Tnurse24 RN

Is anyone aware of a new CMS rule that all nursing progress notes are to be made available to patients in real time? This is the default at my hospital, and it is a HUGE safety risk to ER staff who are already vulnerable to erratic and unpredictable ...

Yea, I thats what's disturbing, that is pretty reductive and doesn't give the practitioner any way to flag something as potentially sensitive for review outside a few narrow parameters. It's totally dehumanized, that can't be good for anyone. Full di...

Don't troll on my post or I'll mark it as inappropriate. They agreed to disagree and u gotta write this nonsense? Enough. Who cares.

Agreed let's keep it civil folks.

This is a valuable perspective, I'm skeptical but this is something I'm going to try to keep in mind. Your right this could be a positive.

But who- and when and how is doing the filtering of this information? How does it work out in a real and practical way? It just seems so murky and nontransparent. Call me crazy but after this year I really don't trust our government regulations to pu...

That is a really good recommendation- refused is such a trigger for some ppl

For ex. a pt in a manic episode presented w. her children who were afraid of her and refused to return home. This prompted a report to cps and a police report. The children were removed from her care pending further investigation. This person knows m...

Leave an extra pair of shoes and socks in your car/locker. Trust me the day you need them, you'll understand why.

I am of the thinking that nothing beats the hospital experience. Regardless of what you decide to get your masters in it is going to be vital that you understand the hospital experience in all its gore and glory. A skilled nursing facility allows you...

I am a new nurse I just began my first nursing position this August. I am at about week 5 on the floor and just heard that a patient of mine from the previous week was sent to the ICU pretty much immediately after my preceptor and I handed her off. T...

Yes I did an abd assessment and assessed the site there was some hardness around the site but i was told "it's been like that" n that it was not really significant. She had active bowel sounds and no more ecchymosis at the site than the day before. ...