A Win For Some Nurses
I do not believe any nurse wakes up in the morning saying to themselves, “I want to do drugs today!” I consider substance use disorder (SUD) to be a biological condition where the brain has cravings for a particular substance, and nothing will alleviate it except getting that substance into their system. Unfortunately, a nurse with SUD doesn’t just wake up and say, “I’m not going to do this anymore.” It usually requires treatment and intervention. Some nurses suffering from chronic … [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...]
Do Peer Assistance Programs Support Nursing?
In a recent article on MedPage Today the question is asked, “Are peer assistance programs defective and harmful to nurses”? The article specifically discussed recent issues regarding the recovery and monitoring program (“RAMP”) in New Jersey. RAMP discussed how nurses cannot work during the intake process, which can take up to 90 days, after which a decision is made when a nurse can return to work. It also discussed how costly RAMP is in that those nurses must pay a monitoring fee as … [Read more...]
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