Carolyn Buppert, NP, JD Posted: 12/01/2011 Editor’s Note: Healthcare is serious business, and the repercussions of deficiencies in medical documentation can be considerable. Nurse attorney Carolyn Buppert examines the landscape of medical record auditing — for a variety of purposes — and offers practical suggestions to improve your documentation in this 3-part series. Part 1 [...]
August 22, 2011 Last January, a Minnesota man’s heart stopped beating for an amazing 96 minutes. Emergency room doctors thought he was dead. But first responders who gave CPR on the scene decided not to give up, in part because of technology that allowed them to see their efforts were working. It’s called capnography, and [...]
For registered nurse Kimberly Hiatt, the horror began last Sept. 14, the moment she realized she’d overdosed a fragile baby with 10 times too much medication. Stunned, she told nearby staff at the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at Seattle Children’s Hospital what had happened. “It was in the line of, ‘Oh my God, I have [...]
NEW YORK — A network of fake nursing schools defrauded mostly Caribbean immigrants out of thousands of dollars and rewarded them with bogus certifications, New York’s attorney general said Thursday. Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman said the five schools in Brooklyn, Queens and on Long Island ripped off students for a total of $6 million. [...]
Closing the RN Engagement Gap: Which Drivers of Engagement Matter? Rivera RR, Fitzpatrick JJ, Boyle SM J Nurs Admin. 2011;41:265-272 Study Summary Background. It is well recognized that engaged employees are a benefit to their organizations, yet these employees appear to be in the minority. Studies of registered nurses’ levels of engagement, including the factors [...]
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