Lawnurse

lol :) The law has to try to 'accomodate' all people, including people who aren't very smart. It was only a short while into my nursing career when I realized that human beings have an infinite capacity to be stupid, and no matter what you think th...

What her obligations are is the issue. If there are circumstances that void the contract, or there are circumstances under which a court is unwilling to enforce a contract, her obligations could change. I'm not saying a court would rule it inequitabl...

Previously I posted here when I was looking for a paper topic - and that discussion got bumped because it boardered on research, so I'm not looking for examples here. My professor wants me to focus on the use of physical restraints in psych hospitals...

"weasal out"? Her son is recovering from EYE SURGERY. I'm sure the OP would rather her son did NOT have eye surgery so that she could easily fulfill the contract...I doubt she is celebrating the eye injury... Gosh, I brag about lacking compassion (he...

I'm not saying she had no contract - exactly the opposite. Verbal contracts are nonetheless contracts. The OP is definatly bound by the contract. However, there are extenuating circumstances here, and the existance of those circumstances may affect t...

This also happens in a Beverly Cleary Ramona book - no actual baby-naming, but Ramona wonders who the Smo King is and why he isn't allowed. :)

And drug companies need a way to pay for it all this research. Drug companies create new drugs because they bring in money. Where else would we get new drugs if drug companies did not have an incentive to make them? BTW, although my opinion may sound...

It seems to me that even someone without a lot of formal education has been in a grocery store and seen the jello box...its not an expensive food. Secondly, when people are sounding out words, they do so by finding a part of the word, or letter, that...

It's part of the Miranda rights - the stuff they have to tell you when they get arrested and taken into custody. 1. You have the right remain silent 2. Anything you say can be held against you in court 3. You have the right to the presence of an atto...

Criminal court. Crimes are heard in criminal court, where all defendants are entitled to a free lawyer.

Knowing there will be some false accusations, our justice system provides every defendant a FREE lawyer. As well as the right to call witnesses to back up their own story, and the right for their own lawyer to shred to other witnesses to peices on th...

I bet the admis. office of those schools would LOVE to tell you their rank - perhaps you could call them.

There are MANY male MDs who are OBGYNs - women docs don't dominate that specialty in medicine...should nursing be any different? IMHO, perhaps a male obgyn nurse would have a little bit of uphill battle, but if there's something admin, fellow staff, ...

Rocknurse, you did exactly the right thing by calling the PACU nurse (in case there was some reasonable explanation) and then writing up an incident report, esp. considering she did not take the blame for her mistake. Whether or not the incident repo...

What is a baskethold?

anything from the ombudsman? :icon_hug:

I have, too (not in health care - in the education system). However, our justice system is set up so that 10 guilty people would go free before 1 innocent person would be convicted. Ergo, some innocent people will suffer in the process. Anyway, none...

No, catagorically wrong. Hearsay is used in law enforcement all the time. "Hearsay" is only banned in the actual court of law when it is used to prove the truth of a matter, and there are almost 30 exceptions to that rule (literally). The standard fo...

I can't cite any particular law, but in the eyes of the courts, HIV testing is in a different realm than other medical information/testing. It is considered especially private. HIV testing is in a catagory by itself in the legal sense. Reason being t...

thank you for the reply - that is very interesting. Do you know who manufactures this or is it unique to your facility? other question - so a pt in 4 point restraints is restrained to a bed? How are they restrained for bathroom privileges? like I sai...

Just like people ride grocery carts while his/her spouse takes too long reading the nutrition labels. Obviously, the equivalent weight is a more compelling argument. A linen cart could be used to carry heavy equipment when it is needed quickly and n...

This is true in almost every state - but not in all - some states have doctors that lobby to keep NPs out.

You first posted saying what a problem you have with this nurse's current mode of behavior, then you wrote a long post defending her and explaining away her actions. Do you want to help her or make excuses for her?

The linen cart couldn't hold the weight of one person?I think it is foreseeable that a linen cart could be used to carry a load equal to the weight of one person. You could even argue that it was forseeable that a person would try to ride the cart. I...

perhaps a fan of "Adventures in Babysitting"? :chuckle