[outlaw]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

How could they--the bureaucrats don't even know what is going on with themselves.

From your link:

"There are 68,000 billing codes under the new ICD-10 system, as opposed to a paltry 13,000 under the current ICD-9. The expansive diagnostic codes, intended to smooth billing processes and assist in population health and cost reduction across the healthcare delivery system"

So just how does this monstrosity "smooth" billing, "assist in population health" and bring "cost reduction"????? It's just Washingtonspeak for dreaming up crap that will have the opposite effect of the stated goal

Big government bad; small government good. Always. No exceptions.

[kittygilchrist]

Originally Posted by inthemindofanurse

What happened to people taking pride in their work? What happened to people wanting to learn? I am so disheartened by today's society I have been noticing people at work cutting corners and just not seeming to care about things. I have heard "that's not my patient" too many times to count. I hear people tell patients "I don't know" quite often. I watched a girl put her deodorant on in the middle of the office, in the middle of rooming patients. Where did TEAMWORK go? I thought when someone didn't know something that was part of their job, they learned. What happened to being/acting professional at work? I had a meeting with my boss and brought to his attention that things weren't being done they way we were trained and it was making the whole office look bad (ex: pt was diagnosed with breast cancer while up north for the season, we have seen her twice since then, and it's still not documented in the chart) <---- this is just an example! The response I got has now got me wondering why I even try? If the boss doesn't care why should I? Why do I stress myself out to do everything to the best of my ability when nobody else around me is? What's the point? I mean, even on here...I tried to get on here and help people and I got people who were just so negative and hateful (Not all of you!, please know that I do acknowledge those who appreciated what I was trying to do) I feel like everybody has got the mindset of just doing enough to get by. Do just enough work to not get fired. Learn just enough about my health that I don't kill myself by mistake. I just want to give up To make it worse, I see/hear patients say how wonderful their nurse is because she was so sweet and chatty and smiley. Yet, that was the same nurse who didn't take the time to document in your chart that you got a flu shot, who was too busy on facebook to send in that prescription you asked for. Then there is me: who is kind and welcoming but more professional, focused, and concerned about making sure all the i's are dotted and the T's crossed. I am so upset at the society I have brought a child into.

If you are working among peers below your best level, consider getting a higher education.

[CFrance]

"Then there is me: who is kind and welcoming but more professional, focused, and concerned about making sure all the i's are dotted and the T's crossed."

Perhaps if that self-opinion is "over-shown" at work, that could be the problem. Perhaps if you are so dissatisfied with your colleagues, you should change workplaces. Those of us who did not receive former posts kindly did not like being lectured to. The way one words something can do wonders toward its acceptance.

I object to your blanket accusation. For example, our kids work their Aspinwalls off. I know many other people who do also. My husband mentors many of them for SCORE.

[Bonny]

I never appreciate advice from anyone who considers themselves far more superior than everyone else. That tends to make me think they aren't necessarily caring people.
Thank goodness I was always lucky to work with many intelligent caring people.
If I had a job where I felt everyone was beneath me, I would have quit and got another job.
Most of us have led good lives to get us to where we are and have a good amount of common sense. We definitely didn't just fall off a turnip truck.
Advice goes a lot further from someone who isn't bad mouthing everyone else.
Just sayin'. Just my opinion.

[tomwed]

Originally Posted by Bonny

I never appreciate advice from anyone who considers themselves far more superior than everyone else. That tends to make me think they aren't necessarily caring people.
Thank goodness I was always lucky to work with many intelligent caring people.
If I had a job where I felt everyone was beneath me, I would have quit and got another job.
Most of us have led good lives to get us to where we are and have a good amount of common sense. We definitely didn't just fall off a turnip truck.
Advice goes a lot further from someone who isn't bad mouthing everyone else.
Just sayin'. Just my opinion.

If you ask me turnip trucks have a bad reputation and should be taken off the road. They are probably made by Volkswagen.

[Bonny]

Originally Posted by tomwed

If you ask me turnip trucks have a bad reputation and should be taken off the road. They are probably made by Volkswagen.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by tomwed

If you ask me turnip trucks have a bad reputation and should be taken off the road. They are probably made by Volkswagen.

Is that why they all smell?

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by CFrance

Is that why they all smell?

I WISH you wouldn't say things like that. My entire family arrived on a turnip truck. Except for Aunt Bessie. She took the bus.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

I WISH you wouldn't say things like that. My entire family arrived on a turnip truck. Except for Aunt Bessie. She took the bus.

Poor Aunt Bessie had had enough!

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

I WISH you wouldn't say things like that. My entire family arrived on a turnip truck. Except for Aunt Bessie. She took the bus.

Did grandma ride in a rocking chair on top of the jalopy?

[dbussone]

Originally Posted by CFrance

Is that why they all smell?

Hey. Hey. VW diesels may stink but don't throw all diesels under Aunt Bessie's bus. I happen to have one that does not smell - and MB did not cheat. Used a totally different method that involved turnips.

By the way, I really like turnip, especially in a slow cooker with pot roast. So no more bad things should be said about turnips or I will notify VET - Villagers Eating Turnips.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by dbussone

Hey. Hey. VW diesels may stink but don't throw all diesels under Aunt Bessie's bus. I happen to have one that does not smell - and MB did not cheat. Used a totally different method that involved turnips.

By the way, I really like turnip, especially in a slow cooker with pot roast. So no more bad things should be said about turnips or I will notify VET - Villagers Eating Turnips.

We can always count on you or Tomwed for a good culinary suggestion! (I ate a whole butternut squash by myself this week.)

[tomwed]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

Did grandma ride in a rocking chair on top of the jalopy?

This one's for you.

A guy walks into the doctor's office. A banana stuck in one of his ears, a turnip in the other ear, and a carrot stuck in one nostril. The man says, "Doc, this is terrible. What's wrong with me?" The doctor says, "Well, first of all, you need to eat more sensibly."
[in New Jersey I tell it a little differently]

[dbussone]

Originally Posted by CFrance

We can always count on you or Tomwed for a good culinary suggestion! (I ate a whole butternut squash by myself this week.)

And the acorn squash is also very good right now.

[Bonny]

Originally Posted by dbussone

And the acorn squash is also very good right now.

I baked a yummy acorn squash the other night of course with butter & brown sugar. It was sooooo good !