Re: Fatigue in Medicare Care = Errors

On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 23:57:11 GMT, "George Conklin"
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>"Bettina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> "George Conklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> > "Bettina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> > > "George Conklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> > > > While physicians seem to thin 36-hour shifts are just fine for them,
>a
>> > > > national report shows the obvious:  when nurses work over 12 hours,
>> >  errors
>> > > > increase sharply.
>> > > >
>> > > >  To reduce "error-producing fatigue," the report said, state
>officials
>> > > > should prohibit nurses from working more than 12 hours in any
>24-hour
>> >  period
>> > > > or more than 60 hours a week.
>> > > >
>> > > > The article goes on to say:
>> > > >  But Dr. William C. Rupp, a member of the panel who is president of
>a
>> >  Mayo
>> > > > Health System hospital in Mankato, Minn., said, "Virtually every
>other
>> > > > industry in the country pays more attention to fatigue than we do."
>> > > >
>> > > > Pamela Thompson, chief executive of the American Organization of
>Nurse
>> > > > Executives, a subsidiary of the American Hospital Association, said
>it
>> >  was
>> > > > "an accepted practice" for nurses to work 12-hour shifts.
>> > > >
>> > > >  Ada Sue Hinshaw, a panel member who is dean of the School of
>Nursing at
>> >  the
>> > > > University of Michigan, said: "The fatigue effects are the same.
>Medical
>> > > > errors start climbing after 12 hours of work."
>> > > >
>> > > >    And now we don't we see that medical residents make errors too
>when
>> >  they
>> > > > get tired, and stop the fraternity hazing traditions of staying up
>all
>> > > > night?
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Nobody should work overtime if they are fatigued, but what about the
>> > > many nurses who want to work overtime because they get time and a half
>> > > or double time?
>> > >
>> > > Bettina
>> >
>> >   That does not mean they are not tired and therefore make errors.
>>
>>
>> So Herman, you believe that there should be regulations and
>> legislation that makes it impossible for nurses who want to work
>> overtime to do so?
>> Bettina
>
>  Truck drivers have to keep logs and stop work before they become a threat
>to others due to fatigue.  It is amazing that those in the
>military-industrial complex have messiah complex which state they don't get
>tired and kill people, just like truck drivers do.
>

What do truck drivers and military people have to do with nurses
workign forced OT, Georgie?

pixie