Comments for Guarding Your Health

Comment on “Our nurses don’t give medical information.” by Diane Bevis

Diane Bevis — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:36:17 +0000

…and then we wonder why patients have trouble themselves obtaining information on their own plan of care etc etc.

Comment on Nurse Practice Act? C’MON……. by Cindy Navarro, RN

Cindy Navarro, RN — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 23:31:10 +0000

I must say that I agree with you about communication and how difficult it can be to assist patients when the system has become so fraught with road blocks. As a California licensed RN I have never read this part of the Nursing Regulations that prohibit sharing of patient information with an informed consent (HIPPA) in hand.
As nurses we have to deal with this a lot and it feels to me that this blocking of communication and information is more about people fearing retribution or some imagined negtive consequence rather then the effect it has on patient outcomes.
I enjoy your blog.
Cindy

Comment on The Day That Changed My Life by Pat Reid

Pat Reid — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 02:40:55 +0000

I love what you wrote, so heartfelt…pat

Comment on “For Betty and Her Team, It’s Personal.” by Jennifer Roth

Jennifer Roth — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:32:10 +0000

Thank you Betty for your assistance with my husband’s situation. You were able to provide excellent advice and locate a physician for us that is a perfect fit!

Comment on A Week’s Worth of Health Care in Honduras by dolores magid

dolores magid — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:12:26 +0000

This story warms my heart on Valentine Day! If another trip is scheduled and supplies or a donation would be useful please let me know.
Dolores

Comment on A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Hershey by admin

admin — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:48:38 +0000

Thanks, Mary Lou. I certainly appreciate your very kind words.

Comment on A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Hershey by Mary Lou Hughes

Mary Lou Hughes — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:54:06 +0000

You are proof that angels are real.

Comment on Remember Back Rubs and Showers? by Theresa Wood

Theresa Wood — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 22:32:32 +0000

Betty,
I am a nurse, currently in the ICU and in cardiac rehab. I love this story and feel that it is an issue in the ever increasing acuity of patients as well as the increasing workload of the nurses at the bedside. I feel that it is imperative nurses step back from the “ever-mounting” charting, alarms, Dr.’s asking questions (which, by the way are written in the charts right in frount of them) and view the patient as an actual human being. Getting back to the roots of “nursing” and providing the patient with the basics such as Comfort, Cleanliness and Compassion are the fundamentals of nursing. I feel that a back rub with a turn, pillows for comfort and compassionate listening can make a stressfull hospitalization for at least that moment, somewhat tolerable. To know that you, the nurse, can do this with a two minute back rub, truely makes it worth it.
I do have to blam the crazy insurance companies for making nursing into a profession where we feel that sometimes it is impossible to find the time to actually “care” for the patient. At somepoint in my nursing career I feel that the way nurses care for their patients is going to have to change. Hospital systems are going to have to find a way to care for many more patients with less nurses to/who care.
I just wanted to say that what you are doing is a great transition for nurses in this brand new era of nursing. Kudos to you!

Comment on Remember Back Rubs and Showers? by admin

admin — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:12:20 +0000

Amen!

Comment on Remember Back Rubs and Showers? by Mary Lou Hughes

Mary Lou Hughes — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:29:48 +0000

Betty, my mother always commented on her backrubs she got from nurses over the years. Apparently they had the right touch.