I ask myself, WHY make an announcement overhead? The rules of 3's: 3 minutes without oxygen, three days without food, three weeks without water. If they call Code J, they cant call Code Blue at the same time.
I mean, what does it do anyway? Either you're gonna pass inspection or fail it, but I don't think you could fix everything if JCAHO is headed to your unit in 2 minutes.
The hospital I do clinicals at plays "Good Vibrations" over the loudspeakers.....wow, thanks for not only ruining my day, but making my patients listen to me hum that for a couple hours....
Also, this is that same hospital that plays "I get around" for a reminder to be doing hourly rounds.....Geez, let me do my job, not wonder why music is playing all the dang time....
The hospital I do clinicals at plays "Good Vibrations" over the loudspeakers.....wow, thanks for not only ruining my day, but making my patients listen to me hum that for a couple hours....
Also, this is that same hospital that plays "I get around" for a reminder to be doing hourly rounds.....Geez, let me do my job, not wonder why music is playing all the dang time....
When JCAHO first started making their unannounced surveys, every hospital would freak out. How would the hospital know when they were coming, how would all the directors/managers know when they were there, etc. When JCAHO does surveys most of the hospitals post the survey notes that is sent from all the CSM reps to those that they are representing to help prepare them for what JCAHO might be asking and looking for. One thing that hounded many hospitals was how was everybody going to know JCAHO was there without calling every single person and wasting time on the phone. Soon after JCAHO arrives they meet with administration and give them a run down of the days to come, want a floorplan of the facility, want access to administration P&P, etc. Soon after they started sending out these survey results, a hospital announced that they had devised something to 'welcome' JCAHO to their hospital that way everybody could get their documents prepared and ready for inspectors. This is why most hospitals came up with some sort of announcement when JCAHO came. And yes, it does help to do a quick run through- drinks on counters, drugs out in open, things in hallway, etc. We simply did a we'd like to welcome JCAHO to our facility thing. They don't mind you doing this, not quite sure why you'd have to keep it discreet and say a code J. And you're right, if they hear a Code J and its not on the list of Codes and what to do, it could be a strike.
Specializes in ICU. Med/Surg: Ortho, Neuro, & Cardiac.
The hospital I do clinicals at plays "Good Vibrations" over the loudspeakers.....wow, thanks for not only ruining my day, but making my patients listen to me hum that for a couple hours....
Also, this is that same hospital that plays "I get around" for a reminder to be doing hourly rounds.....Geez, let me do my job, not wonder why music is playing all the dang time....
I know what you mean. Our wound care nurse initiated "turn songs," that play q2h. I work noc and they played the songs all night long until they finally stopped a few weeks ago.
Rollin, rollin, rollin on the rivvverrr.
Or something more fitting administration's mood, like Dr. O'Crappe.
Dr. Anheuser-Busch STAT.
And run around moving all the beds, wheeled computers, etc. out of the halls .
Mhmm. My point exactly. If you're not ready, you're not ready.
When JCAHO first started making their unannounced surveys, every hospital would freak out. How would the hospital know when they were coming, how would all the directors/managers know when they were there, etc. When JCAHO does surveys most of the hospitals post the survey notes that is sent from all the CSM reps to those that they are representing to help prepare them for what JCAHO might be asking and looking for. One thing that hounded many hospitals was how was everybody going to know JCAHO was there without calling every single person and wasting time on the phone. Soon after JCAHO arrives they meet with administration and give them a run down of the days to come, want a floorplan of the facility, want access to administration P&P, etc. Soon after they started sending out these survey results, a hospital announced that they had devised something to 'welcome' JCAHO to their hospital that way everybody could get their documents prepared and ready for inspectors. This is why most hospitals came up with some sort of announcement when JCAHO came. And yes, it does help to do a quick run through- drinks on counters, drugs out in open, things in hallway, etc. We simply did a we'd like to welcome JCAHO to our facility thing. They don't mind you doing this, not quite sure why you'd have to keep it discreet and say a code J. And you're right, if they hear a Code J and its not on the list of Codes and what to do, it could be a strike.
I also don't see why we'd have to be discreet about it.
Specializes in Wilderness Medicine, ICU, Adult Ed..
It does not matter. JCAHO has nothing to do with helping sick people get well. Nothing. Best response: a shrug of the shoulders and return to work. Oh, but that might get me in trouble. Again.
If it were overhead paged, then I could quickly remove all the open containers of drinks that people STILL leave around on JCAHO days!
Sheesh, some people never learn!
Exactly. And this is the purpose of the pages, signs, whatever else signifies to staff that theeeyy'rre heeerree ...
Throw away the coffee cups, put away the munchies, roll all the stuff out of the halls and count the days until they leave and you can get back to what's really important. Oh, and if bewildered patients ask why you're moving that crash cart into their room ... don't hesitate to tell them how their hospitals and staff must spend time complying with this stuff because it's *the most important thing* in the JCAHO worldview.
Specializes in Wilderness Medicine, ICU, Adult Ed..
"Oh, and if bewildered patients ask why you're moving that crash cart into their room ... don't hesitate to tell them how their hospitals and staff must spend time complying with this stuff because it's *the most important thing* in the JCAHO worldview."
Right on! I wish we did more to tell the naive public how much JCAHO interferes with, and reduces the quality of, the care our patients receive.
Specializes in vascular, med surg, home health , rehab,.
How about them showing up on a Sunday, when we are chronically running a skeleton staff on every unit and the Er is busting at the seams. The floors are a zoo and instead of citing the bottle of soda at the station that the nurse whos running her butt off left, why don't they ask why weekends are staffed like we cure the sick every Friday night till Monday morning? They are a waste of organs.
How about them showing up on a Sunday, when we are chronically running a skeleton staff on every unit and the Er is busting at the seams. The floors are a zoo and instead of citing the bottle of soda at the station that the nurse whos running her butt off left, why don't they ask why weekends are staffed like we cure the sick every Friday night till Monday morning? They are a waste of organs.
Thanks, now I have this vision of giant appendices on two legs running around, clipboard in hand.
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deeDawntee, RN
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