1Tulip

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1. Rising Above It All.....

   1Tulip replied to greenfiremajick's topic in General Nursing

   Look... #1) Life is short... too short to hate your work. #2) Some units s*ck because they have snarky, back-biting, catty, clique-y people working there. #3) I have worked on those types of units,...

2. Stupid (or impossible) things Joint Commission has required

   1Tulip replied to 1Tulip's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   It is so unfair and unjust. If they happen to ask you something and you say "I don't know"... in our hospital, you can pack your bag and leave. BUT THAT's NOT ALL!!! They are going to go into our...

3. Stupid (or impossible) things Joint Commission has required

   1Tulip replied to 1Tulip's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   The problem with our current set up down here is that the government doesn't go to the trouble of determining the standards and enforcing them. They contract out their responsibility to this agency...

4. Stupid (or impossible) things Joint Commission has required

   1Tulip replied to 1Tulip's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   They are unelected, unaccountable, almost unlimited in what they can decide to require. I spoke with a well-known expert on clinical research. They contracted her to advise them on evidence based...

5. Stupid (or impossible) things Joint Commission has required

   1Tulip posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

   They made the OR team where my daughter works have a little ringy-dingy bell (like the kind they use at the meat counter in the grocery store) to announce it is time for the "time out." They made us...

6. Who died and made Joint Commission "God"

   1Tulip replied to 1Tulip's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   Our Core Measures are a mixed bag. On AMI we are superb and way beat the national average in door to cath-lab times. Our dicubitus rates are very low. When it comes to Pneumonia and CHF... we're...

7. Who died and made Joint Commission "God"

   1Tulip replied to 1Tulip's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   Just talked to my daughter who is an anesthesiologist. JC made them put a ringy-dingy bell in each OR room. Circulating nurse rings the bell and everyone stops and does their little final check....

8. Who died and made Joint Commission "God"

   1Tulip replied to 1Tulip's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   I'm just a peon, of course, and am not privy to all that transpires, but I'm on a shared governance council and we're the first clinical faces that see the most recent changes. I believe that the...

9. Who died and made Joint Commission "God"

   1Tulip replied to 1Tulip's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   Based upon everything the hospital suits are saying, we will not be allowed to bill Medicare/Medicaid for care we give if we lose accreditation. We had a visit some time ago and go provisional status,...

10. Who died and made Joint Commission "God"

    1Tulip posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I am not saying that I work in the world's greatest hospital. But I've been a nurse for 38 years and it's the best one I've ever worked in. Have you ever worked in one that didn't sometimes make you...

11. Please provide insight into nationalized health care.

    1Tulip replied to 1Tulip's topic in International Nursing

    You folks have really provided some good information. I do think we're getting distorted images about your system. Our system has some real problems. The political furor has arisen because there are...

12. Please provide insight into nationalized health care.

    1Tulip replied to 1Tulip's topic in International Nursing

    Thank you. that is very helpful. I know we are getting facts about national health care that are "spun" to fit a narrative. Some of the negative things that are mentioned: (and apologies, we're...

13. Please provide insight into nationalized health care.

    1Tulip replied to 1Tulip's topic in International Nursing

    You may be right. Our facility will get a big increase in their budget and build offices for more bureaucrats. Meanwhile their MRI machine has been down for over a year. Maybe in Houston there are...

14. Please provide insight into nationalized health care.

    1Tulip posted a topic in International Nursing

    Health care in the US has phenomenal strengths and profound weaknesses. (A genuinely American trait, I think.) We have very strong voices (the majority party now) favoring the centralization of...

15. How do you keep your hands in good shape?

    1Tulip replied to LilyBlue's topic in General Nursing

    Agree with the above. Bag Balm and gloves over night (and I truly smear my hands) are the only thing that has worked for me. Came home last night with a painful split at the edge of one of my thumb...