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Sunday, April 24, 2011

Workers Compensation, Legal Resources on: The Nurse Friendly

Legal Nurse Consultants specializing in Workers Compensation Issues:

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Carol J. Rhodes RN, LNC, Medical-Legal Remedies Inc (MLR):"Medical-Legal Remedies Inc (MLR) provides medical-legal Litigation Support Services for Legal Professionals that include Legal Nurse Consulting, Paralegal Litigation Support, a Medical Information Service called Virtual Legal Nurse and Medical Expert Referral Service for Attorneys, Insurance Companies, Hospital Risk Managers, Government, and Claims Management. MLR MLR's Paralegal Staff and Legal Nurse work together as a team to assist our legal clients with comprehensive medical-legal litigation issues and are committed to serve clients by offering our extensive experience and expertise to provide specialized high quality medical-legal litigation support services. By utilizing Medical-Legal Remedies Inc Paralegal/Legal Nurse Team allows the litigator to control costs and increase revenues while securing the competitive advantage with superior work products. So whether your firm or company needs a Paralegal, a Legal Nurse, or both - MLR will assist your firm or company with any medical-legal litigation case project."
Carol J. Rhodes RN, LNC
14286-19 Beach Blvd. #248
Jacksonville, FL 32250
(904) 223-3969
Carol@JaxLegalNurse.com or Carol@VirtualLegalNurse.com
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/carol-j-rhodes/30/81b/685
http://www.jaxparalegal.com/

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Donna M. Post, RN, BSN, MBA / HCM, CLNC, LNCP-C Donna M. Post, RN, BSN, MBA / HCM, CLNC, LNCP-C , Mid-Valley Legal Nurse Consulting, Inc., California Nurse Entrepreneurs, Legal Nurse Consultants:"Mid-Valley Legal Nurse Consulting has over 24 years of experience clinically and administratively, in cardiac, adult and pediatric critical care, and dialysis. Our experience extends to both the inpatient and outpatient settings. MVLNC provides effective identification of practice standards, regulatory standards, adherence and/or deviations to these standards. Our background provides our clients the added benefit of understanding healthcare infrastructure, budgets, and healthcare labor issues. This extensive experience allows for identification of medical and nursing issues in any case that involves health, illness and injury. The clients we serve are attorneys, insurance companies, healthcare facilities and others. At Mid-Valley Legal Nurse Consulting, our goal is to provide our clients with cost-effective, efficient, review and analysis – providing you with winning services while critically defending your bottom-line.
2491 Alluvial #7
Clovis, Ca 93611
Phone: 559-294-7580 or 877-532-5676
Email: midvalleylegalnurseconsulting@gmail.com
http://www.mvlnc.com
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Rhonda K. Alfredson RN CLNC CRRN CCM COHN, Georgia Legal Nurse Consultants:"Discovery Partners provides a multitude of comprehensive nurse consulting services to attorneys, small and large businesses, and insurance companies. Services include Legal Nurse Consulting (med. mal, PI, WC, toxic torts, fraud, soc. security, PL, criminal, gen. negligence) , Disability and Workers' Compensation Case Management, Hearing Conservation Program Consultation and Administration, Ergonomics Consultations, Occupational Health Services Consultation, Medical/Health Related Educational offerings, as well as other consultative and support services."
P.O. Box 555
Conyers, Georgia 30012
Phone number: 770-602-4531
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/dpclnc

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M. Fay Bacher, Legal Advantage Services:"It is our commitment that LNC Advantage Services will provide objective and comprehensive Legal Nurse Consulting Services for personal injury, workers compensation, negligence, malpractice, fraud, product liability, and elder issues cases to individuals, plaintiff and defense attorneys, insurance carriers, private employers, government agencies and healthcare facilities."
http://www.nursingexperts.com/fbacher/

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Sheryl D. Bisson, R.N., CLNC, California Legal Nurse Consultants:"I offer services to aid in the resolution of medical-legal issues. I work for law firms, insurance companies and healthcare facilities. My services include, but are not limited to: medical record review and analysis; identifying applicable Standards of Care and deviations from the Standards; identifying records, policies and procedures and other essential documents for complete case reviews."
Specialty Areas: Coronary Care, Health law, Intensive Care, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Worker's Compensation
http://www.nursingexperts.com/bisson/

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Lisa Desimon R.N, D.C, CLNC, Illinois Nurse Entrepreneurs:"Certified Legal Nurse Consultant business, serving as a consulting expert and testifying expert on a variety of medical/legal issues/cases."
7358 Timberwolf Trail
Fairview Heights, Illinois 62208
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/desimon

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Janelle Elliott RN BSN CCM CLNC, JDE Medical-Legal Consulting:"Consulting on Med malpractice, personal injury law suits, work comp emphasis. Can do all types of cases."
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/elliot/

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Nancy Emma, RN, LNC, MLC Legal Nurse Consulting Services:"Screening of cases for merit, pagination & organization of medical records, Expert witness, Obtain expert witnesses for lawyers, identification of adherences to and departures from Standards of Care. Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Workman's Compensation both Defense and Plaintiff issues."
Specialty Areas: California Nurse Entrepreneurs, Consulting, Expert Witness, Emergency Department Nursing, Expert Witness (And Locating of Same), Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Workman's Compensation
http://www.nursingexperts.com/emma/

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Sally Farney Lett, RN, DC, Michigan Nurse Entrepreneurs, Nurse-Owned Businesses, Michigan Legal Nurse Consultants
Categories: Domestic Violence, Elder Law, Medical Malpractice, Negligence, Personal Injury, Toxic Tort Litigation, Workers compensation
http://www.nursefriendly.com/lett/

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Deborah Hafernick, RN, CLNC, Hafernick Legal-Nurse Consulting, Texas Legal Nursing Consultants:"Medical-legal consulting practice in Houston, Texas, specialing in evaluating cases for merit and interpretation of the medical record for both plaintiff and defense attorneys to help them save money by organizing their cases faster and win because they understand them. Also research and provide medical literature/standards of care for issues that support their case. Testifying expert identification and location, demonstrative evidence development, etc."
Specialty Areas: Cardiac Cathetherization Lab, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Education, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Social Security Disability Claims, Toxic Torts, Workers Compensation
http://www.nursingexperts.com/hafernick

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Angela Halley RN, BSN, CLNC, River View Legal Nurse Consulting:"We specialize in providing legal nurse consulting services to attorneys (plaintiff and defense), insurance companies, workman's compensation firms, and individual institutions for risk management services. Our firm has over 20 years of nursing experience in psychiatric, labor and delivery, pulmonary, neurology, medical/surgical nursing, and many areas of nursing management. River View Legal Nurse Consultants provides a time efficient and cost effective answer to your legal nurse consulting needs."
64 Deenie Dr
Bidwell, Ohio 45614
Phone number: 740-245-9891, Fax number: 740-245-0153
E-Mail: angelahalleyrn@wmconnect.com
http://www.legalnursingconsultant.org/halley

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Gerry A. Kinjorski, BS, RN, CLNC, Aidant Research Nurses, Inc., Florida Nursing Entrepreneurs:"Aidant Research Nurses, Inc., is a legal nurse consulting firm that serves the patient-client and the attorney. If you have questions concerning negligence or medical-malpractice, personal injury or assault, toxic tort, worker's comp or any medical injury you may need Aidant."
7 So. Aurora Ave.
Clearwater, Florida 33765-3517
Phone number: 727-448-0455 or 866-384-0455 toll free
Fax number: 727-448-0455
http://www.nursingexperts.com/aidant/

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Donna Maheady, Ed.D., ARNP, ExceptionalNurse.com:"A resource network for nurses and nursing students with disabilities. We provide links to disability related organizations, mentors, employment opportunities, financial aid, continuing education, books, equipment, legal issues, research, related articles as well as support and career counseling.
13019 Coastal Circle
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 33410
Phone number: (561) 627-9872
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/exceptional

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Maureen Richards, RN, MS, CCRN, CHPN, CLNC, Florida Legal Nurse Consultants:"Maureen Richards & Associates, Inc. offers Certified Legal Nurse Consulting services to organizations in need of medical records review, interpretation or analysis. We offer services for plaintiff as well as defense.
821 Overbrook Dr.
Fort Walton Beach
Florida 32547
Phone number: 850-863-9913, Fax number: 850-863-8413
http://www.legalnursingconsultant.org/richards

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Dee Sebesta, RN, CLNC, Sebesta MLC, Florida Nurses:"Workers' Compensation, Medical Malpractice. Will evaluate file for Merit, evaluate for standards of care, provide research."
Categories of Expertise: Case Management, Certified Legal Nurse Consultant, Legal Appeals Legal Nurse Consulting, Legal Nurse Consultants, Medical Research. Utilization Review, Workers' Compensation
Clinical Experience: ICU/CCU, ER
http://www.nursefriendly.com/sebesta/

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Faye H. Shaffer, RN, DSN, CLNC, Southern Health & Legal Consultants, Inc.:"Southern Health & Legal Consultants, Inc.(SHLC)is a nurse-owned business specializing in consultation to attorneys who litigate cases involving medical malpractice, personal injury, and workman's compensation. With over 30 years in nursing clinical practice and education, I can offer assistance in both the technical and professional aspects of the health care system."
Alabama Nurse Entrepreneurs, Medical, Legal Nurse Consultants, Professional Medical Record Review, Testifying Expert Witness Location
http://www.nursingexperts.com/shaffer/

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Kathryn Spilker RN, BSN, LNC, Lifeline Medical/Legal Consulting L.L.C.:"As Legal Nurse Consultants, we use our nursing experience, and knowledge of legal issues in preparing cases related to health care issues. Screen cases for merit, prepare chronologies, summaries, timelines and analysis of the medical records. Identify standards of care, causation issues, locate experts, research and review medical data and literature. Assist attorneys with all aspects of discovery and trial preparation. The success of your medically related cases relies on qualified, detailed, and accurate assessment of the facts.
3034 Ridgetop Ct., St. Peters, Missouri 63376
E-Mail: educate5@verizon.net

Homepage Address: http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/spilker/

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Robert W. Stein, III, RN, MSHA, CHE, LNC, Florida Nurse Entrepreneurs

LeNurse, Inc.:"LeNurse, Inc. offers expert legal nurse health care consulting services to plaintiff / defense attorneys and insurance carriers representing clients with personal injury, worker's compensation, nursing home abuse, nursing or medical malpractice claims, or virtually any legal matter that involves health or the practice of health care. Services for nurses include medical-legal education, support, and healthcare consulting. General healthcare consulting services are offered to healthcare consumers through a special arrangement with exp.com. The corporation was first established in 1998 as Legal Nurse Consulting Services, Inc. and adopted the more user-friendly corporate name LeNurse, Inc. in 2001."
Bob Stein, MSHA, RN, FACHE
LeNurse, Inc.
4069 13th Street # 112 Saint Cloud, Florida 34769-6701 Telephone: 407 891-1911 Fax: 407 891-8639 E-mail: Info@LeNurse.com
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bobstein0523
http://www.lenurse.com/

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Pam Steinacher, RN, LNC, Illinois Legal Nurse Consultants:"Assist plaintiff and defense attorneys with injury-related cases by reviewing for merit, standards of care, duty, breach of duty, causation and damages. Location of appropriate experts, medical literature research, IME's where appropriate, assist with demonstrative evidence, deposition questions and interrogatories. Screen records for missing records or tampering; assist in any way that is deemed necessary and appropriate to win cases."
http://www.legalnursingconsultant.org/steinacher
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Virginia Terrell, RN, HRM: Florida
Specialties: Catastrophic Case Management, Risk Management, Workers Compensation
http://www.nursefriendly.com/terrell/

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Medical Resource NetworkSM:"The Medical Resource NetworkSM offers specialized expertise in the analysis of complex medical issues to assist with expeditious claims resolution and loss prevention. Standard of care reviews, damage evaluations, assistance with reserve estimates, coordination of independent medical examinations, and a broad array of educational and program development offerings are also available. The Medical Resource NetworkSM provides medical case management for injured workers. We are often hired by employers or workers' compensation carriers to assist in maximizing health outcomes and speeding return to work. We are available to assist employers in designing and implementing early return to work programs as well."
10725 SW Barbur Blvd., Suite 200 Portland, Oregon 97219
PHONE: (503) 452-1748 FAX: (503) 452-0079 TOLL-FREE: (888) 899-1406 E-MAIL: medres@medres.net
http://www.medres.net/

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OSH.net - Gateway for Safety & Health Information Resources - Home Pag...
Gateway for Safety & Health Information Resources. Includes: annotated linked sites, job postings, message forum and free monthly e-newsletter....
http://www.osh.net

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Workers Compensation Law Materials, Legal Information Institute:"Workers' Compensation laws are designed to ensure that employees who are injured or disabled on the job are provided with fixed monetary awards, eliminating the need for litigation. These laws also provide benefits for dependents of those workers who are killed because of work-related accidents or illnesses."

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http://www.workcompcentral.com

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Workers' Compensation Section of the Florida Bar...
The Workers Compensation Section of The Florida Bar...
http://www.flworkerscomp.org

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Workplace Fairness:"Workplace Fairness is a non-profit organization that provides information, education and assistance to individual workers and their advocates nationwide and promotes public policies that advance employee rights."
Workplace Fairness
44 Montgomery Street, Suite 2080
San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: (415) 362-7373
Fax: (415) 677-9445
info@workplacefairness.org
http://www.workplacefairness.org

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Created on June 7, 1999

Last updated by Andrew Lopez, RN on Monday, January 31, 2011

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Saturday, April 16, 2011

Is Nursing Making You Sick, Fat and Old? Annette Tersigni “The Yoga Nurse”, RN

As nurses, you are certainly aware that stress is one of the major medical problems of our times.  Studies show that nurses are the single sickest group of workers in the workforce.  Ouch!  This is appalling. When I worked nights in the PCU, I noticed that there were many more obese nurses working nights than days.  What have you observed?   In my experience, I have noticed that without exception, obese nurses apply to work nights. They want to work nights. These dedicated, long term night shift nurses also are on multiple meds and often discuss how many meds they are on, compare them, etc.  What strikes me is that they speak about it in such a way as if it’s the most natural thing in the world.  Please understand, I am writing this out of compassion for my fellow nurses, not as a critique.  I am telling the truth, and yes, sometimes the truth hurts.  We all know by now that working nights increases your risk for disease.

A nurse is the classic poster child for, “Is this job making me sick?”

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Thursday, March 17, 2011

The #1 stressful thing about being a nurse, Scrubsmag.com

So, we all know there are a million things that ‘stress’ us out during our shifts. Do I really need to list them? Here are just a few that come to mind:

Causes of Stress

  • Inadequate staffing
  • Nurse-to-staff ratio overload (does the word unsafe come to mind)
  • Lack of teamwork
  • Lack of effective and fair management
  • Coworker strain
  • Paperwork
  • Endless charting – repeating information on multiple forms
  • Miscommunication or the lack of communication
  • Census overload and strain (revolving door of admissions and discharges)
  • No time to even use the bathroom

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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Exceptional Nurse, Donna Maheady, Ed.D., ARNP, (Showing Nurses A Disability Need Not Hold Them Back)

Welcome to ExceptionalNurse.com!

If you are a student with a disability considering a nursing career, this is the place for you. If you are a nursing student with a disability, this is the place for you. If you are a nurse with a disability, this is the place for you. If you are a nursing educator or a guidance counselor working with a student with a disability, this is the place for you.

ExceptionalNurse.com is a nonprofit 501 (c) 3 resource network committed to inclusion of more people with disabilities in the nursing profession. By sharing information and resources, ExceptionalNurse.com hopes to facilitate inclusion of students with disabilities in nursing education programs and foster resilience and continued practice for nurses who are, or become, disabled. This web site is maintained by Donna Maheady, Ed.D., ARNP, an advocate for nurses and nursing students with disabilities. For a copy of her curriculum vitae/resume send an email to: ExceptionalNurse@aol.com.

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Read and follow the Exceptional Nurse Blog!
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Our DVD
"Nursing With the Hand You Are Given: A message of hope for nursing students with disabilities"(YouTube Link)

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Friday, February 18, 2011

Sick doctors who work are doing more harm to their patients than good

Doctors: if you’re sick, don’t go to work.

The stereotype of doctors is that they go to work, despite whatever symptoms ail them. Calling in sick places strain on colleagues. Especially in residency, where team members are expected to pick up the slack.

In a recent column, the New York Times’ Pauline Chen discusses the image of self-sacrifice that a sick doctor going to work portrays:

Hacking, febrile or racked with the sequelae of chronic illnesses, doctors who are sick have continued for generations to see their patients. Although published reports for over a decade have linked patient illnesses like the flu, whooping cough and resistant bacterial infections to sick health care workers, as many as 80 percent of physicians continue to work through their own ailments, even though they would have excused patients in the same condition.

In today’s age of H1N1 influenza and other assorted public health worries, presenteeism is being looked at. Interestingly,

researchers in the business world have begun to question this assumption. Instead of focusing on problems incurred by absenteeism, these researchers have analyzed the impact of what’s been called presenteeism, or working despite being ill. And it turns out, at least in early studies, that those employees who choose to go to work sick are expensive. Presenteeism costs companies more than $150 billion a year in lost worker productivity.

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Sunday, November 21, 2010

How to call in sick without jeopardizing your job - CNN.com

Eric McCoole, 38, called in sick on St. Patrick's Day in 2000, and no, he didn't have a cold, the flu, or a sinus infection. He didn't even have the sniffles.

"Being of Irish descent, I wanted to take the day off," says McCoole, a government employee in Alpine, California.

He called early enough so he could leave a message and skip the awkward talk with his boss. "The next day a supervisor came over the PA system and announced, 'Two people called in sick yesterday, St. Patrick's Day: Eric McCoole and Brian O'Malley.' Luckily, everyone laughed," McCoole recalls. "He said next year we should flip a coin to decide who takes that day off."

Ah, the good old days. Few folks in today's workplace are calling in sick even if they have a cold, the flu, or a sinus infection. Given the economic meltdown, the highest unemployment rate in years, and layoffs around every corner, workers are more likely to drag themselves into the office even when they feel like death warmed over.

Health.com: Is it a cold, flu, or something else?

The fear? If they call in sick, they won't have an office to drag themselves into the next day.

Why you should call in sick

While they might feel heroic, sick employees who come to work -- a phenomenon known as presenteeism -- can actually hurt companies. Even if you're not scheduled to scrub into the ER and save lives, you can still endanger others by showing up for work in a cloud of germs.

"You always have to weigh the risks and the benefits," says Dr. Aaron E. Glatt, M.D., a spokesperson for the Infectious Diseases Society of America and president and CEO of the New Island Hospital in Bethpage, New York.

Glatt suggests asking yourself, "What greater good can I do by being there?" If it's not essential for you to go in, and you know you won't be productive, stay home.

Health.com: Is your job making you sick?

People who are coughing or sneezing (symptoms of illnesses spread by airborne transmission) should probably stay home anyhow, according to Glatt, as should anyone with an open wound or those incapable of keeping good hygiene. "We have to be conscious that we are not only taking care of our own health, but the health of other people," he says.

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Food workers, nurses forced to work sick - CNN.com

A group of leaders in the food service industry gathered in Washington, D.C., recently to discuss the alarming findings of a new survey. The study, conducted by Restaurant Opportunities Centers United -- a national organization that represents and supports restaurant workers -- found that two-thirds of restaurant workers go to work when sick.

The study sheds light on some serious underlying issues in the food service industry: Nearly 90 percent of workers reported they get no paid sick days and 60 percent said they did not receive any form of health insurance. But the study also highlights an obvious problem for diners who eat the food handled by sick workers.

June Lindsey, a Detroit woman with more than 30 years of experience in the food service industry, knows a lot about going in to work sick. She shared the following story in the study:

"[One day] I had a really bad cold. My nose was running, I was sneezing, [and] I had a bad cough and a fever. I could not call in sick because no work meant no money and I couldn't afford it at that time. My kids were very young, so I went to work to see if I can make it through the day.

CareerBuilder.com: Have an incompetent boss? You're not alone

"Halfway through the day, the sneezing, coughing and runny nose got worse. I asked the manager, 'I am really sick and need to go because I could make others sick and I am dealing with food.' She laughed and told me, 'Try not to cough, then.' So I had to work that day sick, and who knows how many customers I got sick because I couldn't go to the back and leave the counter to wash my hands after every sneeze or nose wipe. Later on, all of us got sick one by one, and all this came from another worker that came to work sick like me, but was not allowed to leave work."

While food service is the most recent industry to address the problem, it's not exclusively theirs. According to the website for MomsRising, a group that pushes for reform on issues like maternity leave, fair wages and paid family illness days, 55 percent of workers in the retail industry and 48 percent of workers employed in the general private sector don't receive paid sick days.

If you come in sick, there's a good chance your co-workers and customers will get sick, too -- and in some cases, passing on your illness can cause potentially life-threatening situations.

Take the case of Amy, for example. As the mother of a young son who is being treated for a blood disease -- his recovery from which depends on his avoidance of illness -- Amy pays vigilant attention to those who enter her son's room at the renowned children's hospital where he is staying.

CareerBuilder.com: Conflicting career advice: Which is right

Recently, the poor health of one of the hospital's staff members compromised the well-being of Amy's son: "On Saturday, as I woke up, I noticed that our nurse was sick," she says. "No one is supposed to be allowed on our floor if they are sick and definitely not in our rooms. This is a nurse whom we really like and who has been with us from the beginning.

"When I wouldn't allow him back in the room, he explained that the hospital does have a policy that the nurses have to call in if they are sick. Unfortunately, the hospital has another policy that causes nurses to be written up if they call in sick. It's a Catch-22 that puts kids at risk." Amy and her family are trying to get the hospital policy changed, since she says it caused "a good nurse to make a poor choice."

While Amy's incident may seem like it would be an isolated one in the health care field, a recent study by the Journal of the American Medical Association says otherwise. This summer, the AMA published the findings of a survey of 537 medical residents from around the country, in which 57 percent of residents said they'd worked while sick, the Kansas City Star reports.

With the advent of flu season, it can be tough to know what to do when you know you are too sick to go to work, but are worried about the repercussions of skipping a day. Here are a few ideas to help you find a better alternative to working while you're sick:

CareerBuilder.com: How to self-promote without being obnoxious

1. Switch shifts: If you work in a restaurant, hospital or retail environment where workers are scheduled in shifts, try switching hours with a co-worker. Create a list of all your co-workers' phone numbers and keep it at home. That way, if you're feeling too sick to work, you can call a colleague and ask if she can cover your shift. Just make sure that you offer to cover one of hers in return, or to repay the favor when she isn't feeling well.

2. Get a doctor's note: Though asking your doctor for a note may make you feel like you're back in the fifth grade, doing so will lessen your chances of being reprimanded -- and provide you proof of your illness should your employer think you were playing hooky.

3. Work from home: If you have a desk job or another occupation that doesn't necessarily require your physical presence, working from home can be a good alternative for those who don't want to -- or can't -- take a sick day. It will prevent you from spreading your condition to colleagues and clients, and will also allow you to get your work done while you recuperate.

4. Check out the legalities: While the Healthy Families Act -- which would require employers to provide employees with one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked -- has recently been reintroduced in Congress, it has yet to pass. In the meantime, many employers do have guidelines when it comes to working while sick, which means you might have the right to -- or might be required to -- take the day off if you're not feeling well. Most large employers, for instance, must legally allow workers to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid sick leave per year, under the Family and Medical Leave Act.

5. Ask for a substitute duty: If you think you must go to work while sick, talk to your employer about alternative duties. Instead of working directly with customers at a retail store, for example, ask if you can work in the stockroom instead. If you work at a hospital, ask to cover a floor that won't put you in contact with patients that have compromised immune systems.

It is a scary situation when you are intimidated into working sick when you know it may result in you passing along what you have to others, or getting what your patients are being treated for.

--

Any questions, please drop me a line.

******************************************************
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******************************************************

Sincerely,

Andrew Lopez, RN
Nursefriendly, Inc. A New Jersey Corporation.
38 Tattersall Drive, Mantua New Jersey 08051
http://www.nursefriendly.com info@nursefriendly.com ICQ #6116137
856-415-9617, (fax) 415-9618

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http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com
http://www.nursingexperts.com

Food workers, nurses forced to work sick - CNN.com

A group of leaders in the food service industry gathered in Washington, D.C., recently to discuss the alarming findings of a new survey. The study, conducted by Restaurant Opportunities Centers United -- a national organization that represents and supports restaurant workers -- found that two-thirds of restaurant workers go to work when sick.

The study sheds light on some serious underlying issues in the food service industry: Nearly 90 percent of workers reported they get no paid sick days and 60 percent said they did not receive any form of health insurance. But the study also highlights an obvious problem for diners who eat the food handled by sick workers.

June Lindsey, a Detroit woman with more than 30 years of experience in the food service industry, knows a lot about going in to work sick. She shared the following story in the study:

"[One day] I had a really bad cold. My nose was running, I was sneezing, [and] I had a bad cough and a fever. I could not call in sick because no work meant no money and I couldn't afford it at that time. My kids were very young, so I went to work to see if I can make it through the day.

CareerBuilder.com: Have an incompetent boss? You're not alone

"Halfway through the day, the sneezing, coughing and runny nose got worse. I asked the manager, 'I am really sick and need to go because I could make others sick and I am dealing with food.' She laughed and told me, 'Try not to cough, then.' So I had to work that day sick, and who knows how many customers I got sick because I couldn't go to the back and leave the counter to wash my hands after every sneeze or nose wipe. Later on, all of us got sick one by one, and all this came from another worker that came to work sick like me, but was not allowed to leave work."

While food service is the most recent industry to address the problem, it's not exclusively theirs. According to the website for MomsRising, a group that pushes for reform on issues like maternity leave, fair wages and paid family illness days, 55 percent of workers in the retail industry and 48 percent of workers employed in the general private sector don't receive paid sick days.

If you come in sick, there's a good chance your co-workers and customers will get sick, too -- and in some cases, passing on your illness can cause potentially life-threatening situations.

Take the case of Amy, for example. As the mother of a young son who is being treated for a blood disease -- his recovery from which depends on his avoidance of illness -- Amy pays vigilant attention to those who enter her son's room at the renowned children's hospital where he is staying.

CareerBuilder.com: Conflicting career advice: Which is right

Recently, the poor health of one of the hospital's staff members compromised the well-being of Amy's son: "On Saturday, as I woke up, I noticed that our nurse was sick," she says. "No one is supposed to be allowed on our floor if they are sick and definitely not in our rooms. This is a nurse whom we really like and who has been with us from the beginning.

"When I wouldn't allow him back in the room, he explained that the hospital does have a policy that the nurses have to call in if they are sick. Unfortunately, the hospital has another policy that causes nurses to be written up if they call in sick. It's a Catch-22 that puts kids at risk." Amy and her family are trying to get the hospital policy changed, since she says it caused "a good nurse to make a poor choice."

While Amy's incident may seem like it would be an isolated one in the health care field, a recent study by the Journal of the American Medical Association says otherwise. This summer, the AMA published the findings of a survey of 537 medical residents from around the country, in which 57 percent of residents said they'd worked while sick, the Kansas City Star reports.

With the advent of flu season, it can be tough to know what to do when you know you are too sick to go to work, but are worried about the repercussions of skipping a day. Here are a few ideas to help you find a better alternative to working while you're sick:

CareerBuilder.com: How to self-promote without being obnoxious

1. Switch shifts: If you work in a restaurant, hospital or retail environment where workers are scheduled in shifts, try switching hours with a co-worker. Create a list of all your co-workers' phone numbers and keep it at home. That way, if you're feeling too sick to work, you can call a colleague and ask if she can cover your shift. Just make sure that you offer to cover one of hers in return, or to repay the favor when she isn't feeling well.

2. Get a doctor's note: Though asking your doctor for a note may make you feel like you're back in the fifth grade, doing so will lessen your chances of being reprimanded -- and provide you proof of your illness should your employer think you were playing hooky.

3. Work from home: If you have a desk job or another occupation that doesn't necessarily require your physical presence, working from home can be a good alternative for those who don't want to -- or can't -- take a sick day. It will prevent you from spreading your condition to colleagues and clients, and will also allow you to get your work done while you recuperate.

4. Check out the legalities: While the Healthy Families Act -- which would require employers to provide employees with one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked -- has recently been reintroduced in Congress, it has yet to pass. In the meantime, many employers do have guidelines when it comes to working while sick, which means you might have the right to -- or might be required to -- take the day off if you're not feeling well. Most large employers, for instance, must legally allow workers to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid sick leave per year, under the Family and Medical Leave Act.

5. Ask for a substitute duty: If you think you must go to work while sick, talk to your employer about alternative duties. Instead of working directly with customers at a retail store, for example, ask if you can work in the stockroom instead. If you work at a hospital, ask to cover a floor that won't put you in contact with patients that have compromised immune systems.

It is a scary situation when you are intimidated into working sick when you know it may result in you passing along what you have to others, or getting what you patients are being treated for.

--

Any questions, please drop me a line.

******************************************************
Follow us on:

Blogger:
http://4nursing.blogspot.com/

Facebook:
http://www.nursefriendly.com/facebook

Linked In:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/nursefriendly

Nursing Entrepreneurs, Nurses In Business
http://nursingentrepreneurs.ning.com/

Twitter!
http://www.nursefriendly.com/twitter

StumbleUpon,
http://www.nursefriendly.com/stumbleupon
******************************************************

Sincerely,

Andrew Lopez, RN
Nursefriendly, Inc. A New Jersey Corporation.
38 Tattersall Drive, Mantua New Jersey 08051
http://www.nursefriendly.com info@nursefriendly.com ICQ #6116137
856-415-9617, (fax) 415-9618

150,000 + Nurse-Reviewed & Approved Nursing Links

http://www.4nursing.com
http://www.howtostartanursingagency.com
http://www.jocularity.com
http://www.nursinghumor.com
http://www.nursefriendly.com
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com
http://www.nursingexperts.com

Food workers, nurses forced to work sick - CNN.com

A group of leaders in the food service industry gathered in Washington, D.C., recently to discuss the alarming findings of a new survey. The study, conducted by Restaurant Opportunities Centers United -- a national organization that represents and supports restaurant workers -- found that two-thirds of restaurant workers go to work when sick.

The study sheds light on some serious underlying issues in the food service industry: Nearly 90 percent of workers reported they get no paid sick days and 60 percent said they did not receive any form of health insurance. But the study also highlights an obvious problem for diners who eat the food handled by sick workers.

June Lindsey, a Detroit woman with more than 30 years of experience in the food service industry, knows a lot about going in to work sick. She shared the following story in the study:

"[One day] I had a really bad cold. My nose was running, I was sneezing, [and] I had a bad cough and a fever. I could not call in sick because no work meant no money and I couldn't afford it at that time. My kids were very young, so I went to work to see if I can make it through the day.

CareerBuilder.com: Have an incompetent boss? You're not alone

"Halfway through the day, the sneezing, coughing and runny nose got worse. I asked the manager, 'I am really sick and need to go because I could make others sick and I am dealing with food.' She laughed and told me, 'Try not to cough, then.' So I had to work that day sick, and who knows how many customers I got sick because I couldn't go to the back and leave the counter to wash my hands after every sneeze or nose wipe. Later on, all of us got sick one by one, and all this came from another worker that came to work sick like me, but was not allowed to leave work."

While food service is the most recent industry to address the problem, it's not exclusively theirs. According to the website for MomsRising, a group that pushes for reform on issues like maternity leave, fair wages and paid family illness days, 55 percent of workers in the retail industry and 48 percent of workers employed in the general private sector don't receive paid sick days.

If you come in sick, there's a good chance your co-workers and customers will get sick, too -- and in some cases, passing on your illness can cause potentially life-threatening situations.

Take the case of Amy, for example. As the mother of a young son who is being treated for a blood disease -- his recovery from which depends on his avoidance of illness -- Amy pays vigilant attention to those who enter her son's room at the renowned children's hospital where he is staying.

CareerBuilder.com: Conflicting career advice: Which is right

Recently, the poor health of one of the hospital's staff members compromised the well-being of Amy's son: "On Saturday, as I woke up, I noticed that our nurse was sick," she says. "No one is supposed to be allowed on our floor if they are sick and definitely not in our rooms. This is a nurse whom we really like and who has been with us from the beginning.

"When I wouldn't allow him back in the room, he explained that the hospital does have a policy that the nurses have to call in if they are sick. Unfortunately, the hospital has another policy that causes nurses to be written up if they call in sick. It's a Catch-22 that puts kids at risk." Amy and her family are trying to get the hospital policy changed, since she says it caused "a good nurse to make a poor choice."

While Amy's incident may seem like it would be an isolated one in the health care field, a recent study by the Journal of the American Medical Association says otherwise. This summer, the AMA published the findings of a survey of 537 medical residents from around the country, in which 57 percent of residents said they'd worked while sick, the Kansas City Star reports.

With the advent of flu season, it can be tough to know what to do when you know you are too sick to go to work, but are worried about the repercussions of skipping a day. Here are a few ideas to help you find a better alternative to working while you're sick:

CareerBuilder.com: How to self-promote without being obnoxious

1. Switch shifts: If you work in a restaurant, hospital or retail environment where workers are scheduled in shifts, try switching hours with a co-worker. Create a list of all your co-workers' phone numbers and keep it at home. That way, if you're feeling too sick to work, you can call a colleague and ask if she can cover your shift. Just make sure that you offer to cover one of hers in return, or to repay the favor when she isn't feeling well.

2. Get a doctor's note: Though asking your doctor for a note may make you feel like you're back in the fifth grade, doing so will lessen your chances of being reprimanded -- and provide you proof of your illness should your employer think you were playing hooky.

3. Work from home: If you have a desk job or another occupation that doesn't necessarily require your physical presence, working from home can be a good alternative for those who don't want to -- or can't -- take a sick day. It will prevent you from spreading your condition to colleagues and clients, and will also allow you to get your work done while you recuperate.

4. Check out the legalities: While the Healthy Families Act -- which would require employers to provide employees with one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked -- has recently been reintroduced in Congress, it has yet to pass. In the meantime, many employers do have guidelines when it comes to working while sick, which means you might have the right to -- or might be required to -- take the day off if you're not feeling well. Most large employers, for instance, must legally allow workers to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid sick leave per year, under the Family and Medical Leave Act.

5. Ask for a substitute duty: If you think you must go to work while sick, talk to your employer about alternative duties. Instead of working directly with customers at a retail store, for example, ask if you can work in the stockroom instead. If you work at a hospital, ask to cover a floor that won't put you in contact with patients that have compromised immune systems.

It is a scary situation when you are intimidated into working sick when you know it may result in you passing along what you have to others, or getting what your patients are being treated for.

--

Any questions, please drop me a line.

******************************************************
Follow us on:

Blogger:
http://4nursing.blogspot.com/

Facebook:
http://www.nursefriendly.com/facebook

Linked In:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/nursefriendly

Nursing Entrepreneurs, Nurses In Business
http://nursingentrepreneurs.ning.com/

Twitter!
http://www.nursefriendly.com/twitter

StumbleUpon,
http://www.nursefriendly.com/stumbleupon
******************************************************

Sincerely,

Andrew Lopez, RN
Nursefriendly, Inc. A New Jersey Corporation.
38 Tattersall Drive, Mantua New Jersey 08051
http://www.nursefriendly.com info@nursefriendly.com ICQ #6116137
856-415-9617, (fax) 415-9618

150,000 + Nurse-Reviewed & Approved Nursing Links

http://www.4nursing.com
http://www.howtostartanursingagency.com
http://www.jocularity.com
http://www.nursinghumor.com
http://www.nursefriendly.com
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com
http://www.nursingexperts.com

Food workers, nurses forced to work sick - CNN.com

A group of leaders in the food service industry gathered in Washington, D.C., recently to discuss the alarming findings of a new survey. The study, conducted by Restaurant Opportunities Centers United -- a national organization that represents and supports restaurant workers -- found that two-thirds of restaurant workers go to work when sick.

The study sheds light on some serious underlying issues in the food service industry: Nearly 90 percent of workers reported they get no paid sick days and 60 percent said they did not receive any form of health insurance. But the study also highlights an obvious problem for diners who eat the food handled by sick workers.

June Lindsey, a Detroit woman with more than 30 years of experience in the food service industry, knows a lot about going in to work sick. She shared the following story in the study:

"[One day] I had a really bad cold. My nose was running, I was sneezing, [and] I had a bad cough and a fever. I could not call in sick because no work meant no money and I couldn't afford it at that time. My kids were very young, so I went to work to see if I can make it through the day.

CareerBuilder.com: Have an incompetent boss? You're not alone

"Halfway through the day, the sneezing, coughing and runny nose got worse. I asked the manager, 'I am really sick and need to go because I could make others sick and I am dealing with food.' She laughed and told me, 'Try not to cough, then.' So I had to work that day sick, and who knows how many customers I got sick because I couldn't go to the back and leave the counter to wash my hands after every sneeze or nose wipe. Later on, all of us got sick one by one, and all this came from another worker that came to work sick like me, but was not allowed to leave work."

While food service is the most recent industry to address the problem, it's not exclusively theirs. According to the website for MomsRising, a group that pushes for reform on issues like maternity leave, fair wages and paid family illness days, 55 percent of workers in the retail industry and 48 percent of workers employed in the general private sector don't receive paid sick days.

If you come in sick, there's a good chance your co-workers and customers will get sick, too -- and in some cases, passing on your illness can cause potentially life-threatening situations.

Take the case of Amy, for example. As the mother of a young son who is being treated for a blood disease -- his recovery from which depends on his avoidance of illness -- Amy pays vigilant attention to those who enter her son's room at the renowned children's hospital where he is staying.

CareerBuilder.com: Conflicting career advice: Which is right

Recently, the poor health of one of the hospital's staff members compromised the well-being of Amy's son: "On Saturday, as I woke up, I noticed that our nurse was sick," she says. "No one is supposed to be allowed on our floor if they are sick and definitely not in our rooms. This is a nurse whom we really like and who has been with us from the beginning.

"When I wouldn't allow him back in the room, he explained that the hospital does have a policy that the nurses have to call in if they are sick. Unfortunately, the hospital has another policy that causes nurses to be written up if they call in sick. It's a Catch-22 that puts kids at risk." Amy and her family are trying to get the hospital policy changed, since she says it caused "a good nurse to make a poor choice."

While Amy's incident may seem like it would be an isolated one in the health care field, a recent study by the Journal of the American Medical Association says otherwise. This summer, the AMA published the findings of a survey of 537 medical residents from around the country, in which 57 percent of residents said they'd worked while sick, the Kansas City Star reports.

With the advent of flu season, it can be tough to know what to do when you know you are too sick to go to work, but are worried about the repercussions of skipping a day. Here are a few ideas to help you find a better alternative to working while you're sick:

CareerBuilder.com: How to self-promote without being obnoxious

1. Switch shifts: If you work in a restaurant, hospital or retail environment where workers are scheduled in shifts, try switching hours with a co-worker. Create a list of all your co-workers' phone numbers and keep it at home. That way, if you're feeling too sick to work, you can call a colleague and ask if she can cover your shift. Just make sure that you offer to cover one of hers in return, or to repay the favor when she isn't feeling well.

2. Get a doctor's note: Though asking your doctor for a note may make you feel like you're back in the fifth grade, doing so will lessen your chances of being reprimanded -- and provide you proof of your illness should your employer think you were playing hooky.

3. Work from home: If you have a desk job or another occupation that doesn't necessarily require your physical presence, working from home can be a good alternative for those who don't want to -- or can't -- take a sick day. It will prevent you from spreading your condition to colleagues and clients, and will also allow you to get your work done while you recuperate.

4. Check out the legalities: While the Healthy Families Act -- which would require employers to provide employees with one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked -- has recently been reintroduced in Congress, it has yet to pass. In the meantime, many employers do have guidelines when it comes to working while sick, which means you might have the right to -- or might be required to -- take the day off if you're not feeling well. Most large employers, for instance, must legally allow workers to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid sick leave per year, under the Family and Medical Leave Act.

5. Ask for a substitute duty: If you think you must go to work while sick, talk to your employer about alternative duties. Instead of working directly with customers at a retail store, for example, ask if you can work in the stockroom instead. If you work at a hospital, ask to cover a floor that won't put you in contact with patients that have compromised immune systems.

It is a scary situation when you are intimidated into working sick when you know it may result in you passing along what you have to others, or getting what your patients are being treated for.

--

Any questions, please drop me a line.

******************************************************
Follow us on:

Blogger:
http://4nursing.blogspot.com/

Facebook:
http://www.nursefriendly.com/facebook

Linked In:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/nursefriendly

Nursing Entrepreneurs, Nurses In Business
http://nursingentrepreneurs.ning.com/

Twitter!
http://www.nursefriendly.com/twitter

StumbleUpon,
http://www.nursefriendly.com/stumbleupon
******************************************************

Sincerely,

Andrew Lopez, RN
Nursefriendly, Inc. A New Jersey Corporation.
38 Tattersall Drive, Mantua New Jersey 08051
http://www.nursefriendly.com info@nursefriendly.com ICQ #6116137
856-415-9617, (fax) 415-9618

150,000 + Nurse-Reviewed & Approved Nursing Links

http://www.4nursing.com
http://www.howtostartanursingagency.com
http://www.jocularity.com
http://www.nursinghumor.com
http://www.nursefriendly.com
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com
http://www.nursingexperts.com