How do we ensure that our labs get drawn correctly? This is a nursing paperwork oversight?
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First of all, there is usually a check-list of the labs that need to be drawn.  A list has been generated of all the patients names and what labs they have been ordered to have drawn by the physician.  Lab blood vials are also provided with that data on it.  If a nurse is to draw labs (this is not very often, usually the lab tech comes and does sticks) through an existing Midline or other similar IV site, she could have an actual list she needs to reference and after the labs are drawn she could be required to initial/date/time the master list about what was drawn and when it was drawn.\n\nBefore the lab specimen tubes are taken, a second nurse could double check that all the vials have been drawn and the sheet initialed a second time.\n\nI don't know if this helps you because I am not sure this is even what you were asking.
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This letter could mean that not enough cells were obtained for a good test.  Please don't worry too much if it didn't say anything about abnormal cells.  Bad tests can happen.....it stinks, but it is a medical reality.
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It's best to use a book.  I suggest the book Fundamentals of Nursing.  Any author will do.
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i work in the healthcare field, and to the best of my knowledge, an employer can ask you to take a physical. however, i am pretty sure there would not be any blood testing. ive never encountered one. regardless, you are protected by federal law against discrimination of any kind in employment, so  if they did find out, and terminated you, or used that as an excuse to hire you in the first place, youve got yourself one hell of a case if you choose to sue.
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I suggest to call and make another appointment. That way you can be sure that somebody will make time for you. They will tell you at the call as well if you can complete this validation at normal office hours.
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I agree with the delivery room.  Perhaps also before urine tests that need to be extremely clear.  Maybe even for keeping clean after baby is born.
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OH NO DO NOT GO THRU THIS EVER AGAIN, SPEAK UP AND MAKE SURE ALL STAFF IS AWARE OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED!!!! I dont know all that they did but do u have a port? If you do did they clean it. Flush it etc. very important, believe it or not, but not all nurses are all that familiar with the proper procedure some will flush a port and do it wrong!!! I BEG U TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR ASAP, We tend to just trust r nurses and drs. but really we need to be just as informed ask questions, read up on your condition and treatment, and do not accept anything but the best medical care and always SPEAK UP!! This is your life, dont be scared or shy to ask questions etc. u may seem like a pest but u will get the best care and that is all that matters.
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You have to look at how long it takes the physician to fill out the insurance forms. I have seen it an hour to complete forms for claims or for authorization. The physician usually has to pull the patient's chart, review the entire history (which some patients have charts that are 2-3 inches thick), and the physician must be familiar with what procedures and/or medications have been tried for a patient's treatment. So, where does the physician "schedule" this form into his day? During office hours? He has to see patients during office hours. He could do it on lunch. Oh, yea, he is returning calls to patients, reviewing lab tests, calling or making rounds at the hospital during lunch. Before hours? That is usually the first round of hospital rounding... After office hours? He is most likely returning all of the patient's phone calls. Plus, the insurance company isn't open before and after office hours, so if he has a question on the form, he just has to wait til 8:00 next morning... Wow! No wonder the doctors are so busy! And don't forget all those other insurance forms that only take about 5 minutes to fill out.... what if they have 20 forms for the 20-30 patients they see in a day... and the hospital patients.... Whew! Glad I am not a physician! I wouldn't have the stamina!
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The doctor who ordered this blood test should be able to walk through this with you.  At the very least, there should be a nursing line that you can call and ask.  \n\nMost blood results I have received have shown right on the print out what is too low, too high, or within the normal range.  This is a good starting place, but anything abnormal should really be discussed with your healthcare practitioner.
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Its possible...I wouldnt worry too much, I would assume that the blood center who drew the blood tested it for a variety of dieases before they would hand it over to the hospital.
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every blOod work test is different.  Go to WEBMd, they have lots of links to instruct you.  I use an alternate, or blind web address, so that the insurance companies can't connect my inquiries to future applications for life, or health insurance.  AND THEY DO
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It is best to see your primary care physician or healthcare worker. It is not good to get medical advice, such as this over the internet. You really need to get some labs drawn and get an individualized plan of care specific for you. Best of health.
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I work in a Medical Records department at a hospital and I've worked with a couple of people that went on to nursing or other medical or clerical work. Other departments there also may hire without experience. A knowledge of Medical Terminology, Anatomy & Physiology & Computers may help, but are not always required.  At our hospital there are doctor's offices that are owned by the hospital. Perhaps something like this setting would help you get your experience and also your foot in the door to other job openings. Good Luck!
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Are you looking to work there or place someone there.  Whatever state you are in you can look for state board of nursing.  If you are looking to place someone in a nursing home go visit don't just go by ratings.  Trust me please.  Things are not what you would expect.  The staff knows when the state comes in to inspect and the try to have everything ship shape.  I highly don't  recommend.  I know what goes on in there.
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Do a couple of surprise monitorings. Show them the new results and the results obtained when you were letting them know when the monitoring was being held. Explain that, if the new results are bad, your job is to report bad results. So you all have to work to get those reports up or else its out of your reach to stop any consecuences.
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Sadly, I don't have the answer to your question.  I'd be willing to forfeit some points just for being able to express my opinion, though.\n\nGotta' agree with pdsmonki0809; maybe you did consent to testing when you signed the admitting paperwork.  Seems like the kind of thing a hospital might do during admitting.  Can you review the documents you signed when you were admitted, by contacting the Records department of the hospital?\n\nMore importantly, what do you want the outcome of this to be?  Let's suppose it was illegal...then what?  Are you going to sue or file a complaint?  Anything you might want to do in response to the possible illegal testing process is only going to make the testing more public (perhaps not eleven o'clock news public, but certainly more people will know about it if you file a lawsuit or complaint against the staff).  \n\nYou've admitted right here that you have used meth so I'm not sure why you are objecting so much for the hospital staff that was treating you for a medical condition to conduct such a test.  It sounds like they respected your privacy insofar as they didn't discuss it with your husband present, so other than you just not wanting them to perform that test, where's the harm?\n\nSome would argue it was an invasion of your privacy.  Perhaps...but again, where's the harm other than you just not wanting it done?  Plenty of people would feel that it was wrong just because they felt it was wrong, and nobody here can tell you how you should feel about it.\n\nMaybe I do have an answer, after all.  Perhaps it *was* illegal.  Best way to find that out would be to call whoever it is that licenses hospitals in your state.  I'm sure there's some kind of Office of Governmental Oversight By People Who Have Nothing Better To Do, and they could tell you if what you're talking about was legal or not.  Also, perhaps it wasn't illegal, but maybe it was medically unethical.  Probably the same people above could tell you that.  You don't have to tell them who you are, just explain the circumstances and ask if the testing without your express consent was legal and/or ethical.  But I'd think you really would want to review your admitting paperwork before you start calling anyone.\n\nMight also be that the testing really was primarily to determine if you had an infection, and the drugs of abuse testing was incidental to that.  They might really have wanted to look for infections, but the lab might routinely do drug screening anytime they do any kind of testing (this seems unlikely to me, but I suppose it's possible).\n\nDid you ask the doctor how he/she had the right to do the test?  If not, why not ask him/her now?  Call and find out what they say.  Make your objection known, and politely ask for the authority the doctor relied on when he or she asked for the drug screen.  Might be educational just to hear what they have to say.\n\nKnow what's most important to me?  You using meth, even once.  And please don't be offended, but I have to question your "only once" assertion.  I'm just plain suspicious, frankly, because meth very often makes people distort the truth a little at times.  I can't imagine why a doctor would lecture you the way you're describing here if he believed that that you had only used once.  Perhaps the doctor or nurse saw something about you that makes them think you've used more than once, I don't know.  Maybe you've had other meth-positive results during tests at that hospital and the staff didn't talk to you about them at that time?\n\nI'm not judging you and I'm not calling you a liar by any means.  I hope you're telling the absolute truth here, and maybe you had a doctor who was a little out of bounds.  But I've been around that drug for too many years to not recognize the profound hold it can have on people and I just hope you're not one of them.  If you
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What kind of a pregnancy test?The apparatus you get from the pharmacy??If it's that one,dont trust it.If you had your blood checked in a hospital then relax.