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Re: Patient Care From: Gerald P. Rodríguez (geraldpr@cybermesa.com) Tue Mar 30 11:44:43 2004 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Larry Glazerman: "Re: Patient Care" Previous message: ginny lee, CNM: "Re: Patient Care" Maybe in reply to: Dr. Ainsworth: "Patient Care" Next in thread: jescnm@icehouse.net: "Re: Patient Care" I have seen this physician/spouse (RN) situation in several hospitals in which I've worked. And, not just in L & D units, but other areas of the hospital as well. Right now at our hospital there is a man/woman (both physicians) working, at times caring for the same patient. Seems to me as if your hospital isn't hungry enough for RNs. Somewhere in NM there is currently a legal issue re two physicians (father/son) who are in some warm water because one is being accused of covering up the others alleged mistake a medication order. Gerald P. Rodríguez, M.D., FACOG Santa Fe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "There are very few things wholly evil or wholly good; almost everything is an inseparable compound of the two." --Abraham Lincoln ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr. Ainsworth" <ainsron@sbcglobal.net> To: "Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L" <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 10:44 AM Subject: Patient Care > My wife is recent BSN grad and passed her RN licensing exam a couple of > weeks ago. She is interested in working part-time in the OB unit at the > hospital I work at and they are interested in having her work there > because of staffing shortages and the need for qualified individuals to > call in, she has previous experience in L&D, postpartum as a LVN. The > Department manager told her that they would need to restrict her from > caring for any of my patients in the hospital because of liability > concerns. When we first heard that, we said, sounds reasonable. > However, as we have thought about it, it could be a real problem because > I deliver about 1/3 of the babies in our unit, plus a lot of the gyn > postop patients on the floor are my patients. There are times when I > have over half of the patients on the floor. Have any of you who are > RN/MD marriages run into similar restrictions in your hospitals? Is it > reasonable? Is it necessary? > Next message: Larry Glazerman: "Re: Patient Care" Previous message: ginny lee, CNM: "Re: Patient Care" Maybe in reply to: Dr. Ainsworth: "Patient Care" Next in thread: jescnm@icehouse.net: "Re: Patient Care"

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