Can You Say, “Medical Malpractice?”
There is a new trend sweeping the nation called “hospital-at-home” which are hospital organizations that provide hospital level care in the patient’s home as a full substitute for acute hospital care. Nurses are up in arms about this because they believe that this will decrease the need for nurses in the hospital setting while putting those getting the home care at risk. Proponents say this provides more nurses in facilities where the hospital-at-home solution will not work. According to … [Read more...]
Everything Is Private
Can you imagine seeing on social media a picture of a baby that was born with gastroschisis, a congenital disorder where the infant is born with the intestines outside the body? That is what happened with a photo containing the caption of “My night was going great, then BOOM!” A neonatal care unit nurse at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Florida decided to post this baby’s photograph and caption on Facebook without the consent of the parents or the hospital. Clearly, this is a HIPAA … [Read more...]
No Vaccine May Equal No License
The Oregon State Board of Nursing proposed new rules that would require nurses to be vaccinated as a condition for being licensed. Similarly, the Quebec Order of Nurses announced that their nurses must be vaccinated or face suspension of their medical licenses. I can understand if your employer requires you to be vaccinated as that gives you the choice to either work for them or not. Besides, you can always get another job elsewhere. Nevertheless, to take away all your choices to … [Read more...]
Nursing License Scam
Last year I wrote a couple of blogs about scams taking place against nurses in Idaho and Missouri. Well, now it’s hitting closer to home and is reaching into Indiana. The office of the Indiana Attorney General has received numerous complaints of nurses receiving calls from scammers posing as FBI agents telling them that their licenses are suspended and will not be lifted until a fine of thousands of dollars is paid. The thieves ordered that the money be wired to them as a government … [Read more...]
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