tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post3007292790474279747..comments2023-06-14T03:36:55.988-07:00Comments on Head Nurse: OMG. It's supposed to be 80 here tomorrow.Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16520599099436383317noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-33032798566726021062011-09-06T00:28:46.724-07:002011-09-06T00:28:46.724-07:00Sara's very good comment----(i.e., at 10:02 AM...Sara's very good comment----(i.e., at 10:02 AM, Above)----about "the people that come out of the woodwork when the surveyors are here to make sure everything looks and goes right," reminded me SO MUCH OF the Accreditation Review, (every 3 years), for our #2 large Ambulatory Clinics. Normally, certain Administrative/Managerial Staff members often didn't professionally-acknowledge EVEN THE PRESENCE OF certain longtime, very dedicated employees, (e.g., in passing in the hallways and/or at meetings); YET when the Surveyor(s) were "IN the building"............ then (SUDDENLY) there were Administrative/Managerial............ *Smiles*-For-All!! <br /><br />F.a.k.e.r.o.n.i. *deluxe*............ <br /><br />A second rather conspicuously-noticeable Accreditation time "superficiality" was that, (in our routine Nursing Rotations to different Clinic areas), the nurses who probably would've been, say, really good socially/"decoratively" at Home-Builders Convention booths............ received the most "visible" Clinic Assignments............ while those of us who simply answered questions factually/completely/straight-ahead............ were somewhat "exiled" in our assignments............ *seemingly* to the FAR North 40 (acres), on top of the most DISTANT Mesa, (haha)!!<br /><br />All things considered, I think it's better TO BE Accredited than NOT TO BE Accredited; but I'm not quite sure whether or not I ever............ *fully* understood the phrase "The Games People Play"............ UNTIL I, (in my nursing career), really helped-out-with that............ *first* Healthcare Accreditation!!Rosannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17290435002631069643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-81683538779335513582011-09-05T20:03:36.296-07:002011-09-05T20:03:36.296-07:00No extra time granted until surveyors are gone. So...No extra time granted until surveyors are gone. Sometimes 3 months of no extra time off. <br /><br />This year it's a double whammy. One down, one to go. You guessed it no time off during those "windows". After that it is limited time during holiday season.<br /><br />It is amazing who works here. I've challenged people I see on the homes only to be told "I'm Bigshot and you should know who I am". Nope been here 7 years you don't come to the homes. Now here you are chatting it up with the peeps who live here. *sigh*shonyBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-3744710068190417792011-09-05T14:13:42.637-07:002011-09-05T14:13:42.637-07:00one place I worked rented tractor trailers to keep...one place I worked rented tractor trailers to keep all the extra stuff until the Joint left!JA-RNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10934781591668293162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-28347392019084094982011-09-04T21:20:36.295-07:002011-09-04T21:20:36.295-07:00Yup. Pack of weasels. I just wish they would kee...Yup. Pack of weasels. I just wish they would keep the hospital as clean all the time as they do on Joint days. It always looks as shiny as if our mothers-in-law were coming to visit. Then, POOF no more overtime for housekeeping.woolywomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14798060848062776281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-75627658803355446402011-09-04T18:47:08.913-07:002011-09-04T18:47:08.913-07:00Girl, we deserve a medal for surviving this Summer...Girl, we deserve a medal for surviving this Summer. I'm in Dallas. Don't know about you but I feel like I've lost three months of my life to staying in the cool house with all the drapes and blinds closed. I'm surprised I haven't grown vampire fangs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-88616825732759369512011-09-04T17:58:41.925-07:002011-09-04T17:58:41.925-07:00OY!!!! We have 'em where I work too and people...OY!!!! We have 'em where I work too and people sure panic. I just try to hide.terri chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09398808840234914275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-22151733543011007182011-09-04T15:12:34.001-07:002011-09-04T15:12:34.001-07:00We have had TJC and CMS...it's been a great ye...We have had TJC and CMS...it's been a great year!MamaPontiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05596403979568986560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-83329962340517263732011-09-04T13:09:24.282-07:002011-09-04T13:09:24.282-07:00The thing that gets me is when They decide that so...The thing that gets me is when They decide that some thing needs to be done differently and the hospital needs to drop everything and change the way it has been done for years.Michelle in Colorado Springshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16885115285183464185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-21007079770843742642011-09-04T12:40:17.197-07:002011-09-04T12:40:17.197-07:00That's one advantage to working night shift - ...That's one advantage to working night shift - we don't need to deal with the Weasels and JCAHO very often. They'd rather sleep! We don't see management very often either. I love night shift!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-68637501609920483242011-09-04T10:02:20.940-07:002011-09-04T10:02:20.940-07:00At the nursing home I work at, our "window&qu...At the nursing home I work at, our "window" for state survey is open from now until January, so all the administration has their panties in a bunch making sure everything is just so.<br /><br />The funniest part is all the people that come out of the woodwork when the surveyors are here to make sure everything looks and goes right.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00164346798592281141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-24052713295393801422011-09-04T09:23:52.655-07:002011-09-04T09:23:52.655-07:00Good luck, and glad the weather is giving you a br...Good luck, and glad the weather is giving you a break from straight heat.messymimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649529601786689712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-77442636752552925362011-09-04T07:40:20.320-07:002011-09-04T07:40:20.320-07:00Yeah we just went thru ours....they showed up a mo...Yeah we just went thru ours....they showed up a month and a half later than expected...you did forget the other part of the clincher - the hospital PAYS for this stress...actually pays TJC and, at least in our case, pays a consultant to come out and pre-survey you - meanwhile picking out the most stupid things in the world to comment on. This year the survey wasnt bad at all - TJC messed up and actually hired human beings to do it.daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04460011312097894940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-25135035480827252782011-09-04T06:24:27.698-07:002011-09-04T06:24:27.698-07:00Potato Chips can be sterile.Potato Chips can be sterile.Bradnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-40050366633172552632011-09-04T05:58:31.816-07:002011-09-04T05:58:31.816-07:00What we in the UK call a Quango : get paid a lot o...What we in the UK call a Quango : get paid a lot of money to do nothing .jimbo26https://www.blogger.com/profile/02240878442136195921noreply@blogger.com