RiskManager

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    Medical assistant training a waste of time

    RiskManager replied to LPNSTUDENT71's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting that there is an unmet need for medical assistants in ambulatory care in the Seattle area. Typical wages are $ 16-24 per hour and my clinics could hire 10 of them right now if we could...
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    Are you supposed to check a boy's foreskin during a physical?

    RiskManager replied to SydneyKidney's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Your free risk management advice of the day: especially with teenage males, be sure to explain why and how you will be doing that part of the exam before you do it, or ask them to do it as you...
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    Malpractice Insurance

    RiskManager replied to imbatz's topic in General Nursing

    https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/one-healthcare-risk-999441.html The above article describes some things to ponder before your purchase. Including the most common misperceptions about...
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    Do you disclose you're in monitoring during the interview or if you get an offer?

    RiskManager replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nurses Recovery

    https://www.eeoc.gov/facts/health_care_workers.html http://www.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/partnersforrecovery/docs/QA_Employment_Discrimination.pdf Enforcement Guidance on Disability-Related...
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    How to submit letter of resignation of nurse manager is out of office!

    RiskManager replied to brista's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Bearing in mind your time constraints and the need to start the clock running, I would submit your letter to HR via email with a copy to your manager. You can send along a hard copy later if you...
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    Press Ganey Surveys

    RiskManager replied to mugs's topic in General Nursing

    Bearing in mind that the patients don't get the surveys for a while after discharge, they rarely remember specific names of the nursing staff. I find it interesting that patients often do a better...
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    Do you disclose you're in monitoring during the interview or if you get an offer?

    RiskManager replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nurses Recovery

    So you post in a thread about recovery, and speak of monitoring programs, narcotics restrictions, addiction and mental illness, and now say that we should ignore that and you are really speaking of...
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    Do you disclose you're in monitoring during the interview or if you get an offer?

    RiskManager replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Oh, but it can affect my institution and the employee's ability to safely practice. If you have a prior substance problem, should I assign you to an area with easy(ier) access to controlled...
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    Do you disclose you're in monitoring during the interview or if you get an offer?

    RiskManager replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nurses Recovery

    If I had an interviewee fail to disclose a material fact like this until I had made an offer, which is essentially lying by omission, the interviewee could rest assured that the offer will indeed be...
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    Unethical?

    RiskManager replied to RebecaRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This situation gives the risk manager the vapors from an ethical
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    Mr. Harry the Excessive Hair Patient

    RiskManager replied to Barbie8808's topic in General Nursing

    All I ask is that we not leer at the
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    Mr. Harry the Excessive Hair Patient

    RiskManager replied to Barbie8808's topic in General Nursing

    I can honestly say in my 30+ years of being a risk manager that I have never had a complaint regarding trimming/shaving pubic hair, but this thread has made me think about the concept. If I were to...
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    Can my doc videotape staff and our patients?

    RiskManager replied to Redley's topic in General Nursing

    Hospital in Secret Video Drama Offers Apology | Medpage Today So here is one of those focused situations I was talking about, and the video was for a suspected drug diversion
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    Eliminating Physicians/Medical Schools

    RiskManager replied to AAC.271's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    If the OP was concerned over overtrained healthcare professionals representing a waste of resources, then he should look into the how the US military does it. Some valid arguments based upon decades...
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    "Cell phone" vibration in your thigh?

    RiskManager replied to srercg's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    phantom vibration syndrome - PubMed - NCBI There is literature on
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    Eliminating Physicians/Medical Schools

    RiskManager replied to AAC.271's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Let me know how the 2 year online Master's NP does with your pituitary tumor
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    Home births gone wrong

    RiskManager replied to MNNICU, RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Home Birth After C-Section Tied to Serious Complications | Medpage Today Home birth after c-section tied to serious complications I will be interested to read the journal article when it comes out,...
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    Are nurses generally more attractive

    RiskManager replied to rfms's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    #ILookLikeARiskManager
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    Can my doc videotape staff and our patients?

    RiskManager replied to Redley's topic in General Nursing

    It is considerably more expensive and difficult to set up a camera system that can capture understandable audio and it usually requires supplemental microphones especially if you want to get audio for...
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    Can my doc videotape staff and our patients?

    RiskManager replied to Redley's topic in General Nursing

    A great many inpatient and outpatient healthcare facilities have video running these days. A particular jurisdiction may have statutory, regulatory or case law requirements on any sort of notice or...
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    Changing agencies and taking my patient with me.

    RiskManager replied to Flower.Girl's topic in Home Health

    Does your contract or employment agreement with your current agency address the issue of soliciting patients or has any sort of non-compete agreement? A whole lot of employers are sensitive to this;...
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    Moving to Seattle/surrounding area

    RiskManager replied to CaneRN's topic in Washington Nursing

    Commuting to and from the Eastside to downtown Seattle involves crossing Lake Washington on either the 520 bridge (toll) or I-90 bridge (eventually to be toll). The commute is relatively short in...
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    Medical Decision Making

    RiskManager replied to cshelly12's topic in General Nursing

    I have risk management oversight for our home health and hospice service lines, amongst others. This is a common problem. It is not unusual to have hospice patients who are incompetent and have no...
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    Moving to Seattle/surrounding area

    RiskManager replied to CaneRN's topic in Washington Nursing

    I am one of the few remaining Seattle-area natives. I always mention three things that can be a shock to newcomers: (1) It really does rain seven months out of the year here. Not usually driving...
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    Reverse HIPAA

    RiskManager replied to NormaSaline's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I would not do it. Your friend will probably find out it was you. I get this situation all the time: someone calls the clinic and says 'Don't say that I told you this, but your patient is selling...