RiskManager

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    The Decline of Physicians: Do we really need them anymore in Primary Care?

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

    In my ambulatory clinics, where we have 160,000 medical encounters per year, there are a lot of patients who only want to see 'a real doctor' and they perceive being seen by a NP or PA as receiving a...
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    Is it wrong for a nurse to look at charts of patients not under their care?

    RiskManager replied to michigannurse2014's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    It is most definitely not OK. Unless you have a legitimate payment, treatment or operations reason to review a chart, you should stay out of it. This is a HIPAA violation and you could be subject to...
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    Social Class and Nursing

    RiskManager replied to AllOfMyWat's topic in General Nursing

    I would be a beaver because of my broad, flat
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    Social Class and Nursing

    RiskManager replied to AllOfMyWat's topic in General Nursing

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    Malpractice insurance?

    RiskManager replied to RNAndi's topic in General Nursing

    https://allnurses.com/general-nursing...sk-999441.html I am of the opinion that buying your own coverage may be a good thing, as long as you are making an educated decision as to what it actually does...
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    Hops requiring nurses sign no Falling contract, Is this legal???

    RiskManager replied to psmith118's topic in General Nursing

    https://intermountainhealthcare.org/ext/Dcmnt?ncid=521548969 Here is the agreement used by Intermountain Eliminating Falls - Hospital Quality Institute The sample agreement is at number four...
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    Hops requiring nurses sign no Falling contract, Is this legal???

    RiskManager replied to psmith118's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen and used these sort of agreements or policies before. We call similar agreements 'contracts' all the time, even though they usually don't meet the legal definition of a contract. For...
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    Experience w/ Malpractice insurance provider

    RiskManager replied to ~Tinkerbell~'s topic in General Nursing

    https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/one-healthcare-risk-999441.html Read the above article to ensure you are making an informed choice on buying a policy. If you do wish to buy a policy,...
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    I HATE chemistry

    RiskManager replied to mbtsab's topic in Pre-Nursing 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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    Confidentiality Breach Consequences?

    RiskManager replied to nursesunite22's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Consequences for this type of confidentiality breach can range from a verbal warning, to a written warning, to further progressive discipline up to and including termination, as provided for by...
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    Patient filed a lawsuit for neglicent what do you think??

    RiskManager replied to Roqueyari's topic in General Students

    Speaking as the person who does malpractice claims defense for a living, several potential issues come to mind: 1. From where was the patient admitted? For example, was she admitted from a SNF with...
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    Highest Paid NP for 2015, According to AANP, Are NNPs

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

    That sheds some light. The chief risk officer at the Seattle VA changes out every 18 months or so, and they just can't seem to keep anyone long term. They have tried to headhunt me several times...
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    Highest Paid NP for 2015, According to AANP, Are NNPs

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

    I did not realize that the VA paid so
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    Insurance coverage for defamation, libel or slander

    RiskManager posted a topic in General Nursing

    I read the announcement on this site regarding the efforts of a litigant to add members of this site as defendants to a lawsuit alleging defamation. Your risk management tip of the day: many (if not...
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    Do you need to maintain your malpractice insurance after your license is inactive?

    RiskManager replied to Starwarsstars's topic in Retired Nurses

    https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/one-healthcare-risk-999441.html Read my article above for some context. The chances that you would ever be in a typical malpractice claim that is not...
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    Do you need to maintain your malpractice insurance after your license is inactive?

    RiskManager replied to Starwarsstars's topic in Retired Nurses

    Speaking as a Washington state risk manager, the answer is no, you don't need to keep your policy active for this reason. I posted on this very topic in a related thread last week: #242 Sep 7 by...
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    Insurance coverage for defamation, libel or slander

    RiskManager replied to RiskManager's topic in General Nursing

    The CNA individual nursing liability policy provides that 'personal injury' is among the covered exposures. One of the definitions of 'personal injury' found in the policy is: libel, slander or...
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    Finally got malpractice insurance.

    RiskManager replied to quazar's topic in General Nursing

    ^^^ I can clearly tell you that the hospital liability coverage will not cover you for your actions outside of the hospital. The hospital covers you for your actions as an employee. If you are...
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    Combative Patients/Body cams/Walkie talkies

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

    Personal Activation Device - Guardian Staff Safety Systems In addition to a Vocera, the device could have been a personal staff safety alarm. The Guardian system shown at the link is used commonly...
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    "I work in the medical field"

    RiskManager replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    I tell people I work in 'healthcare administration', which is true, albeit a somewhat focused area of it. If I tell them my actual profession, it has been my experience that leads to people...
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    Finally got malpractice insurance.

    RiskManager replied to quazar's topic in General Nursing

    The largest writer of personal nursing liability policies is CNA. Most people use the NSO insurance agent to buy
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    Finally got malpractice insurance.

    RiskManager replied to quazar's topic in General Nursing

    For your situation, probably not given the relatively low liability limits on your auto policy. But were I in your shoes, I would look into how much it would cost to add the underlying auto coverage...
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    Finally got malpractice insurance.

    RiskManager replied to quazar's topic in General Nursing

    You may be able to get your auto insurance for cheaper if you drop the liability limits and get a personal umbrella policy to provide the higher limits. For example, my $2 million personal umbrella...
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    Finally got malpractice insurance.

    RiskManager replied to quazar's topic in General Nursing

    Most risk managers in the USA/Canada are middle-aged white females, and pretty much everyone assumes I am in that
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    Finally got malpractice insurance.

    RiskManager replied to quazar's topic in General Nursing

    My professional training and my anecdotal experience of 34 years in medmal risk/claims management and hundreds of malpractice claims indicates that the number of nurses using the 'license defense'...