Re-post from the Beginning

Still the same today:

Get Involved...Only you Can Protect Your Practice

Did you know that there have been Bills in the Florida Legislature to make it mandatory that bedside nurses are part of the decision making process, that they share and contribute to how changes and policies take place?

It's time for those that actually care for the patients to be the main part of that Decision Making Process. This can affect staffing ratios in addition to the actual practice policies and procedures.

Be a Part of what happens to the way you Practice..Be a voice and part of the Say SO...

Re-Post from the beginning

Here's a Big Surprise...

From the ANA

Study:Nurses' work schedules affect patient mortality

Hospitals with a nursing staff that worked long hours and had no time off had higher rates of pneumonia deaths, and mortality in patients with congestive heart failure was linked to nurses who worked while they were sick, according to a study in the journal Nursing Research. The researchers also found mortality for acute myocardial infarction was tied to nurses' weekly hours and consecutive days worked.

Another case of Nurses are just toooooo... often the bodies to provide the care. Good care, the Care that patients actually deserve, only provided, if the time is there...

More about Dis-Service to our Patients

Dis-Service to our Patients

It is and will always be a DIS-SERVICE to our patients to treat them as clients or customers in a service industry.

This is a life-saving, health education providing, caring profession, but more sugar or lemon for their tea is not a priority. The customer is FAR from always right in this instance. In fact, they are often wrong, thus their many health issues and repeat performances and returns to the ER and hospital re-admissions.

Medicare is looking at not paying for re-admissions for the same diagnoses. Now how are the powers that be going to fudge the data on that to get paid? CHF is one of the most common re-admitted diagnosis of patients coming back. Wound treatment is right up there and often that is due to in-hospital acquired occurrences. Come-on, it is 2012 and wounds obtained in the hospital should not be happening.

Education is the key to staff, patients and families. Choices exist for all. But, Responsibility for those choices should be the most promoted part of the education process...

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