Well, the kid was admitted to my hospital. I won't re-describe the accident I saw--you'll have to read the previous entry if you're interested
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I've seen stuff like this happening, too - and your second scenario? One of the few times that I've ever turned into the raging-bitch-surgeon in full fury screaming at nurses was a scenario just like that. I think I started with "ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL MY PATIENT" and degenerated into accusing the woman of having obtained her nursing license from a Cracker-Jack box. I was an intern. 3 years later, as I left for the lovely life of an active duty Air Force GMO, she was still working at that hospital despite many such incidents - while the ICU nurse who saved a patient's life by intubating him was fired. Because she's not credentialled to intubate.
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As for the 21 year old idiot - he sounds like the type about whom my first program director used to say that the only purpose for some people being on God's green earth was to serve as training material for surgical residents.
Yup. This woman has done similar screw-ups with patients on a number of occasions. All of the rest of us keep writing her up like crazy, hoping the "powers that be" will eventually decide they have enough documentation of incompentence to fire her. Nothing doing
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Here's my solution to the family far away issue - I've told my parents that if they're sick, they need to tell their doctors in advance that they have a daughter who's a surgeon and yes, please, tell her what the heck is going on! Worked nicely when Dad had his 3-vessel CABG. In Houston.
And after that, I routinely ask patients if there are any family members that they want - or don't want information released to. 'Cause HIPAA in it's most logical extreme would mean that I can't go out to the waiting room after an operation and tell a patient's family how things went.
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As for the 21 year old idiot - he sounds like the type about whom my first program director used to say that the only purpose for some people being on God's green earth was to serve as training material for surgical residents.
The world is nuts.
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Tag! Now the common misspelling will bug you, too.
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And after that, I routinely ask patients if there are any family members that they want - or don't want information released to. 'Cause HIPAA in it's most logical extreme would mean that I can't go out to the waiting room after an operation and tell a patient's family how things went.
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