Regarding making copies of the proof of use records.....as a health oversight agency, HIPPA Law 104-191 allows these records to be copied without prior patient authorization when used for audits and...
I start a new job next week. However it is a violation of the nurse practice act to not report the unsafe practice of a nurse providing patient care. I feel it is the only way to protect myself from...
Yesterday I was fired. Not for anything I did or did not do or for incompetance but simply because according to the office mgr. "you just don't fit in." :angryfire Drugs weren't signed out. Proof of...
I work for a plastic surgeon where we do office-based surgery and see this practice done everyday. I am not sure what, if any laws have been violated due to the lack of regulation of doctor's offices...
I absolutely agree that competancy and proficiency is something you can't put a price on nor do RN's have a corner on the market. But there are policies and laws we must as RN's or LPN's follow. I...
paigeRN1962 replied to moodychick's topic in General Nursing
I've just started working in an office-based plastic surgery center which is certified by the AAAHC. Before I started working there, all the narcotic records were co-signed by the physician in time...
paigeRN1962 replied to paigeRN1962's topic in General Nursing
Absolutely, there are red flags all the way around and although I want to quit, I am a single mother with 3 mouths to feed and cannot leave without finding a new job first. It took me almost 3 months...
paigeRN1962 replied to paigeRN1962's topic in General Nursing
I have purposely not listed my real place of residence and changed certain identifying details to protect me and the employer's privacy...to decrease chance of liability and retaliation against me. I...
paigeRN1962 replied to paigeRN1962's topic in General Nursing
>THEY'LL be in breach of it, not you. Of course, I'm not sure how it would >work without the supervisor's (authorized) signature, but that's a question >for the lawyer. I've thought of doing...
paigeRN1962 replied to paigeRN1962's topic in General Nursing
I agree that the rationale behind this contract has to do with "nothing personal, it's just business." But, yes, the unprofessional way this was handled is concerning. This employer doesn't offer his...
paigeRN1962 replied to paigeRN1962's topic in General Nursing
Thank you all for your feedback and suggestions. It appears that the doctor whom I work for cut and pasted this on his computer. I believe this is a contract he is trying to make as a "one size fits...
First a few background facts: I just finished my second week working in a private physician's office as a staff nurse. It is an office based surgery center and has recently added another RN and...
paigeRN1962 replied to gooch951's topic in Operating Room
I am in the same situation..just started a new job....scary.....physician-trained "medical assistants" who scrub and circulate in a plastic surgery ambulatory surgical center. I am orienting and...
I am an OR circulator with over 18 yrs exp. working in a new ASC since the doors opened 6 weeks ago. I am one of 2 circ. and spread so thin as to affect patient safety IMO. Yesterday I was called on...