Sanity is madness put to good use. – George Santayana
Take Cover! JCAHO is in the House.
6Nov2008 Author: Mother Jones, RN
One of my coworkers said that it was like a scene out of the Wizard of Oz. The twister was coming and everyone was running for their lives. I’m really sorry that I missed JCAHO’s grand entrance into the Greatest Hospital in the World. Our unit was chaotic. It was filled with wild patients, and as always, we were understaffed. I heard that my boss called my other coworkers, begging them to come into work. They all declined her invitation. I guess my boss misplaced my home phone number. I never got a call. Maybe she was afraid that I might tell one of the inspectors about the JCAHO Readiness Swat Team, and what really happens on the unit.
Sometimes it pays to be a smarty-pants.
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Strong One
November 6th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
Ditto, ditto and ditto. I think every hospital I’ve worked for has there very same SWAT team… how ironic.
I always seem to miss the boat on the JCAHO-induced stress. If we do what we’re supposed to do every day, as part of our routine, then we won’t be running around like chickens with our head cut-off.
LOL
AzRN
November 6th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
my hope is that with jcaho making unannounced visits, the staffing ratios will go up at facilities. it just pisses me off how every facility is understaffed and/or the staffing matrix sucks. it would be great if every administrator had to spend 5 days as an inpt somewhere….
think it is pretty funny that you didn’t get called ;D
AzRN
November 6th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
or rather pt to rn ratios will go down…oops!!
laura
November 6th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Staffing ratios going up? Don’t count on it, you’ll just need to tap dance harder and faster for the assesser. I’m glad JCAHO is making surprise visits because the hysteria before an announced visit is pointless. Do we really think they are fooled?
laura
November 6th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
Bwah! I made the same Freudian slip! Down! Staffing ratios go down!
Awake In Rochester
November 7th, 2008 at 11:28 am
When the state visits it’s amazing how may workers are called in. Even the supervisors are out on the floor helping to feed the patients.
One of my pet peeves is the lack of time (& personnel) given to feed patients. Slow eaters slowly starve. The state never sees the truth.
Nurse K
November 8th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
I was selected by the regulators (8 people standing in a circle around me with clipboards) last time to answer an assload of trivia questions for like 10-15 minutes…I didn’t choke. *Whew* It’s really scary.
Carol
November 9th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
LOL If you think that’s bad wait till you see what happens when public health comes. I remember managers running to the parking lot with extra comodes and etc. They would store them in their cars until the inspection was over. The whole thing is such a joke.
Kelli Sapphire
November 24th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
That is very funny, I have always heard stories about JCAHO
Carol Newport
February 19th, 2010 at 3:48 pm
I need to get a high resolution copy of the wizard of oz pic you have posted. Could you tell me where you found it?
Mother Jones, RN
February 19th, 2010 at 9:28 pm
I snagged the image off the Internet after doing a Google image search. I couldn’t find a high resolution image when I was looking for one. Sorry.
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