RiskManager

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    Nursing VS Dental Hygienist

    RiskManager replied to sailornaruto39's topic in Nursing Career

    In my system, we pay dental hygienists between $ 68-93K per year with full benefits. We currently have three positions open. Almost every hygienist I meet is female. Many of them go into the...
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    RN Insurance info

    RiskManager replied to IVStat77's topic in California Nursing

    https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/one-healthcare-risk-999441.html My standard response is to read the linked article above, so you can make an informed choice as to whether to purchase...
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    Any NPs with an MBA?

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

    Speaking as a healthcare administrator with a MBA, if you want to move into administration, especially upper levels, a MBA is probably the best preparation. A clinical DNP will not do anything to...
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    Covering physicians

    RiskManager replied to begonia60's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    As a risk manager in your area, I have a couple of comments; 1. You should only refill or prescribe in accordance with your clinical judgment. If you think it is inappropriate to refill schedule...
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    Court Appearance and Importance of Documentation

    RiskManager replied to Quantum Doctor's topic in General Nursing

    I actually self-identify as a 55 year old bald white
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    Court Appearance and Importance of Documentation

    RiskManager replied to Quantum Doctor's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, this is the Plan B that we use when the charting is not done: we argue that it is our usual and customary practice to do X, Y or Z; we can think of no reason why we would not have followed our...
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    Any outpatient RNs?

    RiskManager replied to Love2Sleep's topic in General Nursing

    I have scads of ambulatory nurses who work in my clinics. Every single one of them left the inpatient setting for quality of life issues, primarily to get predictable daytime shifts for raising...
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    Court Appearance and Importance of Documentation

    RiskManager replied to Quantum Doctor's topic in General Nursing

    My Risk Management 101 statement on charting is: if it isn't in the chart, it didn't
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    Time For A Career Leap - MBA to RN

    RiskManager replied to MBAinMI's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    https://greatlakeschapterofache.wildapricot.org/ I suggest that you talk with some people in the Michigan chapter of ACHE. Most of my healthcare administration colleagues have a MBA or MHA and are...
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    Time For A Career Leap - MBA to RN

    RiskManager replied to MBAinMI's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    As a healthcare administrator, I have a couple of comments: You should only consider going the RN route if you have a passion to provide hands-on care to patients. Can you honestly say you have...
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    MD to RN?

    RiskManager replied to jackshepard's topic in General Nursing

    New laws to ease doctor shortage see long delays, criticism - seattlepi.com An article about the Missouri
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    Would you have told management?

    RiskManager replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Nursing

    In a situation like this,
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    Would you have told management?

    RiskManager replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would have reported it to management as a safety concern. Speaking as the person to whom this sort of stuff is reported to, I may be aware of other findings and reports that the person reporting is...
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    Volunteer nurse, am I liable?

    RiskManager replied to Lindslou2's topic in School

    Speaking as a Washington state risk manager, I would not worry overly much about it. Compliance with vaccination requirements is primarily an issue of the parents, and perhaps secondarily the school...
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    Is it safe to honk at drivers on cellphones?

    RiskManager replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I do not honk, tailgate or flip off other drivers to show my displeasure. If there is one thing that 33 years of healthcare experience has taught me, there are a lot of people with anger management...
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    US to Canada with DUI

    RiskManager replied to Christine_04's topic in Canada

    My wife and I go up to Vancouver a few times a year. The Canadian immigration officers are consistent at turning away people at the border who have a DUI conviction. The ferry terminals even have...
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    Suspected drug use in physician

    RiskManager replied to allegra78's topic in General Nursing

    Assuming that this is referring to a physician on the hospital staff, my reporting hierarchy would be immediate supervisor, the director of nursing services, and the chief of medical staff in that...
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    Medication errors

    RiskManager replied to fangirl's topic in Patient Medications

    There is still a lot of discussion in the risk management world about error disclosure, especially if the error either did not reach the patient and/or did not cause any harm. I myself lean towards...
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    Nurse considering law school

    RiskManager replied to kristie778's topic in General Nursing

    Washington state has this program: a Rule 9 internship. It requires several years of study under a sponsoring lawyer and then passing the Bar. You do not end up with a legal academic degree, and...
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    tail coverage

    RiskManager replied to Olga30's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You can only buy tail coverage from the malpractice insurer that issued the original policy. You cannot buy a tail from another insurer. You can buy what is called 'nose' or 'prior acts' coverage...
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    Nurse considering law school

    RiskManager replied to kristie778's topic in General Nursing

    I posted to a related thread:
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    When a patient signs out AMA...

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

    I thought I felt a disturbance in the
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    First job NP, i need your opinions

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

    Noting that you are joining a large healthcare corporation, you are probably being added to the same malpractice insurance arrangement as is every other provider in your area employed by that...
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    When a patient signs out AMA...

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

    In addition to elkpark's fine comments above, I also ask the patient to sign an AMA form, and I often put something on it about the patient falling over dead if they leave, so the heirs of the patient...
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    tail coverage

    RiskManager replied to Olga30's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    As a rule of thumb, tail coverage for a claims-made policy is around 150-200% of the last year's premium. So if in the year you leave employment, the employer is paying $ 5000 for your coverage, the...