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1. Pushing Dilaudid?

   signaturedoc replied to chacmool's topic in Medications

   Are you implying that Press Ganey is "research"? Not even close to research- It is a marketing tool, that's all.

2. Pushing Dilaudid?

   signaturedoc replied to chacmool's topic in Medications

   Thanks for all the input- A few replies: Press Ganey-- we can mark patients to not get a survey. And do you think that person is going to fill out the survey, much less have a valid adadress to get it? They are too busy selling their Vicoden. Fear of...

3. Nurses obtaining blood consent

   signaturedoc replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

   http://courts.phila.gov/pdf/opinions/civiltrial/feldman.pdf on page 3 says : Furthermore, in Pennsylvania, the duty to obtain informed consent runs only from the physician to the patient, and not from the facility itself"

4. Pushing Dilaudid?

   signaturedoc replied to chacmool's topic in Medications

   and you had no qualms in giving it? or letting him leave the room to smoke?

5. Pushing Dilaudid?

   signaturedoc replied to chacmool's topic in Medications

   Thanks for all the quick replies. How do I know they are seekers and not in real pain? My state, and many others, has an online database to look up all narcotic prescriptions and I can see they got 90 Vicoden on May 17th from a doctor in Town A, fill...

6. Pushing Dilaudid?

   signaturedoc replied to chacmool's topic in Medications

   So, from a naive doctor... I get a mixed tone from the responses here. Some seem to have no problem giving Dilaudid to a patient with no organic cause for their pain and some seem to dislike doing it but realize that is their job and others will do a...