tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37811152.post676178284589400909..comments2024-03-20T10:44:38.106-05:00Comments on madness: tales of an emergency room nurse: more complexity = more moneyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37811152.post-52724214249354438452011-11-05T15:06:41.043-05:002011-11-05T15:06:41.043-05:00Thats the point Dan. There is X amount of money in...Thats the point Dan. There is X amount of money in the system. Look at what the government is doing now. The gang of 12 is going to hit medicare providers as much as possible to save money (all the same pointedly avoiding the conversation of should we do everything for everybody all the time). The latest medicare MD cuts in december as per the SGR is pushing 30%. Yes congress forstalls the cuts but the reality is there has not been a significant increase in medicare provider rates since Bill Clinton was president. It is going to get harder not easier as we try to cut down the debt, or we ignore the issue and become Greece in the future. Which one do you want girlvet? In reality, lets look at the USA at large. Almost double digit unemployment, even larger underemployment .Then there is the lack of insurance coverage. Honestly, these are issues hospital/medical employees have by and large been able to avoid. Things could be much, much worse....and they likely will be. That is reality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37811152.post-80564146829018879252011-10-26T10:16:19.296-05:002011-10-26T10:16:19.296-05:00And Anonymous shows the underlying issue: everyone...And Anonymous shows the underlying issue: everyone is dealing with greater complexity and higher stress levels. So everyone deserves a raise? Probably. Is it remotely possible? Not at all.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11969254346376018459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37811152.post-71564913519205975502011-10-25T09:37:11.175-05:002011-10-25T09:37:11.175-05:00Try being a Respiratory Therapist.
We need to do...Try being a Respiratory Therapist. <br /><br />We need to do nearly all the charting that you do and be proficient in the different charting requirements of: ICU, ER, Special Care Nursery, PICU, NICU, PACU, and the floors (add other departments your institution uses). AND this is just patient assessment, never mind ventilator and other therapeutic charting.<br /><br />Someone tell me when JACHO/Joint Commission went from an accrediting agency making sure you (the hospital) was doing what it said it was doing ala ISO 9000, and became an all knowing God? I'd like to see JACHO personnel function under the rules they create. <br /><br />It is just another bloated bureaucracy there to serve itself while damaging those it purports to protect (sounds kinda like Government).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37811152.post-20932747910760607462011-10-24T17:52:58.588-05:002011-10-24T17:52:58.588-05:00Absolutely. I cannot tell you the number of new gr...Absolutely. I cannot tell you the number of new grads I have met who are just putting in time until they can get their CRNA or save money to go get their MSN or Doctorate to be a Nurse Practitioner. The stress and insanely excessive documentation requirements can be too much. There are days when I just want to go work at Starbucks :) but of course I always come back for more.rnraquelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12679043874388955256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37811152.post-73268744164771715962011-10-24T14:21:25.541-05:002011-10-24T14:21:25.541-05:00As a newly minted nurse about to start my career i...As a newly minted nurse about to start my career in critical care... I couldn't agree more with you. However, I would like to hear what you would suggest would be a fair wage in light of our changing profession?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com