RiskManager

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    Home births gone wrong

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

    The point is I have seen poor outcomes even in settings with the maximal amount of resources available in the event of an emergency. I have seen even more poor outcomes in settings that had...
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    Home births gone wrong

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

    I support the right of the mom to make decisions on home births. My wife at the time and I made the choice to have both kids in the major city hospital attended by an OBG. I am very biased on this...
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    Meeting with a Compliance Officer

    RiskManager replied to gemmi999's topic in General Nursing

    Speaking as the former compliance officer, the majority of the time that I would chat with front-line nursing staff, it would be about some confidentiality or privacy issue, or I was looking into a...
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    boundaries

    RiskManager replied to fataldream81's topic in General Nursing

    The risk manager says yes, this is a boundary
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    malpractice insurance

    RiskManager replied to Toadd35's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/one-healthcare-risk-999441.html Read the article and let me know if you have any followup questions. TL;DR: I recommend the CNA policy sold by NSO and...
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    Please Help, I'm new & made a huge med error, I'm devastated.

    RiskManager replied to MasonDixieChic's topic in Patient Medications

    I cannot endorse enough the comments above how everyone, sooner or later, makes a med error. It is what you learn from it and your ability to move forward that distinguishes the professional. I have...
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    Your monitoring program allow whipits?

    RiskManager replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nurses Recovery

    It is a small cylinder filled with nitrous
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    Malpractice Insurance

    RiskManager replied to RNnowFNP's topic in Advanced Practice

    Goldenfox, I wonder if you are in Florida, where this approach is used by a minority of providers and the state laws allow for some reasonable shielding of assets. Generally speaking, I agree that...
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    Malpractice Insurance

    RiskManager replied to RNnowFNP's topic in Advanced Practice

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    I was a cam model. Can I still be a nurse?

    RiskManager replied to RaggedyAm's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    My wife is an elementary school teacher, and in her professional journals, I have read stories of teachers who did sex work prior to their educational career and who have been fired and had their...
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    I was a cam model. Can I still be a nurse?

    RiskManager replied to RaggedyAm's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I am a Washington state risk manager and am reasonably familiar with the Washington State Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission standards for nursing licensure and the contents of the typical...
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    Malpractice Insurance

    RiskManager replied to RNnowFNP's topic in Advanced Practice

    You need to read the linked article above, especially the part about the coverage limitations and triggering of coverage of your own policy. Unless coverage is triggered under your policy, you will...
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    Malpractice Insurance

    RiskManager replied to RNnowFNP's topic in Advanced Practice

    I try to be a full-service risk
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    Malpractice Insurance

    RiskManager replied to RNnowFNP's topic in Advanced Practice

    Just as with so many clinical issues, the short answer is it depends. I have lots of malpractice claims in which many individuals are named as defendants, but any settlement is made on behalf of the...
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    Malpractice Insurance

    RiskManager replied to RNnowFNP's topic in Advanced Practice

    I trust that you realize that having your own insurance has no bearing to what settlement decision is made by your employer's insurance. So if your employer's insurance decides to settle a case and...
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    Malpractice Insurance

    RiskManager replied to RNnowFNP's topic in Advanced Practice

    https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/one-healthcare-risk-999441.html Read the linked article and let me know if you have any questions. Buying your own liability insurance is almost...
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    US RN/Bachelor degree from Australia

    RiskManager replied to Ahua12's topic in Nurse Registration

    Your academic degree is a bachelor's, regardless of what country it was earned in. The fact that it was earned in a Commonwealth country and is thus considered equivalent to a North American...
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    BSN or B. S. In Chemistry?

    RiskManager replied to rj_marie13's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I have a BS and MS in analytical chemistry from back in the early 1980's; the crappy chemistry job market back then is what set me on the retraining path that made me end up where I am today. I don't...
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    Ethical dilemma: Informed consent

    RiskManager replied to Rose_Queen's topic in Operating Room

    After consulting with the attending surgeon, I would probably recommend to postpone the case until the issues of the patient's wishes and competency to make them were sorted out. This could be...
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    Ethics: Brain bleed sign out AMA

    RiskManager replied to Kbig2's topic in General Nursing

    From a risk management standpoint, I agree with the comments above. If we are convinced that the patient is clinically competent to make a decision and this is documented, we provide the necessary...
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    Professional liability insurance

    RiskManager replied to pearl.lee's topic in General Nursing

    https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/one-healthcare-risk-999441.html Read the linked article and decide if it is worthwhile buying your own insurance in view of the coverage limitations...
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    N.Y. medical center settles HIPAA violations involving NP

    RiskManager replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I can pretty much guarantee that if the NP had told her former employer that the reason she wanted a list of current patients was to solicit them to move to her new employer, the list would not have...
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    Article NY Times! Spot on...I think so!!

    RiskManager replied to NurseLRW's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    And let us not forget all the little EHR boxes we have to check to document that we are meeting our 'quality metrics', most of which have little to do with actual quality of care or improved
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    N.Y. medical center settles HIPAA violations involving NP

    RiskManager replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I wonder if the NP had a 'non-compete' clause in her contract and breached that by stealing the patient list. Here in town, some of the larger healthcare systems are pretty enthusiastic about suing...
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    Buying a new car for a new nurse ??

    RiskManager replied to gabriela1993's topic in General Nursing

    Subarus are very popular in the Pacific Northwest and amongst healthcare professionals in this area. Used models in good condition are quickly snapped up and they retain their value. I recall reading...