Anonymous865

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  1. Varicocele Surgery

    Anonymous865 replied to lopalopa's topic in General Nursing

    These are questions you need to be asking your surgeon Do not consent to surgery until your doctor has answered all your questions to your satisfaction. If he can't or won't, then find a different...

  2. Causes of losing your license?

    Anonymous865 replied to Libby1987's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Since so many people on here seem to live in fear of losing their license, I got curious and started looking at the monthly BON report for my state on disciplinary actions. It seems that - failure to...

  3. What not to say to patients

    Anonymous865 replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Emergent, I am so very sorry that you had such a serious injury. From what you have shared it sounds like the physical trauma was terrible, but the psychological trauma was even worse. I have to like...

  4. Nurse Abuse & What's the policy Kenneth?

    Anonymous865 replied to 3degreeRN's topic in General Nursing

    As a patient I don't care whether you introduce yourself as Sally or Ms. Smith. Everyone should be allowed to determine how others address them. It's not going to affect the relationship I have with...

  5. Is this acceptable?

    Anonymous865 replied to betweenus64's topic in General Nursing

    Full disclosure - I'm not a nurse. I'm surprised that everyone has a problem with giving allergy shots from a vial a patient brings in. I've received allergy shots for many, many, many years. It is...

  6. violating HIPAA?

    Anonymous865 replied to michlynn's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I think you have a valid concern. A central aspect of the HIPAA rule is the the principle of "minimum necessary." The information available to a health care worker must be limited to the minimum...

  7. School Nurse Abandonment over Pledge?

    Anonymous865 replied to E Non Imus, RN's topic in General Nursing

    If we assume the story is accurate... The laws that I have seen proposed allow a business OWNER to decline to provide their services to someone on religious grounds. None of them would apply here...

  8. Calling a transgender patient an "it"

    Anonymous865 replied to Angeljho's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is from a hospital's risk managment team: "Studies show that disclosing medical errors with an apology and assurances that steps will be taken to prevent the error from happening again minimize...

  9. Nurses with ear piercings

    Anonymous865 replied to hshuang's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Obviously I'm not going to get out a magnifying glass and inspect your ears. When you interview for a professional position, you will be "under the microscope" so to speak. A company spends a lot of...

  10. I can't do this anymore . . .

    Anonymous865 replied to CamillusRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    I don't understand why unrealistic medical shows bother medical professionals so much. Police shows don't depict police realistically. (Have you looked at the height heels they have police women...

  11. Nurses with ear piercings

    Anonymous865 replied to hshuang's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    "Judging a book by its cover" is not only reasonable, but it is smart. The way someone dresses, the way they cut/style/color their hair, whether and what tats they have, whether and what piercings...

  12. Calling a transgender patient an "it"

    Anonymous865 replied to Angeljho's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    People confuse free speech with the right to say whatever they want whenever they want without any repercussions. Free speech only refers to the government limiting what you say and even that has...

  13. How much info can a roommate get?

    Anonymous865 replied to Rexie's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Fortunately PRN privacy is not true everywhere. In my area ALL 7 hospitals have ONLY PRIVATE rooms. 1 is a public hospital. 4 are private non-profit hospitals. 2 have religious affliations. It has...

  14. our sweet elders

    Anonymous865 replied to mvm2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    SmilingBlueEyes, I'm so very sorry you had such abusive parents. I don't think you are "mean." I think you are smart. Your parents "earned" the relationship (or lack of) they have with you. Kudos...

  15. our sweet elders

    Anonymous865 replied to mvm2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I hate to see anyone treated unkindly especially a vunerable person like the elderly, a child, the mentally challenged. Unfortunately the man probably learned that behavior as a child. What you...

  16. Being Nurse Ratched

    Anonymous865 replied to proud nurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Am I the only one who grew up with siblings and learned that if you react to the buttons, they will keep pushing your buttons. If you ignore what they say or act like you like it, it won't be fun for...

  17. Calling a transgender patient an "it"

    Anonymous865 replied to Angeljho's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm not a nurse, but I can't understand why that employee wasn't fired on the spot. From what I read on here there isn't a shortage of qualified nurses, so it shouldn't have been hard to replace that...

  18. HCAHP Scores

    Anonymous865 replied to channel_egg's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    No one likes having their performance judged, but it's going to happen whether the facility does a survey or not. At least a survey gives the facility information on which areas need work. Having...

  19. Top Issues with Your EMR

    Anonymous865 replied to InformaticsRN.MA's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I'm not a nurse, so I'm addressing only your question about how patients feel about the growing role of computers in healthcare. I worked for many years for one of the EMR companies mentioned in the...

  20. Bedside Report

    Anonymous865 replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    As a patient I like the idea of My Chart Bedside. It would make me MORE independent. Instead of having to ask the nurse what my labs were and how do they compare to yesterdays labs, I could just...

  21. Hand hygiene policies

    Anonymous865 replied to R5RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I can make a good guess why the are doing this - If someone does something EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. it becomes such an ingrained habit that you will do it without even thinking about it. If you do...

  22. is this a HIPAA violation

    Anonymous865 replied to nurse2289's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    If you are looking for information to guide your behavior in the future, your wisest course would be to ask your risk management a hypothetical question. What matters is how your hospital's...

  23. is this a HIPAA violation

    Anonymous865 replied to nurse2289's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Firing the person seems excessive. I don't agree that it was a set-up. It's possible that the patient might not have intended for the nurse to provide the extent of the information they did and was...

  24. Pain Seekers

    Anonymous865 replied to missswiss44's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It was obviously just an attempt to CYA. They were afraid I would sue them for medical battery. I was just crazy enough to think that if I brought a problem to their attention, they would take the...

  25. Pain Seekers

    Anonymous865 replied to missswiss44's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh definitely I understand. They understood that too. Otherwise my letter of complaint to the patient advocate wouldn't have prompted the CMO, CNO, and CEO to request a meeting with me. The "O...