PsychRN4

Sorry about the garbled text. Some http language got in there. Right now we do not have anyone on insulin and we aren't performing PPDs on new patients which we normally are required to do on admission. The AED rule is recommended from what I can find. I just feel like this is wrong but that my hands are tied to do anything about it.

Hi Nurses, I work in a residential facility and we have mostly Medicaid adolescents. We have been under a budgeting issue and we are lacking in basic supplies such as insulin syringes, pill cups, thermometer probe covers, and even the AED battery (there is another AED on campus but it is not within the recommended 3-minute vicinity recommended by AHA). While this is inconvenient for the nurses, is there any kind of Medicaid fraud or JCAHO requirements that are being violated? It seems to me that these kids are paying $100-200+ per day and there should be reasonable expectations of certain resources. Does anyone know anything about this. I'm afraid to discuss this with administration for fear of retribution. Thanks.