As nurses, while we really want to help our patients, we sometimes find that our being helpful can get us into trouble. As you know, we are required to follow tons of rules. We have to watch our professional boundaries to make sure we are not overstepping. For example, if you work at an assisted living facility where one of your patients needs help getting groceries and you agree to get the items for the patient. This is crossing the line. You are there to provide nursing care and not … [Read more...]
Top Ten Things To Never Do In Nursing
Youâve heard of the âneverâ events where the government will not pay for certain things that happen in a hospital that shouldnât have happened. This list includes things such as decubitus ulcers (stage III and IV), vascular catheter associated infection, catheter associated urinary tract infections, administration of incompatible blood, falls, air embolism and foreign object intentionally retained after surgery. I decided to come up with my own NEVER-DO list in nursing. NEVER pre-chart … [Read more...]
I Don’t Know Is Not A Defense
âI didnât know,â is a common response when a nurse comes to my office for legal consultation and Iâve just informed them of something of which they were previously unaware. However, if they have erred on some issue, âI donât know,â will not be a defense. Here is a list of perhaps the 4 most frequent things that nurses will admit that they did not know. An educational teaching is a reprimand. If you are asked on your license renewal if youâve ever been reprimanded, disciplined or … [Read more...]
Anything You Say Can And Will Be Used Against You
There probably is no one in the country who has not heard the phrase âAnything you say can and will be used against you.â Iâve been familiar with that saying seemingly forever. I always thought that referred only to criminal matters but apparently it now applies to nursing as well. I have had cases where a nurse jested with an off the cuff remark about something at work. Whether or not it was made as humor, employers seem to be taking these quips seriously resulting in the nurses being … [Read more...]
Get to Know Nursing Leader, Lorie Brown
"Lorie Brown is a published author and founder of the Empowered Nurses (ENO) organization, whose career has taken her from practicing nurse to nurse attorney. Learn more about how her legal practice has allowed her to help nurses and other health professionals in need." [Read Full Article] … [Read more...]
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