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  • I have no idea how many beds there are at Runnells, but pt's do wait at the hospital level for available beds at Runnells or Trenton Psychiatric.

    'Sneak-ons', Muhlenberg funding, Comcast review, Jerry & Sharon chill out in the Poconos.. Dan 2007

  • There are so many criteria it's like you practically have to write a novel in the pt's medical record...and what a headache it is to code, too; if 27 different criteria aren't met, it can't be coded as an IPPE and the poor provider is stuck bringing the pt.back in to complete the missing elements.

    Medicare Micromanaging 1 Dinosaur 2009

  • Thanks~~~I am so flippin' sick of being blamed for pt's poor choices.

    It Takes Two to Tango 1 Dinosaur 2009

  • This, in turn, requires doctors and nurses to spend way too much time doing paperwork instead of taking care of patients thus increasing the chances of pt's getting worse care.

    UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE for all U.S. CITIZENS while DECREASING costs? 2009

  • Sorry, I forgot to mention that we made it a policy in our hospital that all medications given for pt's

    Alison Rose Levy: Dennis Quaid's Misdiagnosis 2008

  • No question, just a fax from me to you saying "here is pt's insurance, here is what its changed to, chart and learn plz."

    Warning: Another Pharmacy Rant 1 Dinosaur 2008

  • I spell out the patient's first and last names, REITERATE my phone number, give the pt's DOB, pt's phone number, etc. etc. . .

    Rant Alert: Attention, Pharmacists 1 Dinosaur 2008

  • In my expereince only about 1/3 of pt's seen in the ER actually get some type of record back to me more often it is the pt than the ER sending the record.

    Grand Theft Patient 1 Dinosaur 2007

  • In this vein, I would follow your own gut instinct - beginning by asking gentle open-ended, non-didactic questions about the pt's why's.

    Help: Ethical Dilemma in Real Time 1 Dinosaur 2007

  • I too have had pt's. cop a feel when you are holding them over for dressing changes etc.

    The Hard Boiled Virgin Mother Jones RN 2006

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