Saturday, January 23, 2010

You are such a Tool


Top 16 Reasons that Nurses are Tools.

  1. Tools are Add Imageforgotten until needed or they can't be found.
  2. A tool’s value is its ability to do the bidding of others.
  3. A craftsman cures and tools are merely extensions of his hands.
  4. Break a tool and you can always go to Sears and buy another.
  5. New tools are broken in.
  6. Old tools are replaced with shiny new ones.
  7. Tools don’t have to eat or go to the bathroom.
  8. Something goes wrong, and it’s the tool that gets thrown in anger.
  9. In a pinch a screwdriver can be used as a pry bar. Of course, the screwdriver might break, so see Reason 4.
  10. The craftsman is given all the credit even though a good tool can make even the least skilled craftsman look good.
  11. A toolbox is just another tool the craftsman uses to keep the other tools organized, but it is still a tool even though it does no actual work.
  12. Everyone thinks they know how to use a tool.
  13. Duct tape works temporarily but a better solution is buying a good set of tools, caring for them and using them properly.
  14. Tools don’t know any better. Tools are used by one thing to act on another.
  15. The idea of tools has many connotations, some good, some bad, but all involve the tool being used.
  16. Like servants, man created tools to make their life easier. God didn’t make tools, to do good works, He doesn’t need them.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Patient Centered Care Revisited


Patient Centered Care is when the number of cars in the employee parking lot on Saturday and Sunday is the same as the number of cars in the employee parking lot on Monday through Friday.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Pracice Changes and Staffing


Has your staffing changed to accommodate the amount of precautions required by the current flu epidemics?

Monday, November 2, 2009

Not Just the Docs



Most formal research centers on intimidating and disruptive behaviors among physicians and nurses,

But evidence shows these behaviors occur among other health care professionals: pharmacists, therapists, and support staff, as well as among administrators.

Source: The Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert Issue 40