Susie2310

Susie2310

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  1. Patient Died in ER lobby

    Susie2310 replied to Kitiger's topic in General Nursing

    I think the changes in Admitting procedures that mean patients can spend many hours on Observation status have resulted in a lot of difficulties for patients/family and staff. This, combined with...

  2. Another Nurse Accused of Homicide for a Mistake!

    Susie2310 replied to Wishiwasretired's topic in General Nursing

    In regard to comments about the nursing shortage, I have to say that I don't see this problem in my area. I'm not convinced even that there is an overall shortage of nurses, more that employers are...

  3. Nurses are the 'Canary in the Mine'

    Susie2310 replied to RN WRITER NC's topic in General Nursing

    One problem that I see rearing it's head is that some staff members are reacting inappropriately to normal, non-threatening, non-violent, patient/family member behavior under stress (and being in the...

  4. Radonda Vaught Trial

    Susie2310 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    The above was your earlier comment to MaxAttack. You said that "Civil law is not black and white, criminal law makes a point of being clearly defined." MaxAttack replied to this comment, saying: "I...

  5. Radonda Vaught Trial

    Susie2310 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    This is the scenario that I understand is being postulated by some people: Due to the verdict, the great majority of licensed health care practitioners will no longer report errors/misjudgments...

  6. Radonda Vaught Trial

    Susie2310 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Thank

  7. Radonda Vaught Trial

    Susie2310 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    We know that errors/lack of judgment in care that result in harm to patients are not uncommon (let alone near misses), and my understanding is that the great majority of these are estimated not to be...

  8. Radonda Vaught Trial

    Susie2310 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    While it is a goal to administer medications safely utilizing each component of the Five Rights (Right Patient; Right Medication; Right Dose; Right Route; Right Time), each component of the Five...

  9. Radonda Vaught Trial

    Susie2310 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Even if a nurse failed to read the medication label for whatever reason, checking the Five Rights the multiple times we are trained to do this would have caught this: First check: When...

  10. Radonda Vaught Trial

    Susie2310 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing law in my state that I recently reviewed holds nurses accountable for following the 5 Rights. There was no mention that use of the 5 Rights is considered unnecessary if barcode scanning...

  11. Radonda Vaught Trial

    Susie2310 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    I think there is a desire on the part of some people in the health care industry to see nurses this way and to want nurses to be like

  12. Radonda Vaught Trial

    Susie2310 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    As I see it, if the nurse who does this fails to promptly inform both patients' physician/s of what happened and fails to follow proper procedures so that proper care can be instituted for both...

  13. Radonda Vaught Trial

    Susie2310 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    I want to believe that most nurses don't practice at a grossly negligent/criminally negligent level. However, where this pattern of behavior is established after proper objective investigation with...

  14. Radonda Vaught Trial

    Susie2310 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    I copied my reply to RoseQueen as it applies to your reply to me also. "I wasn't referring to a civil suit, although you are correct that anyone can file a civil suit. I was thinking of a...

  15. Radonda Vaught Trial

    Susie2310 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    As far as I know, nurses are considered legally to be the last defense before a medication reaches a patient, and this I believe I recall reading just recently when I reviewed information about...

  16. Radonda Vaught Trial

    Susie2310 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    I wasn't referring to a civil suit, although you are correct that anyone can file a civil suit. I was thinking of a family member who consults with lawyers, with the subsequent legal investigation...

  17. Radonda Vaught Trial

    Susie2310 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    This is my take on this situation: As far as I know, anyone can pursue charges; in this case one could anticipate that the patient's family member/s may file charges, or possibly an external...

  18. Radonda Vaught Trial

    Susie2310 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    My understanding is that the standard of care is set by prevailing practice, for example, it is common practice and considered basic safe practice to perform a certain action prior to providing a...

  19. Radonda Vaught Trial

    Susie2310 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    My comment that you referenced didn't pertain to this case specifically; it was a general comment. This is a general comment too: In reviewing information about nursing law and lawsuits that...

  20. How to find a safe surgeon?

    Susie2310 replied to GypsyTig's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    In my personal life, what I would do to start is to check the physician's licensure and any actions/discipline etc. taken against their license at one's state Board of Medicine. I would want to see...

  21. Radonda Vaught Trial

    Susie2310 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    I think that Just Culture, while it facilitates and encourages self-reporting of errors, also may have the unintended effect for some practitioners of promoting complacency in one's practice. Some...

  22. Radonda Vaught Trial

    Susie2310 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    I read today the argument being made that systems errors/failures were primarily responsible for what happened, not the individual nurse, and that now patient safety will be even more at risk as...

  23. Will I Lose My License?

    Susie2310 replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your article. This is very useful information. I would like to add that, in my view, losing one's license may not be the worst thing that can happen. This is just my view, but, in...

  24. Infuriating Code Status Changes

    Susie2310 replied to JBMmom's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think there are a number of reasons for this. Today we have hi-tech life support equipment and medicine that can be very effective at keeping one alive. The downside is that sometimes the...

  25. 1 nurse 1 patient on a floor?

    Susie2310 replied to rnsteph87's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    If I was in your position I would call my state BON for