I frequently have nurses who call stating that they are in trouble due to an alleged diversion claim, which they did not do.Ā They simply made a documentation error.Ā Diversion is defined as āturning something aside from its course.āĀ Diversion can mean giving one patientās drug to another patient, taking the drug for yourself or taking the drug for another person, i.e. selling the drug.Ā Automatic dispensing systems like the Pyxis and Omnicell make it easy for hospitals to track everything you … [Read more...]
OOPS! I Forgot To Renew My License!
I donāt know what itās like in other states, but when Indiana went to electronic license renewal, they no longer sent reminders of license renewal to health care professionals. Some would get an e-mail and sometimes it would go to spam. Who knows? Every even numbered year, by October 31st, licensed practical nurses in Indiana had to renew their licenses while registered nurses were required do so by the same date on the odd numbered years. In our office, we learn every year that somebody … [Read more...]
Nursing Board Administrative Law
There are different types of law.Ā Civil law, which guides us in the civil area of our lives.Ā Criminal law, which have consequences for your freedom.Ā There is military law which, obviously, affects those in the armed services of our country.Ā Lastly, there is administrative law, a subset of civil law which governs bodies such as nursing boards. Statutes that govern administrative law are referred to as the Administrative Procedures Act (āAPAā). Or in Indiana, the Indiana Orders and … [Read more...]
Work When You’re Sick Or Get Fired?
Theresa Puckett, a practicing nurse who also is a professor with a PhD in nursing, had been working PRN at a hospital for 5 years.Ā When she found herself experiencing chills, achiness and āfeeling miserableā for 2 days, she went to an urgent care where she was given a prescription Oseltamivir and provided with a note to excuse her absence from work. Soon, she was feeling a little better and, despite having āhorrible coughing fits,ā she decided to go to work.Ā Her charge nurse encouraged her … [Read more...]
Mistakes In Nursing
Although healthcare is heavily regulated, so are the airline industry and the nuclear power plant industry.Ā However, there doesnāt seem to be the number of mistakes in those latter 2 industries that we, in the nursing field, experience.Ā Although to err is human, what happens when a patientās life and limb are at stake?Ā I believe the latest studies show that nurses are constantly bombarded with new information at least every 5 minutes. So, how can we fully improve our practice so that we … [Read more...]
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