mydesygn

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  1. lawsuits

    mydesygn replied to Maisie's topic in General Nursing

    Having or not having insurance has absolutely no bearing on whether you are named, it may play a part as to whether you will be dropped from the suit when the extent of your involvment or lack thereof...

  2. lawsuits

    mydesygn replied to Maisie's topic in General Nursing

    Statistically, I can't tell you how often nurses are named in a lawsuit (been named myself once), however; when a suit is filed, the lawyer typically names everyone with direct involvement and then...

  3. Ill prepared managers...

    mydesygn replied to bluesky's topic in Nurse Management

    over 20 years of tenured incompetence,

  4. Ill prepared managers...

    mydesygn replied to bluesky's topic in Nurse Management

    I believe what nursing needs is more LEADERS and less MANAGERS. Nurses have been managed to death. Nurses are professionals, who need support and understanding and above all, quality workkplaces to...

  5. How can I bring this up??

    mydesygn replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    she is getting 19.80 b/c she has experience as an LPN I'm not sure if I am understanding the pay difference. You say you both graduated LPN school together 5 years ago. Do you both have 5 years of...

  6. I HATE nursing! (long)

    mydesygn replied to InfoNurse1595's topic in General Nursing

    Have you concsidered school nursing? You will take a big paycut to do it but you have the benefit of non patient care enviroment and you have autonomy and respect for your knowledge in that setting....

  7. Ill prepared managers...

    mydesygn replied to bluesky's topic in Nurse Management

    The previous manager was fired and this lady was interim. She remained in place for over a year-no internal applicants wanted the job. The facility finally simply put someone else in, by then the...

  8. Ill prepared managers...

    mydesygn replied to bluesky's topic in Nurse Management

    Thanks. I think if you are in nursing long enough you will unfortunately end up on a truly dysfuntional unit. I had been fortunate to work with many good nurses on good units. Funny thing is I...

  9. Ill prepared managers...

    mydesygn replied to bluesky's topic in Nurse Management

    I have mixed feelings about the subject. I have worked in several hospitals where those promoted to management did not necessarily display exceptional communication, organzation or leadership...

  10. Define: Nurses Eating Their Young

    mydesygn replied to Daytonite's topic in General Nursing

    I personally beleive a lot of managers are ill equipped to be effective as managers. positions are given to the nurse who has been there the longest or the most well regarded. These are not the...

  11. Define: Nurses Eating Their Young

    mydesygn replied to Daytonite's topic in General Nursing

    I worked with a nurse who had complaints about another manager, she choose to voice those complaints with the manager's director present. If you want to pursue this ask to have a meeting with your...

  12. Shift change/report problems (long)

    mydesygn replied to trudlebug's topic in General Nursing

    I think one of the biggest problems with nursing is the "blame" game that goes on. You say all the nurses are critical of the previous shift and I bet not one person has looked at this as a unit...

  13. Define: Nurses Eating Their Young

    mydesygn replied to Daytonite's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, I am so impressed by the support of the DON and the instructor. All to often that kind of behaivior continues because management enables it by not allowing the accuser to be confronted....

  14. 12 hr shifts- a thing of the past?

    mydesygn replied to SeekUrBliss's topic in General Nursing

    That's the unfortunate thing with statistics is that it narrows in on only a small piece (statistics show everything causes cancer). I don't beleive that 12 hr shifts are the primary cause of...

  15. "6 Feet Under" is over! Finally a real nurse on TV!

    mydesygn replied to RN34TX's topic in General Nursing

    It was the younger son who was gay (remember he was the more sensitive one) and the younger son had the lighter skin tone, that's how you can tell. The older son took over the funeral home and was...

  16. "6 Feet Under" is over! Finally a real nurse on TV!

    mydesygn replied to RN34TX's topic in General Nursing

    SPOILER ALERT Actually, I'm suprised that everyone lived into their 70's and 80's except Keith who had the only tragic death. Seems a shame no one else died in any type of interesting manner -- just...

  17. How should I handle this situation?

    mydesygn replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    How awful your friend endured that. The unfortunate part is this is probably her usual behaivior. I have had bad days and I never spoke to anyone that way. The unfortunate part is the time to act...

  18. information technology degree and entrance into informatics

    mydesygn posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

    I currently have a BSN and a bachelors degree in information systems from DeVry. I would like to enter the informatics field. I don't expect to find a full-time position devoted to informatics...

  19. Non-punitive med error policy

    mydesygn replied to sbic56's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    In Texas, the Board of Nursing promotes the practice of internal peer review. For instance, a nurse who has made 3 minor errors or major errors is taken to peer review where staff nurses review the...

  20. New HIPPA Law in USA

    mydesygn replied to papawjohn's topic in General Nursing

    One of the hospitals I worked with used a somewhat simpler process. When the patient was admitted they were asked if they would like to have privacy measures instituted. If you did not want privacy...

  21. Nurse Not Doing Her Job

    mydesygn replied to TreetopAngel_RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    How do you "fudge" any records if you didn't take the vitals or give the pills, you simply don't document it. To do anything else is falsifying

  22. Nurse Not Doing Her Job

    mydesygn replied to TreetopAngel_RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I do beleive ultimately patient safety is important. If it is clear this nurse has been falsifying records and you can provide evidence of that and it is clear that the DON is not pursuing, you are...

  23. Nurse Not Doing Her Job

    mydesygn replied to TreetopAngel_RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Did you ask the nurse directly if she used a borrowed monitor from another unit? Did you ask any of the patients if they remember getting a dstick at that specefic time? Before you accuse someone of...

  24. team building

    mydesygn replied to blufoxtrot's topic in General Nursing

    You have all the power. For example, when I was a staff nurse, the oncoming charge nurse would make assignments for her shift. The oncoming charge nurse may have been off work for several days...

  25. team building

    mydesygn replied to blufoxtrot's topic in General Nursing

    What I have discovered in those situations are there are usually 4 things missing: (1) the wrong indiviuals in leadership positions. Often nurses placed in "charge" don't have the organization or...