Djadia BSN

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1. Management threatens nurses

   Djadia replied to Djadia's topic in General Nursing

   Can I legally refuse an admission d/t patient safety without receiving a corrective action? Last evening we had exactly that situation. We called the DON when ER called with an admission- a 21 yo....

2. Management threatens nurses

   Djadia posted a topic in General Nursing

   I work on a med surg unit in a rural critical access hospital. Our 20 bed inpatient unit & ED are the only units staffed 24/7. Our ideal staffing matrix is 2 RN's & a tech on each shift. We...

3. Patient consent

   Djadia posted a topic in General Nursing

   We have recently on boarded telehealth docs as our only providers in our critical access hospital. I'm looking for advice as to the legality of patients being made aware that "teledocs" will be...

4. Legality of nurse responsibilities

   Djadia replied to Djadia's topic in General Nursing

   We have a great team of nurses. The majority of our staff has already applied for other jobs pending the decision to go forward with the "tele doc" process. We are having a staff meeting with...

5. Legality of nurse responsibilities

   Djadia replied to Djadia's topic in General Nursing

   I really appreciate your response. I've been a nurse on this unit for 30 years & have seen how healthcare has revolved. Our patients use to be the "center" of healthcare however it has become a...

6. Legality of nurse responsibilities

   Djadia posted a topic in General Nursing

   We are a rural critical access hospital with a 20 bed acute care med surg unit that are under new management. Our primary care doctors round during the week on all acute care patients. After hours...

7. Career Change

   Djadia replied to Djadia's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you so much for your response. It is reassuring that there is light at the end of the

8. Career Change

   Djadia posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have been an RN (associate degree) for 26 years on an inpatient medical/surgical unit @ a rural hospital which has given me the opportunity to perform various tasks that large hospital nurses may...

9. Manager Retaliatiin

   Djadia replied to Djadia's topic in General Nursing

   We are a rural hospital & the only RN's in the building during NOC shift are 2 on med/surg & 1 in

10. Manager Retaliatiin

    Djadia replied to Djadia's topic in General Nursing

    I wasn't the person who followed the managers reccomendation to chemically sedate the patient because I'm having no part in "illegal" nursing. I merely was a patient advocate. How can i be labeled as...

11. Manager Retaliatiin

    Djadia replied to Djadia's topic in General Nursing

    "Verbal abuse" is quite a severe accusation to have on my permanent record. Other staff in attendance at the meeting were shocked to hear the result as well. Am I able to enter a comment in my...

12. Manager Retaliatiin

    Djadia posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ive been employeed @ the the same acute care facility for 24 years. The manager I recently submitted an incident report for her recent recccomendation to chemically sedate a patient d/t lack of staff...

13. Toxic Managers

    Djadia replied to Djadia's topic in Nurse Management

    Your response couldn't have came at better time. It's reassuring to know that someone understands & can offer advice. I've accepted the fact that if the dynamics on our unit don't improve, I need...

14. Toxic Managers

    Djadia posted a topic in Nurse Management

    I have been a nurse for 20 years & have had many managers, but the current manager of our med/surg unit is destroying our unit. I work @ a 24 bed rural hospital in a small community where we...

15. Hospital security & patient falls

    Djadia posted a topic in General Nursing

    I recently encountered a patient fall partially r/t hospital door not alarmed. Patient was an 86 y.o. female who's POA was activated & experiencing D.T's from ETOH withdrawal. Pt attempted to get...