RiskManager

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    Should I self report?

    RiskManager replied to Sunnywd's topic in General Nursing

    If one of my nursing staff asked me this question, I would advise them to not self-report. A slight correction to the sentence in bold above: if the BON files an actual complaint against your license,...
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    Liability insurance

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

    Oh, but there is: it may be needed for credentialing or privileging, the facility's insurance company may exclude the FNP from their coverage so that the FNP liability coverage is then primary and the...
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    National Practitioner Data Bank - Anyone reported??

    RiskManager replied to Jcrb123's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Part of the background check credentialing process for any hired provider at my system is a check of the NPDB. If something comes back on the NPDB, I always look deeper into the situation, and there...
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    Question about Chemistry.

    RiskManager replied to littleboyboo's topic in General Students

    Chemistry | Khan Academy Learn Chemistry - Help, Tutorials, Problems & Quizzes Learn Chemistry Online for Free with Our Huge Collection of Open Courses | SkilledUp These are the usual resources...
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    Liability insurance

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

    Yes. You should provide them with a copy of the declarations page: the first sheet of the policy that lists your name, the issuing company, policy number, type of policy, etc. They don't need the...
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    Disgusted. How to report...

    RiskManager replied to ThrowawayAccount's topic in Florida Nursing

    ^^^^Eh, it
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    Disgusted. How to report...

    RiskManager replied to ThrowawayAccount's topic in Florida Nursing

    Man, back when I was a paramedic on the Medic One unit, I did not even get a hearty handshake from the ED
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    Don't be an Autobot

    RiskManager replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I just snorted some coffee on my
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    Don't be an Autobot

    RiskManager replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    And of course, one of the major reasons that Press Ganey is so important is the ties to reimbursement. The better the scores, the greater the reimbursement or the hospital is not incurring financial...
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    Incident Reports: Who deals with this situation?

    RiskManager replied to jigi888's topic in General Nursing

    I would not necessarily have that expectation. Having said that, and having managed people for a long time, it is usually a good thing when staff are empowered to discuss and resolve these issues on...
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    Incident Reports: Who deals with this situation?

    RiskManager replied to jigi888's topic in General Nursing

    The RiskManager, who deals with this sort of thing daily, thinks you should fill out an incident report as provided by your facility/agency policy. As I like to say, if I don't know about the...
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    Malpractice insurance?

    RiskManager replied to Mockingjay's topic in General Nursing

    Although this is not on point to the OP question, your free risk management advice of the day: RTFP. In the insurance world, that stands for 'Read The F***ing Policy'. I spend in the mid six-figures...
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    Seattle's east side pay rate

    RiskManager replied to Thanksforthedonuts's topic in General Nursing

    https://www.wsnacdn.org/assets/local-unit-assets/evergreen-healthcare/Evergreen-WSNA-Final-CBA-2015-2018-Do-Not-Edit-pdf.pdf Here is the current union agreement for Evergreen Hospital. Other...
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    Malpractice insurance?

    RiskManager replied to Mockingjay's topic in General Nursing

    Extra Pickles, with all due respect, I think you do not understand an essential issue: your own liability coverage is not going to do anything for you for a case involving you for which you are...
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    Malpractice insurance?

    RiskManager replied to Mockingjay's topic in General Nursing

    ^^^I generally recommend the CNA policy most commonly sold by NSO. The Liberty Mutual policy sold by ProLiability is also an option, but CNA has the largest market share by far. Just make an...
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    Is greeting a patient by their first name verboten with Hipaa?

    RiskManager replied to guest998179's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    It is not a HIPAA violation: 199-May providers use patient sign-in sheets or call out the names in their waiting rooms | HHS.gov. I would prefer using the first name of the patient rather than the...
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    Malpractice insurance?

    RiskManager replied to Mockingjay's topic in General Nursing

    I suggest you read my article and note in particular the parts about vicarious liability, the agency responsibility of the employer and how an individual liability policy coverage would be triggered....
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    Chinese births in U.S. hospitals?

    RiskManager replied to Plumrose15153's topic in General Nursing

    I have chatted with my risk management colleagues in southern California hospitals about this. They tell me this is a real thing, and the Feds periodically bust these facilities/groups that are doing...
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    Malpractice insurance?

    RiskManager replied to Mockingjay's topic in General Nursing

    You actually want to speak to risk management at the hospital about it. If they don't know about or administer the insurance, they can refer you to someone who does. The other comments above by...
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    Call the family???

    RiskManager replied to Penholder's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Your scenario is not a privacy violation. This is specifically provided for under HIPAA, is often also mentioned in the medical privacy laws of a given state, and is usually good clinical practice to...
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    Yacker Tracker in the NICU ???

    RiskManager replied to Bezoars's topic in General Nursing

    Mrs. RiskManager, the elementary school teacher, has used one in her classrooms on occasion. I have never seen nor contemplated using one on a nursing unit. How odd. PS: When she brought it home for...
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    Influenza Epidemic Declared in Western WA

    RiskManager replied to nursej22's topic in General Nursing

    My wife has the flu, and both of us are diligent about getting immunized every year. I am waiting to see if I contract it also. My suggestion that she live in the garage for the next week, solely...
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    Do your Doctors require BLS?

    RiskManager replied to susummers1's topic in General Nursing

    In my outpatient clinics, all physicians, non-physician providers and all RN's are required to have BLS. Depending on specialty, some of them go on to ACLS and neonatal resuscitation, but that is...
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    Influenza Epidemic Declared in Western WA

    RiskManager replied to nursej22's topic in General Nursing

    ^^^http://here.doh.wa.gov/materials/wa-immuniz-scorecard/15_ImmuScor_E16L.pdf The most current immunization data in Washington is from 2014 and was released in April 2016. I expect to see the 2015...
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    Influenza Epidemic Declared in Western WA

    RiskManager replied to nursej22's topic in General Nursing

    I am in Western Washington, and we have seen a tremendous upsurge in flu cases in our outpatient clinics. The local ED's are stacking the patients in the