question very linearly and literally. This is considered a softball question allowing you to highlight a strength that was not already covered. You should have a relatively...
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    Just Say “NO” to Nurse Staffing Laws

    Asystole RN replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    That first document is a sort of optimal staffing guideline, not their legislative approach. The second document is a bill that would set the foundation for future staffing bills on a national level....
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    Just Say “NO” to Nurse Staffing Laws

    Asystole RN replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    It is more than that... ANA supports minimum, upwardly adjustable staffing laws. They do go beyond that though and support acuity based upwardly adjusting staffing by nursing committee but acuity...
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    Just Say “NO” to Nurse Staffing Laws

    Asystole RN replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    They support a law that sets minimum staffing requirements. They go far beyond that though by asking for committees to develop optimum staffing plans, acuity assessments, considerations for Critical...
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    Just Say “NO” to Nurse Staffing Laws

    Asystole RN replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    What you are saying is almost the same thing ANA says about 42CFR 482.23(b), ANA says there needs to be a federally mandated minimum, upwardly adjustable staffing levels. What is wrong with a minimum...
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    Just Say “NO” to Nurse Staffing Laws

    Asystole RN replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    They support minimum, upwardly adjustable, national standard staffing legislation. Isn't that what you were asking for? There are staffing laws that they fiercely opposed but after reading their...
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    New Ohio law would let families put cameras in nursing home rooms

    Asystole RN replied to Nursingstudent___'s topic in General Nursing

    Let me just say that I was one of the first supporters of the cameras in this thread, that being said; The age and existence of a law has little to no bearing on the effectiveness or rightfulness of...
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    New Ohio law would let families put cameras in nursing home rooms

    Asystole RN replied to Nursingstudent___'s topic in General Nursing

    You do bring up some good points. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 96 established some rather serious requirements on the part of healthcare to secure electronic data, video...
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    Just Say “NO” to Nurse Staffing Laws

    Asystole RN replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    Since each mandated ratio bill is unique and ANA's response to each has been unique, which specific response are you referring to? This is their general federal statement on staffing laws, what about...
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    Just Say “NO” to Nurse Staffing Laws

    Asystole RN replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    You can thank a combination of the PPS, HIPAA, and ACA bills for this trend...not the hospitals. The hospitals have only reacted to these bills that have intentionally moved healthcare this
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    New Ohio law would let families put cameras in nursing home rooms

    Asystole RN replied to Nursingstudent___'s topic in General Nursing

    I understand your concerns and fervor and congratulate and salute your efforts but broad sweeping disparaging comments are not helpful. These professionals all want to support and protect their...
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    Just Say “NO” to Nurse Staffing Laws

    Asystole RN replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    You hit the nail on the head with that statement I highlighted. The PPS (Prospective Payment System) which is the foundation of our current healthcare reimbursement system does just the opposite of...
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    Just Say “NO” to Nurse Staffing Laws

    Asystole RN replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    What about the public ANA statements on the issue do you disagree with? They have always published fairly specific statements on the topic, especially when it comes to specific bills that they either...
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    New Ohio law would let families put cameras in nursing home rooms

    Asystole RN replied to Nursingstudent___'s topic in General Nursing

    The resident's room is their room like your house is your domain and my house is my domain. They, and their legally appointed guardian, should be allowed to do whatever they want within their room....
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    New Ohio law would let families put cameras in nursing home rooms

    Asystole RN replied to Nursingstudent___'s topic in General Nursing

    You are viewing the legally appointed decision maker as some kind of odd 3rd party. However the legally decision maker was decided, they are now the primary patient's advocate and allowed full access...
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    Just Say “NO” to Nurse Staffing Laws

    Asystole RN replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    Personally I do not think safe staffing laws alone are the fix or rather they address a symptom, they are not the cure. In order to understand why hospitals staff they way they do we need to look...
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    New Ohio law would let families put cameras in nursing home rooms

    Asystole RN replied to Nursingstudent___'s topic in General Nursing

    I think this issue is very similar to the issue of police wearing body cams. Generally, I support the rights of patients and/or their legally appointed decision maker and actually celebrate any...
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    Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    Asystole RN replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Fixed it for
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    Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    Asystole RN replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    I saw a presentation by the DOD a while back and of the big items they wanted research into was more robotics and automation within the hospital. It was funny actually, out of many 10 items on their...
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    Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    Asystole RN replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    I actually agree with your sentiment, healthcare should be about people...but the fact of life is that no one works for free and someone somewhere has to pay for you, your colleagues, and your...
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    Nurses calling POA to notify

    Asystole RN replied to NurseB96's topic in General Nursing

    There are some items you need to clarify that will be hugely important. 1) What kind of POA and what does it say? Medical POA? 2) What is your state's legal requirements and rules regarding POA? 3)...
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    Nurses Eat Their Young

    Asystole RN replied to MBar1's topic in General Nursing

    Bullying, harassing, and hazing of new to the profession or the group nurses is not unique nor new. This is a social phenomenon seen in most high-stress ""life or death" professions. From my...