Re: Amnioinfusion

From: DoctorJoe@aol.com
Mon Oct 31 17:24:15 2005


In a message dated 10/31/05 5:29:34 PM, apgar10@montanadsl.net writes:

> She replied by saying that she could understand why this wouldn't increase
> the risk, but she was still uncomfortable and would not allow "her nurses" to
> engage in this activity.  Fortunately, during the exchange, the patient went
> to complete and delivered shortly thereafter.
>

The old "nurse uncomfortable" rule. You can't beat that except at the administrative level. And there, even if you win and the nurse is ordered to do it, you're branded by the nursing staff as a trouble-maker.

You need to get the MEDICAL staff (or the OB section, or whatever) to develop a policy and introduce it at a medical staff meeting and get it engraved in the building whereever those things are engraven.

Then it gets to be the medical staff en masse that makes the rule work. You get safety in numbers.

Joe P.





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