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Comment on Understaffing: “to tell or not to tell” – The Patient! by Kevin Devine, RN MSN

Kevin Devine, RN MSN — Tue, 14 May 2013 16:57:03 +0000

I can remember being a new nurse and having very similar experiences. It’s not that you don’t want to provide quality care, but because of staffing you are just swamped and can’t get to things as quickly (without risking safety) as you like. I can remember saying things like “I’m really sorry but we’re short today”. I think patients have gotten more savvy, hopefully they would appreciate the honesty of such a response and perhaps allow for a broader discussion if the patient, or their family desired it, that’s when I’d ask the manager to step in and address quality or staffing plan concerns.

In OptiLink we have an “alert” (it’s a little red exclamation point) that indicates (to staff, not to the public) that the unit is outside of it’s expected care model. The majority of my clients choose not to have the alert on. Their rationale…”Everybody knows when we’re short, why advertise it?”

Comment on Understaffing: “to tell or not to tell” – The Patient! by Marc

Marc — Mon, 13 May 2013 23:12:42 +0000

What would be gained by telling her “we’re short staffed”? I may feel better because I’ve gotten that off my chest or placed blame but I haven’t done anything to help Linda Smith. If asked I would explain the staffing situation, otherwise, stick to taking care of Ms. Smith.

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Comment on Using “Big Data” to find the “Binders of Women” by Eugene Barlaz

Eugene Barlaz — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 17:57:58 +0000

I will reply in two parts, first one is not really looking for binders of women, but in truth where educated, accomplished women arer located, and who have a sense of duty, would they give up a career for government service and would they do so on behalf of one of our current Presidential Candidates. As I have been in the GIS industry for about 25 years I can tell you that first I would use a real GIS, one that applies itself to segmentation of data and one that can easily attach to all forms of databases. My choice for non-governmental applications is Geomedia, though there are others such as Mapinfo that have been used for these applications for about 20 years. The data is out there, LinkedIn could share some of the data that they have, combined with college graduate data from across the country and employment data a true map, possibly by zipcode could be generated once one had funds to do so. On the topic of Big Data, anyone who has been applying GIS to database marketing, segmentation, strategic planning and yes, healthcare, knows what big data really means, how to process it and most importantly how to make it available to the experts trained in the field. I would happy to answer questions on specifics but these are not new concepts, just concepts that are entering the mainstream as more online applications become available.

Comment on Today, you made a difference! by David Chase

David Chase — Tue, 29 May 2012 18:02:41 +0000

Congrats and I love the charity – good cause to support.

Comment on Today, you made a difference! by Meg

Meg — Tue, 29 May 2012 16:30:47 +0000

Thanks fantastic news, Susan – go Team Healthcare! And what a great cause!

Comment on Superheroes among us… by Carol Crow

Carol Crow — Fri, 11 May 2012 21:33:48 +0000

Mine was Ida Moffett, Director of the Birmingham Baptist School of Nursing. She was my mentor, my friend, and a great teacher. Thank you Mrs. Moffett for teaching us to take the time to care, and thanks for being there when my parents were overseas, your leadership and guidance helped me to be the person I am today. Mrs Moffett is gone now but I will never forget one afternoon, I was running through the dorm with some of my classmates on a mission of mischief when I almost ran into Mrs Moffett. She stopped me and in her perfect white dress and cap she looked at me and said “Miss Connnor, you have such great leadership qualities I just wish you would use them in the proper manner” Years later she and I laughed, when I told her I took her advice.

Comment on Superheroes among us… by Sara McMannus

Sara McMannus — Tue, 08 May 2012 13:02:34 +0000

Thank you to all of the wonderful nurses that I have known, worked with and cared for me and my family over the years. When I heard about the Nurses Float for the 2013 Tournament of Roses Parade I thought what a wonderful idea to honor and celebrate nurses and encourage others to consider the profession. I got involved in the project and you can too! Come together in the community of nurses world-wide. Learn more at http://www.flowers4thefloat.org and LIKE and SHARE at http://www.facebook.com/nursesfloat.

Comment on Superheroes among us… by Kevin Devine, RN MSN

Kevin Devine, RN MSN — Sun, 06 May 2012 23:17:53 +0000

Thanks to Dr. Gloria Donnelly, Dean of Drexel’s College of Nursing for inspiring me and making me want to be a better nurse.

Comment on Lady with the mystic smile… by Stacy

Stacy — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:54:52 +0000

Thank you Susan. I am blessed that my mother is here and ready to go at a moments notice when I call to tell her I need her help. She is my rock, my lady with a mystic smile!