u/Beginning_Fun_3913

My kids in public school are way behind and I'm beside myself with worry over their futures. I'm not in a good school district. I began looking into both moving to a better school district, and private school options. A close family member has offered to pay for the private school for me and my spouse so we could stay put. I was initially elated, but now I'm thinking this could become problematic. I've never accepted help financially as an adult or needed it. I feel ashamed that I'm unable to get my children what they need without depending on others. I do not want this person to resent me for putting them in this position. They are not really super wealthy. Just a high income earner.

So, this facility has had 2 (that I'm aware of) "serious safety events" related to delayed code blues on patients who were supposed to be on telemetry, but were not. At least one of the patients died. Policy states patients with tele orders are supposed to be on tele continuously, without exception.

However, when patients are boarded in the ER, admitted with no room, we do not place them on tele when they go for procedures, CT, MRI, etc. I am a med-surg nurse who floats to the ER to care for boarders, frequently. I have repeatedly brought up the concern that these patients go unmonitored and all I ever get in reply is "we're aware, it's a known issue and there's nothing we can do. You don't need to worry because the DON is aware"

Ok, but I signed off on this policy, and it does not have any written exception for ER boarders. Should I try to get something in writing?

I put a patient on a tele box the other day to go to CT bc he was admitted for SVT, and I didn't want him to go unmonitored. Everyone had an absolute fit about it, like I did the worst thing ever. The monitoring room would not allow the ER to confirm any more boxes until the patient returned, potentially causing other patients to be delayed getting to their rooms. I couldn't believe I caught hell for FOLLOWING POLICY and trying to ensure my patient was safe.