I'm not sure why I didn't just didn't mention the "very good source" as being Jason Hiney RN. Mia was in her office Sunday night, surprise surprise, because of a restraint incident, perhaps sentinel,...
Many look at quitting a job or getting fired with the same intensity as death by torture, when really, it can be a growth learning experience. In the very least, you'll learn, "Oops! I shouldn't have...
Not dealing with inappropriate staff member behavior is administration's modus operandi. I have cases in my file where I wrote up staff members for inappropriate behavior, administration failed to...
I apologize, TriciaJ. I missed your post the first time around. I stand behind a principle here, and that principle is that patient care and safety is the center of our existence. I have noted that...
I thank you for your comments and advice. Yes. I poked the bear and am ready to eat the bear or allow the bear to eat me. Thank you so much for caring invitation, Hoosier, but I'm kind of enjoying...
I got a correspondence from Rita, the corporate HR administrator, last week on my personal email basically saying she wanted to discuss this situation regarding the profanity and shift report...
On another matter where a staff member sat in on shift report when they were not assigned to work that particular unit, I believed it to be a HIPAA violation. That staff member did not have a...
My Mom use to say those exact words, Kyrshamarks. My high school sweetie would joke, "...and my Mom says, 'We're only 10 minutes late, so we've got time for another cup of coffee!'
Yes! Speaking of retirement, TriciaJ, I just joined a Forum of Old Folks who like to talk a lot about retirement. I'm looking at less than two years, but come what
Thank you all for your perspectives, generally led by NurseBlaq. Yeah, profanity is not who I am nor wish to be. I use profanity very little and for shock value and that's what I intended for Clark in...
Nowhere soon, that's for sure, NurseBlaq. I was rather surprised to see Clark Saturday evening in the nurses station, filing forms. We said nothing to one another. But then I got to thinking that if...
"...you're fixing to let those ...hormones get you into a world of trouble." -Garth McCann, Secondhand Lions As a 20 something year old nurse, need I say more? Luckily, however,...
Sometime back, on geriatric psych, an excellent staff member LPN who recently got her RN, Danni, needed to leave about an hour before shift change due to personal matters. The charge nurse had no...
Speaking of calling in or out, or off, the weekend option contract at Wrongway has been changed. Weekend option RNs can call off only two shifts a year or they will lose the time and a half pay....
Usually, I'll see Clark down in the lobby before I clock in, chatting with staff members and/or up on the units, around shift report, making his presence known. I've not seen Clark. I checked the...
1984: My Dad called me at work and told me I had received a letter from the Illinois Dept of Prof Reg. I knew it would be the results of my state boards. With trepidation, I asked him to open the...
That sounds almost like my first grade primer, caliotter; HIPAA violation, Davey, HIPAA violation! See Davey report Wrongway to OSR. See Davey report Wrongway to the IDPH. See Davey report Wrongway to...
I have since sent an email to my direct supervisor, the psych division director, HR manager, and corporate HR director. The email to them consisted of a report of the shift report incident and a copy...
HIPAA card played. I submitted a complaint to OCR just a few minutes ago, via their complaint porthole: This email is to inform you of an employee's exposure and knowledge of PHI without a legitimate...
I am in the process of reading a book by Hillary Chute titled Why Comics? and a line from it caught my eye: "We have amicus briefs filed by lawyers in comics form... "Imagine that: Comics are...