According to The Doctor’s Company, a medical malpractice insurance company, more and more claims are being filed as a result of Electronic Health Records (EHR). Because of drop down menus and lack of alerts, patients are getting harmed. In one example, a physician intended to order 15mg of Morphine. The drop-down menu gave him the choice of 15mg or 200mg. The physician mistakenly ordered the 200mg. The patient took the 200mg Morphine with Xanax and became somnolent and spent the night in … [Read more...]
Top 10 Blogs Of 2019
This is one of my favorite things with each New Year. I look at my top 10 blogs to see which ones you really enjoyed. In 2018, the favorite ones were based on license protection so in 2019, I chose to do more articles on that same subject. Just like with the New Year’s Eve countdown, let’s go down the list starting with number 10 and head to number 1. By the way, you can read the original blog by clicking on the bolded number for each one. NUMBER 10: PYXIS AND YOUR NURSING LICENSE – … [Read more...]
Privacy Matters To Patients
I often hear of nurses who made HIPAA violations, none of whom intended to breach privacy but either curiosity or carelessness got the best of them. Here are ten such examples: EMR – If you forget to log out of a computer terminal, someone else can follow you to access anything under you log in. Computers are smart and everything you do on the device can be tracked. Every keystroke you make, every chart you look at, everything! Even if you accidentally pull up a wrong patient’s chart, … [Read more...]
Interview with Yolene Lofton, former nurse and founder of Nurse’s Court
Lorie Brown, R.N., M.N., J.D. interviews Yolene Lofton, former nurse and entrepreneur, about her problems when she had to appear before the Board of Nursing and advice to Nurses that may be going through similar problems. Also, the devastation that losing her nursing license caused and how she was able to find her way back and is now thriving with her businesses, Nurse's Court and Nursing Events Management Production, LLC. Nurse's Court provides support and counseling for Nurses who have to … [Read more...]
Keeping Your Nurse Practitioner License Safe
Recently I attended the Nursing Service Organization Annual Summit where they discussed the results of their annual statistical analysis of claims against nurse practitioners. They look at things such as area of practice, resultant injuries, alleged breaches in the standard of care and on their license protection claims. Here are some of the risk management strategies that they recommended. Professionalism is the key. Nurse practitioners have an amazing way of developing a great rapport … [Read more...]
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