Listening to nurses is key to being a good doctor, KevinMD, #nurseup #nursefriendly

I’m a doctor. We get all the glory. And credit. And guess what? We only deserve part of it.

I started out in medicine in the mid-80′s, volunteering at an ER. And the biggest shock to me was learning how much of what happens in a hospital is nurse territory. Doctors will see you anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes a day, depending on how sick you are. And the rest is the nurses.

They’re the ones making sure you get your pills and checking that your vital signs aren’t dropping. They make sure you don’t fall down and break something. If you start vomiting, doctors will run out of the room and the nurses will rush in. They change your wound dressings and start your IV line. They’ll bring you a warm blanket. And clean disgusting things off you. Even if you’re drunk. Or delirious. Or mean. And through all of this they try be friendly and positive. Even though you aren’t their only sick patient.

I respect nurses. I learned early on that they’re key to being a good doctor. You piss off the nursing staff, and you’ll have a miserable career at that hospital. Respect and treat them well, and you’ll never regret it. They’re as important to being a good doctor as your medical degree. Maybe more.

If you come out of medical school with a chip on your shoulder against nurses, you better lose it fast. Because they will make or break your training, and often know more than you do. Be nice and they’ll teach you. A good neurology nurse is often a better inpatient neurologist than some doctors I’ve met.

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Arizona Nurses Association, An updated "Position Statement" on the "Amanda Trujillo, RN vs Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center, Sun City, Arizona situation" is respectfully requested.

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  Andrew LopezArizona Nurses Association

  An updated "Position Statement" on the "Amanda Trujillo, RN vs Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center, Sun City, Arizona situation" is respectfully requested. This could happen to any one of your members, they need to know if they would have your support.

  The American Nursing Association & Arizona Nurses Association to date have offered no assistance or support other than that they are "monitoring."

  If you can suggest other organizations that could help nurses in Amanda Trujillo's position, we would like to list them on our site. Nurseup.com

  This case is supported by nursing leaders including:

  Annette Tersigni, Carol Gino, Donna Wilk Cardillo, Echo Heron, Michael Pergrem, Patricia Patrica Iyer, Dr. Richard Wilmer and many others.

  Amanda Trujillo, RN – Nurse fired for being a patient advocate, @PatIyer:"The story of Amanda Trujillo is a horrifying one. Briefly, she is a single mom who fought to get off welfare and fulfilled her dream of becoming a nurse. Not only did she become a nurse, she earned a masters and doctorate degree in nursing. One night while working at Banner Health in Arizona, she took care of a patient who was being asked to undergo a liver transplant."
  http://nurseup.com/wordpress/2012/02/amanda-trujillo-rn-fired-for-being-a-patient-advocate-pat-iyer-com-patiyer-nurseup-nursefriendly-amandatrujillo/

  Thank you for your attention in this matter.

  Andrew Lopez, RN
  Nurseup.com, A Nursing Advocacy Organization
  38 Tattersall Drive
  West Deptford, New Jersey 08051
  856-415-9617, Fax: 856-415-9618, info@nursefriedly.com, Nursefriendly National Directories

  

  Amanda Trujillo – RN fired for being a patient advocate-Pat Iyer.com @patiyer #nurseup #nursefriendl

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  February 21, 2012 in Amanda Trujillo, Banner Health, Banner Health Arizona, Hospitals & Healthcare Systems, Informed Consent, Nurse Leaders, Nursing Journals, Patient Advocacy, Patient Education, Social Network Public Postings, Specialty Nurses, State Boards of Nursing

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Allnurses.com: A "Position Statement" on the "Amanda Trujillo, RN vs Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center, Sun City Arizona" situation is respectfully requested.

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  Andrew Lopezallnurses.com

  A "Position Statement" on the "Amanda Trujillo, RN vs Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center, Sun City Arizona" situation is respectfully requested. This could happen to any one of your members, they need to know if they would have your support.

  The American Nursing Association & Arizona Nurses Association to date have offered no assistance or support other than that they are "monitoring."

  If you can suggest other organizations that could help nurses in Amanda Trujillo's position, we would like to list them on our site. Nurseup.com

  This case is supported by nursing, medical leaders including:

  Annette Tersigni, Carol Gino, Donna Wilk Cardillo, Echo Heron, Greg Mercer, Michael Pergrem, Patricia Patrica Iyer, Shahina Lakhani, Dr. Richard Wilmer and many others.

  Amanda Trujillo, RN – Nurse fired for being a patient advocate, @PatIyer:"The story of Amanda Trujillo is a horrifying one. Briefly, she is a single mom who fought to get off welfare and fulfilled her dream of becoming a nurse. Not only did she become a nurse, she earned a masters and doctorate degree in nursing. One night while working at Banner Health in Arizona, she took care of a patient who was being asked to undergo a liver transplant."
  http://nurseup.com/wordpress/2012/02/amanda-trujillo-rn-fired-for-being-a-patient-advocate-pat-iyer-com-patiyer-nurseup-nursefriendly-amandatrujillo/

  Thank you for your attention in this matter.

  Andrew Lopez
  Nurseup.com, A Nursing Advocacy Organization
  38 Tattersall Drive
  West Deptford, New Jersey 08051
  856-415-9617, Fax: 856-415-9618, info@nursefriedly.com, @nursefriendly

  

  Amanda Trujillo – RN fired for being a patient advocate-Pat Iyer.com @patiyer #nurseup #nursefriendl

  nurseup.com

  February 21, 2012 in Amanda Trujillo, Banner Health, Banner Health Arizona, Hospitals & Healthcare Systems, Informed Consent, Nurse Leaders, Nursing Journals, Patient Advocacy, Patient Education, Social Network Public Postings, Specialty Nurses, State Boards of Nursing

   

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38 Tattersall Drive, Mantua New Jersey 08051
http://www.nursefriendly.com info@nursefriendly.com Twitter: @nursefriendly
856-415-9617, (fax) 415-9618

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Nursingdiabetics.com:"Welcome to NursingDiabetics.com. Here you will find information on all aspects of Diabetes, a disease that afflicts millions of people world wide. I'll be adding pages as fast as I can research the information so remember to bookmark this page and return."
http://www.nursingdiabetics.com

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Amanda Trujillo is a Masters-Prepared, Registered Nurse pursuing a Doctorate in Nursing who was dismissed as a result of providing Patient Education to an ill-informed liver transplant candidate who requested Hospice instead. A summary of her case written by the attorney representing her is located at http://www.avoidmedicalerrors.co...

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Amanda Trujillo is a Masters-Prepared, Registered Nurse pursuing a Doctorate in Nursing who was dismissed as a result of providing Patient Education to an ill-informed liver transplant candidate who requested Hospice instead. A summary of her case written by the attorney representing her is located at http://www.avoidmedicalerrors.co...

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Amanda Trujillo is a Masters-Prepared, Registered Nurse pursuing a Doctorate in Nursing who was dismissed as a result of providing Patient Education to an ill-informed liver transplant candidate who requested Hospice instead. A summary of her case written by the attorney representing her is located at http://www.avoidmedicalerrors.com/2012/01/amanda-trujillo-nurse-fired-for-being-a-patient-advocate/

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Michael Wolfe 1 vote (show)1 vote by Lynn Tao

Are you asking this question because you are honestly curious what our thoughts are? 

You really really are just dying to know what we think?

Even if we thought Amanda were wrong and took the other side, that would be OK with you since you are throwing this question out there simply because you really can't wait to hear what we think?

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amednews: Fear of punitive response to hospital errors lingers :: Feb. 20, 2012 ... American Medical News #nurseup #nursefriendly

For more than a decade, patient safety leaders have urged medicine to shift from an approach that shames and blames individual doctors and nurses for medical errors to a "culture of safety" where open discussion and reporting about adverse events, mistakes, disruptive behavior and unsafe conditions are prized rather than punished.

This less-punitive model of medical-error prevention, inspired by the aviation industry's safety record since the 1980s, is a key element of the Joint Commission requirements hospitals must follow to get paid by Medicare. And a growing body of evidence is showing that higher safety culture scores are correlated with better clinical outcomes and lower rates of hospital-acquired conditions.

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Yet data released in February by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality show that most physicians, nurses, pharmacists and other health professionals working in hospitals believe their organizations are still more interested in punishing missteps and enforcing hierarchy than in encouraging open communication and using adverse-event reports to learn what's gone wrong.

Half of the nearly 600,000 staffers surveyed at more than 1,110 hospitals nationwide said they believe their mistakes are held against them, and 54% said that when an adverse event is reported, "it feels like the person is being written up, not the problem."

Nearly two-thirds said they worry that mistakes are being held in their personnel file. A little less than half of respondents said they "feel free to question the decisions or actions of those with more authority

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A crisis can be defined as a moment in time when an individual in your charge loses rational, and at times even physical, control over his or her own behavior. This can be very challenging and anxiety producing for those responsible for intervening. Due to the chaotic, unpredictable nature of a crisis, it is vital that staff stay calm and proceed with a plan. These crisis moments do not sprout into being without roots; there are almost always warning signs that let you know an individual’s behavior is escalating.

When the CODE D buzzer sounds – everyone in the building pauses to hear the instructions and location of the crisis. All available staff start running to the area to assist, as you turn the corner you go into a high alertness to see what is going on and what needs to be done to help.

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Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults: A Report of the Surgeon General

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• Hoja Informativa en Español - Prevención del Tabaquismo en los Jóvenes y Adultos Jóvenes: Informe de la Informe de la Cirujana General de los EE. UU

 

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Petition: Governor, State of Arizona: Address corrupting factors in the Arizona Board of Nursing | Change.org #nurseup #amandatrujillo

Why This Is Important

BOYCOTT ARIZONA FOR NURSES AND PATIENTS

After multiple invitations to a civil dialogue regarding AZ BON, Governor Brewer has not replied or addressed any of the issues raised. In fact, the only response to date hase been an increase in the seeming intimidation and abuses of power directed at a Nurse, Amanda Trujillo, whose seemingly frivolous and abusive case before the Board has languished unresolved for a year to date, leaving her unemployed and impoverished.
Ongoing research suggests serious corruption in both local Nursing management and BON functioning, with many serious conflict of interest, intolerably poor accountability and transparency, and a system that allows for and even tacitly encourages abuses of power. All these concerns threaten the ability of Nurses in Arizona to meet their ethical and professional obligations, and thus threaten patient education and safety. Nurse Amanda Trujillo’s case is but one example.
While reasonable people can disagree on the interpretation of the case that led to her firing, no informed person can reasonably doubt that this case shows the regulation of Nursing in Arizona to be inadequate at best, and harmful to the public safety at worst. It also encourages an environment in which Nurses cannot perform actions within their well-established Scope of Practice and professional responsibilities without fear of retaliatory abuse that can easily ruin a career with little or no accountability on the part of those who file even the most ridiculous complaints.

Amanda’s next Board Hearing is scheduled 3/19/12, and the Arizona legislature is in the process of a scheduled reauthorization of the AZ BON’a rules and powers. These two opportunities for positive change, and the pressing situation I just described, have led a group of Nurse Advocates to post this petition calling for pledges to boycott the following until we see credible, concrete evidence that these long-ignored issues are effectively addressed:

1) All Arizona-based tourism,
2) All possible Arizona health care,
3) All Arizona-based Nurse recruitment and education,
4) All conventions and other public events held in Arizona, and
5) All businesses who, on learning of these issues, nevertheless schedule events in Arizona.

The time has come for accountability in Arizona health care and regulation. As the local business community and government have shown no interest in providing such necessary changes, all American Nurses, patients, and citizens need to shine light on these dark areas and provide an impetus for responsible change.

Why People Are Signing

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  Nancy Wilson

  about 13 hours ago

  1 person likes this reason

  This is important not just for Amanda but for all nurses in Arizona and in America.

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  Caryl Carver, RN, BSN

  about 10 hours ago

  1 person likes this reason

  This case has world-wide significance to nurses and to patients. It is vital that the public stands up and makes their voices heard on this issue. Quality Nurses = Quality Healthcare. Abused Nurses = Disastrous Healthcare.

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• Brittney Wilson(Villa Rica, GA)
  about 1 hour ago
• Caryl Carver, RN, BSN(Springboro, OH)
  about 10 hours ago
• Annette Tersigni(Beaufort, NC)
  about 11 hours ago
• Ashley Isaac(Clovis, CA)
  about 11 hours ago
• Leslie Block(Claremont, NC)
  about 13 hours ago

• Carol Gino(Smithville, TX)
  about 13 hours ago
• Nancy Wilson(Germantown, TN)
  about 14 hours ago
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  about 14 hours ago
• Kim McAllister(Hayward, CA)
  about 14 hours ago
• Greg Mercer(Arlington, MA)
  about 14 hours ago

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