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At our recent JC visit we were cited because we had a delivery table that was prepared and stored in a supply room covered with a drape and transported to the patient room for delivery. The issue was a concern that someone could access it ( hit it an...

I had some fun in a recent thread with the results of a Joint Commission (JC) survey that allegedly showed the need for a staff member to act as a door so psych patients couldn't use community room chairs as ligature points. The situation is based in...

This is a vent. I got cornered by a surveyor yesterday. Patient was 98, post op ortho, lost a liter of blood in the OR, got transfused but needed a dose of a pressor after he dumped his pressure upon arrival to the PACU. White as the sheet. Anesthesi...

Last week, Wrongway Regional Medical Center (WRMC) had a Joint Commission survey. The surveyors found ligature points, being chairs, in the community room. A ligature point is defined as "A feature in an environment which could be used to support a n...

Staff Development and Funding: IntroductionNursing education is a vast and far reaching topic. Its importance is not just in the education and training of new students, but continues through the entire career of a nurse. This is acknowledged not only...

Does anybody know if there is a joint commission standard about an age cut off for pediatric icu? Or if they require acls for picu nurses who admit adult patients? Just curious because our picu is planning on admitting a 24 year old tomorrow and I ho...

My Hospital has been preparing for the Joint Commission inspection. Frankly, it's pathetic. No saline locks in our pockets, no IV buckets left out on counters, nothing closer than 18 inches from ceiling. And, no concern regarding nurse/patient ratios...

Joint commission has been at our facility this week and watched me do a blood glucose check on a patient. I failed to wipe the first drop of blood before obtaining the sample for the stick so our department was cited. My supervisor told me about th...

I love to get on Youtube and watch nurse stuff. Nurse Blake is one of my favorites. He somehow manages to be funny without being cynical (I am a total cynicist myself). But this video points out the real failure JACHO has been in the last two year...