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  1. Camera over each pts bed on the M/S unit.

    jlog.j posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    Our hospital has had several falls recently, admin. has put a camera over each bed now with the monitor at the nurses station. This seems like an invasion of privacy to me. Does anyone work on a M/S...

  2. This is the worse idea I have every heard of-not safe.

    jlog.j posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    feb 28 by jlog.j feb 28 by jlog.j a member since feb '12. posts: 4 likes: 1 the hospital i work for is wanting to get er admits to the floor within 30 minutes of a room assignment...

  3. Camera over each pts bed on the M/S unit.

    jlog.j replied to jlog.j's topic in Medical-Surgical

    It won't help, it will let Admin. know who to blame and to fire when it happens. This is the cheap way to "keep pts safe", and like I've said before, admin. can say to ACHA "look we are so serious...

  4. Camera over each pts bed on the M/S unit.

    jlog.j replied to jlog.j's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Exactly, and our nurses station is all open for everyone to

  5. Camera over each pts bed on the M/S unit.

    jlog.j replied to jlog.j's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I think its more for risk

  6. It's all about the Money

    jlog.j posted a topic in General Nursing

    The only thing is that too many times (b/c this company wants as many admissions as possible and the ER doc comes down to the floor and states "I have to meet my quota") that we, the m/s nurse does...

  7. Camera over each pts bed on the M/S unit.

    jlog.j replied to jlog.j's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Yes we do have bed alarms, but it looks much better to AHCA to have camers over the bed

  8. This is the worse idea I have every heard of-not safe.

    jlog.j replied to jlog.j's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Isn't that the truth, what's up with that. So many admits at change of shift. It's

  9. It's all about the Money

    jlog.j replied to jlog.j's topic in General Nursing

    I totally agree, we are not union

  10. giving report to the next level of care

    jlog.j posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    The hospital I work for is wanting to get ER admits to the floor within 30 minutes of a room assignment being given. The ER nurse is suppose to bring the pt to the floor and while she is doing that...

  11. giving report to the next level of care

    jlog.j replied to jlog.j's topic in Medical-Surgical

    The only thing is that too many times (b/c this company wants as many admissions as possible and the ER doc comes down to the floor and states "I have to meet my quota") we, the m/s nurse does not get...

  12. This is the worse idea I have every heard of-not safe.

    jlog.j replied to jlog.j's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Great advise, thank you very much. I will keep everyone

  13. This is the worse idea I have every heard of-not safe.

    jlog.j replied to jlog.j's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Great advise. Thank you very much. I'll let everyone know how it works

  14. giving report to the next level of care

    jlog.j replied to jlog.j's topic in Medical-Surgical

    We have to transfer the pt out to a larger hosp. about 80 miles away. Currently now, the ER will call M/S,speak to the charge nurse & tell her a little about the pt. so as to assign an...

  15. This is the worse idea I have every heard of-not safe.

    jlog.j replied to jlog.j's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    We are a small hospital, we only have 1 unit-M/S to admit to and administration wants as many admissions as possible and as quickly as possible. Apparently we (m/s nurses)are not discharging and...

  16. giving report to the next level of care

    jlog.j replied to jlog.j's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Thanks for sharing your experience. Glad to know we are not the only ones having issues like this. We do not have an ICU, so not sure what we will do if we get an unstable pt. I'm having a hard...

  17. giving report to the next level of care

    jlog.j replied to jlog.j's topic in Medical-Surgical

    That is a very good idea, to call the rapid response team. Would this scenerio be considered pt. dumping? Would this be considered a EMTALA violation? And you are right, if I inconvience the...

  18. Nurse to Patient Ratio

    jlog.j replied to nrsggirl76's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    It must be a for profit