ShaneTeam

ShaneTeam

MICU, ED, Med/Surg, SNF, LTC, DNS

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  1. No pain meds in ER??

    ShaneTeam posted a topic in Emergency

    So, how does everyone feel about the New Jersey hospital that decided to pull pain meds out of their

  2. LTC is Great

    ShaneTeam posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    OK, so now it's time for MY rant. I have worked in LTC off and on now for over 20 years. I also worked in hospitals for the same amount of time (usually, at the same time). I have noticed the bad...

  3. Are nurse's all that and a bag of chips?

    ShaneTeam replied to Nash3222's topic in General Nursing

    Or a

  4. Are nurse's all that and a bag of chips?

    ShaneTeam replied to Nash3222's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, my nurse shirt says "I'm a nurse, if you Fib, I will paddle

  5. Medical errors the 3rd leading cause of death??

    ShaneTeam posted a topic in Nursing News

    Good morning everyone, I was watching the news, winding down from a night shift, when I heard that medical errors are the third leading cause of death. I Googled it, and found these: Researchers:...

  6. Medical errors the 3rd leading cause of death??

    ShaneTeam replied to ShaneTeam's topic in Nursing News

    Oh, and BTW, here is the program I had seen on CNN the other day. I claim no rights to this. It belongs to

  7. Medical errors the 3rd leading cause of death??

    ShaneTeam replied to ShaneTeam's topic in Nursing News

    I still think it would be Ferguson syndrome all over again. All I would like to see from this is an accurate way to track the info, and a system put in place to use that info to help fix the...

  8. Medical errors the 3rd leading cause of death??

    ShaneTeam replied to ShaneTeam's topic in Nursing News

    Again, on a side note, more networks seem to be putting their spin on this. 5/25/16 Headline news had a special called "Top 25 Medical Errors". It was a 60 minute

  9. Medical errors the 3rd leading cause of death??

    ShaneTeam replied to ShaneTeam's topic in Nursing News

    I disagree. That would be the exact opposite of what is needed. I still feel if they are willing to shell out money for other causes of death, why not this? The doctors and nurses are human....

  10. Medical errors the 3rd leading cause of death??

    ShaneTeam replied to ShaneTeam's topic in Nursing News

    And, the weird thing is, we are only talking about a 1.6% error rate. I, personally, would just like to see the type of funds going to reduce the numbers of mistakes. Oh, and on a side note, if you...

  11. Disrespectful patient

    ShaneTeam replied to hwknrs's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The 1:1, plus if they started tanking. The floor had a census of 8:1, while the unit is closed half the time. The board just felt it was safer. Then they would be assessed by the county mental health...

  12. Disrespectful patient

    ShaneTeam replied to hwknrs's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Huh. Looks like it depends on where you work. Where I work, if the county MH person can not make it to assess them at that time, usually over 5 hours wait time, the patient is admitted to ICU. But,...

  13. Disrespectful patient

    ShaneTeam replied to hwknrs's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Lol, I was wondering if anyone else was going to catch that. Which means if the OP would look at the information coming from ED, she would have found most of the information she needed, and would...

  14. Nurse's Week Gifts from Employers

    ShaneTeam replied to twss2323's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Nothing from either

  15. Nurses Week 2016 Freebies

    ShaneTeam replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    I have. Though it has been many years

  16. Libertarian Healthcare

    ShaneTeam replied to 1edwood79's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Just remember to ask a

  17. Medical errors the 3rd leading cause of death??

    ShaneTeam replied to ShaneTeam's topic in Nursing News

    Quite agree Macawake. There is not a procedure that is done that is 100% safe. I also applaud what the researchers are trying to do, and still feel the system needs to have some way to look at the...

  18. May the 4th be with you...

    ShaneTeam replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    Did the same with my wife, so she would understand what was going on in the new

  19. May the 4th be with you...

    ShaneTeam replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    :roflmao:

  20. Medical errors the 3rd leading cause of death??

    ShaneTeam replied to ShaneTeam's topic in Nursing News

    What I am getting from the article that the example came from, I think it would still be considered a medical error, since it would be an unexpected outcome, even though it would also be a possible...

  21. May the 4th be with you...

    ShaneTeam replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

  22. May the 4th be with you...

    ShaneTeam replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    Following

  23. Medical errors the 3rd leading cause of death??

    ShaneTeam replied to ShaneTeam's topic in Nursing News

    Hey Pangea, I am not getting may be from what I have been reading, but is. Although, the number might be higher, since it looks like they are only talking about acute care hospitals, and not...

  24. Could it really be?

    ShaneTeam replied to AlphaM's topic in Nurses Rock

    The PP likes to lick the tongue depresser before using it on the

  25. Could it really be?

    ShaneTeam replied to AlphaM's topic in Nurses Rock

    The PP goes around telling the patients in ICU to make their own beds, and there had better be straight hospital