CHESSIE

I used Nurses Services Organization. NSO. I retired more than ten years ago, but the last time I renewed my policy the number was 1-800-247-1500. There may be other companies that offer malpractice insurance for nurses, but my close associates used...

Perhaps, perhaps not. It did save her one more worry, and she gave up the profession just due to the stress of having the threat of the suit. Criticize her, if you will, but none of us know what we will do in a given situation, until we are there. Wh...

The only nurse, whom I know, and was sued, along with the hospital did have her own liability/malpractice insurance. Doctors and other nurses were mentioned in the suit, too. Sadly, she left the profession, and she was a great nurse. The hospital wou...

Great advice. In 1955 when I was a nursing student, and later as a new RN, no RN carried her/his own malpractice insurance. Nurses were rarely, if ever, sued. Today our entire society has become more and more litigious. I took time off to raise my f...

I wondered the exact same thing. Know that a lot of folks will post and never look at the discussion again, I googled HIM. It means Health Information Management. The next post has CDI. Again, google... Clinical Documentation Improvement. I guess t...

Was this doctor a hospitalist? If so, yes, I can understand why his contract was terminated. If he was in private practice, with admitting privileges, and thus bringing money into the hospital's "coffers," many hospitals would have allowed his behavi...

Chacha has given the poster excellent advice. Check the job postings in your own facility. Ask friends, network among those whom you know, in other areas. I was able to transition into a patient education area for the last fifteen years of my caree...

Beth is absolutely correct. Nursing offers so many options other than in clinical areas. I, too, felt burned out and had the opportunity to parley my knowledge into the area of patient education. I worked in the pre-operative education area, for...

When the discouraged student passes her boards, she may not find the position that she for which she is satisfied, but she will find employment. The best part of a profession, such as nursing, is that there are many opportunities to learn and grow, a...

(Quote) What would be the benefit of admitting an adult parent to a pediatric unit simply because there is no adult present to care for an otherwise well child Most of the Pedi Units, in my area, are where newly discharged moms and babes are admitted...

The RN on the Ortho Unit mentioned that, in an emergency, she could have obtained diapers from the hospital's Pediatric Unit. I was wondering why the mom and babe were not admitted to the Peds Unit? In most hospitals, that is where mom's and newborns...

I can understand why you might have been reluctant to take a postpartum mom and baby on an adult Ortho Unit. At our hospital, it was not unusual to have a postpartum patient be readmitted due to her issue or that of the baby. In such cases both mom a...

There was more camaraderie on evenings and night shifts. Coworkers seemed to be more willing to help each other, when necessary.

It sounds as if that place might have resembled "Snake Pit," or the facility from "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." On the serious side the situation is dangerous for the overburdened staff and their unstable patients. However, was the lack of fundi...

\\:-) You would have to ask that question of the pharmacist, with whom the doctor spoke.

Try reviewing the obstruction of Congress, since President Obama took office. Granted, the president supports gender neutrality. Gender neutrality should be stressed. While males mature later than females, they do become equal in maturity by the end ...

I agree with most of your analogies. You are absolutely correct when you say that our educational system has been deteriorating over the past 25 to 30 years, but this cannot be blamed on the Obama administration.

I agree, and to your comment I add, we all ready have ETOH, so do we really need another recreational drug to dull our minds and cause more accidents on the roads and highways? I am in full agreement with marijuana being a controlled substance and us...

I am not entirely sure what a "factory worker mentality" means. "Factory workers," are few and far between today. I have had factory workers as patients, and family members of patients who were factory workers. They were amazed at all we, as nurses d...

My husband and I have a good friend with a PhD. He is a retired professor who taught at a local college. He always has wanted people to call him by his first name. He went on to say that the term, "Dr," should be reserved for physicians with MDs. He ...

If there is a "fault," and I am not sure that there is a "fault," but it lies with the person who seemed to have a superior attitude toward his/her wife making less money, due to working fewer hours. Perhaps she worked fewer hours due to child care o...

Your post was interesting. However, I have some questions for you. 1. Do you have children? 2. If you have children who is responsible for most of the child care, taking the child/children to doctor appointments, sports practice/s. Who gets up at nig...

OMG! Was this rad tech a certified tech? That was inexcusable.