RiskManager

Healthcare risk management and liability

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    Nurse sent pics from pts phone to his

    RiskManager replied to SuburbsGirl's topic in Nursing News

    As the risk manager/compliance officer, this gives me the whim-whams. A hospital employee did this on the job to a patient at the facility. I wonder if the patient is going to file a civil suit for...
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    Question about Car insurance policy for home health nurses

    RiskManager replied to Chris308's topic in Home Health

    Greenerpastures hit the highlights. Tasks such as driving around to see patients, courier duty, pizza delivery and the like in your personal auto may very well not be covered by your personal auto...
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    Medical Tourism

    RiskManager replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    What would a daddy makeover entail? Asking for a
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    ADN or BSN: What's the Big Deal?

    RiskManager replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    I was interested to see the percentage of nurses with a BSN vs. other degrees, especially as I look around and see other healthcare professions such as pharmacy and PT moving to the professional...
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    Medical Tourism

    RiskManager replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    A few years back, I was giving a risk lecture at the local school of dentistry. The person speaking after me is a dentist in Maryland who did work for the CIA. For US agents living under deep cover...
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    Sued doing private CNA work?

    RiskManager replied to esrun77's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Any time a healthcare provider is providing direct patient care, there is a chance that something could go amiss, even if you are working as a private employee for a family. Liability insurance for...
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    Medical Tourism

    RiskManager replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    The surgeons/dentists back home are really reluctant to see the medical tourists for any post-procedure problems. They figure they may end up holding the bag for any issues, and they conveniently...
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    Moving to Risk Management, help!

    RiskManager replied to SnowybirdRN's topic in General Nursing

    In terms of the recognized certification in the field, the CPHRM, issued by ASHRM, is the de facto standard if you want to be a healthcare risk manager. A MBA is very useful if you move up the risk...
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    Moving to Risk Management, help!

    RiskManager replied to SnowybirdRN's topic in General Nursing

    Here is some information that I posted last year for a nurse who had just been hired as a risk manager with no experience: Welcome to the profession, although I always find it interesting when a...
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    Relocation assistance

    RiskManager replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    Having worked in both the corporate and healthcare environments, relocation assistance for employees in short supply is not unusual. Most places do require that you work at least a year there, and if...
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    Risk question

    RiskManager replied to LCFRN's topic in Quality Improvement

    The risk management process at your facility is probably set up under a quality improvement or patient safety organization umbrella. This is important insofar as this allows you to invoke the...
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    Risk question

    RiskManager replied to LCFRN's topic in Quality Improvement

    RiskManager self-identifies as a 57 year old bald white male, but you can certainly think of me as 'her' as needed. From my perspective, if I am dealing directly with the employee who is the subject...
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    Seattle Pay

    RiskManager replied to lphilley's topic in Nursing Career

    https://cdn.wsna.org/assets/local-unit-assets/seattle-childrens-hospital/Final-2016-2019-CBA.pdf Here is the current local contract for Seattle Children's Hospital. Pay rates start on page
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    Safe patient handling/movement in medical/dental clinics

    RiskManager posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    What, if anything, are you doing in terms of safe patient handling/movement in a medical or dental clinic? Freestanding facilities generally do not have any patient lifts or perhaps even staff...
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    Unit Clerk Reading Allnurses.com ..

    RiskManager replied to PacoUSA's topic in General Nursing

    I was once giving a lecture at a nursing convention a few months back when a couple of people came up afterwards and said that I sounded just like the risk manager on allnurses. I told them that...
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    California marijuana legalization

    RiskManager replied to Elky's topic in General Nursing

    And in Washington, where the state Supreme Court has ruled that use of medical marijuana is not a protected class, and employees can be terminated for using marijuana. Several other states have...
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    Weird email after second interview

    RiskManager replied to Kay_Ray's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Because I use one at work, I know that most healthcare facilities now use a HR software package that automates and tracks recruitment, application, initial screening, interviewing, background checks,...
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    HIPAA and TV

    RiskManager replied to amoLucia's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    483-Does HIPAA permit health care facilities to inform visitors about a patient’s location | HHS.gov Actually, unless the patient has directed the facility to not release the information, this sort...
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    Would AP Stats or AP Physics prepare me better for Nursing Major?

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

    I vote for statistics. Statistics will be much more useful in your healthcare career and general life than physics. As someone originally trained as a scientist (grad degree in analytical...
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    Need some advice about error :(

    RiskManager replied to ineedadvice's topic in General Nursing

    I, for one, would not get too exercised over this. The patient clearly had no problem with it and there was no adverse outcome. I would not make a habit of it,
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    Realistic explanation of CPR

    RiskManager replied to Kteichow's topic in General Nursing

    Back when I was on the Medic One unit, if the family wanted to hear a realistic assessment of the patient's chances, I told them there was probably a less than 10% chance that the patient would walk...
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    Irony regarding cellphone use at work

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

    I have had problems with staff using their cellphones to take pictures of the chart as displayed on the monitor, for purposes of breaching privacy. I had to write a 'don't do that' policy. There...
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    Moving to Seattle

    RiskManager replied to Parn113's topic in General Nursing

    The poster above lists a number of neighborhoods in the North End of Seattle that are good. All of them are still in the Seattle School District. The VA hospital is in south Seattle, and many of the...
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    Go Fund Me for Co-workers?

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

    Crowdfunding efforts often fall short in covering medical bills | HeraldNet.com An interesting article on the GFM for medical bills
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    when to ask patient if they need an interpreter.

    RiskManager replied to futurenaijaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ooh, sorry, futurenaijaRN, but you are incorrect about this. As noted above, this is one of the very first questions we have to ask. https://www.dli.mn.gov/WC/PDF/interp_2_2.pdf is an excellent...