LEFTFLANKPAIN replied to LEFTFLANKPAIN's topic in Emergency
It is what it is, weather or not anyone can handle the truth, this is happening in my place. Looking for real, constructive input, I know there are other facilities that have big problems
How has Studer worked out for your facility? In principle, it's all very good. However in execution, our facility has seemed to lose touch with reality and moved out all of its proven high performers...
LEFTFLANKPAIN replied to LEFTFLANKPAIN's topic in Emergency
I love the ED so I would still go there. It's our facility that has lost complete sight of the patient, relying upon extreme short staffing to maximize profits. It has become extremely dangerous to...
Our facility chronically leaves our ED shorthanded by 25% to 75% in Nursing staff. This leaves extremely unsafe staffing ratios, I'm talking up to 11, 12 patients to 1 RN; also our RNs often must do...
LEFTFLANKPAIN replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing
Someone who does not get the Flu vax, does not get the Flu so does not pass it to patients is more dangerous than this? Deaths by medical mistakes hit records | Healthcare IT
LEFTFLANKPAIN replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing
For those who may have been under a rock, this has been the recent buzz about Peer Reviewed studies and Scientific Integrity (aka *gasp* some scientists have been hasty, inaccurate or unethical): How...
LEFTFLANKPAIN replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing
We will see how it goes when the lawyers come out. The Flu vaccination mandate brings up all kinds of Civil Rights and Medical Ethics issues. Sorry this isn't 1975 USSR, this is the
LEFTFLANKPAIN replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing
As of late 2014, medical errors are the #3 cause of death in the U.S. This is one reason why I don't sit on my high horse as a Bachelor's Degree educated RN. Also have several other college degrees,...
LEFTFLANKPAIN replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing
It's called Coersion and it's Unethical. At the point where the RN is asked to take a medication into his or her body, that staffmember becomes a Patient. To coerce a Patient into taking a medication...
LEFTFLANKPAIN replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing
Pretty unethical those here who are mocking Patient Choice. Judge, judge, judge. Ethically, our jobs are not to push our personal beliefs upon patients, but to inform them of the choices, the risks...