August 10, 2020 Comprehensive Transplant Center Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center To the Ohio State University Comprehensive Transplant Center: We need to share with you directly a significant concern we have about patient care in the Comprehensive Transplant Center. Prior to COVID, it was normal for many Transplant Coordinators to need to work …
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Ask Nurse Jesse: Category A and Covid-19
Anonymous Nurse: The COVID era seems like a great time to complete my update for Cat A OH law. What are the relevant parts for COVID-related practice, & are there CEs available? Nurse Jesse: Thank you for submitting your question! All of our Category A (Nursing law and rules) courses are listed here. Just so …
Ask Nurse Jesse: LPNs and Pressure Ulcers
Anonymous Nurse: Can an LPN stage pressure ulcers? Nurse Jesse: Great question! According to the Ohio Board of Nursing: “The response to your question depends upon what is meant by “staging the wound.” Section 4723.01(F), ORC defines the practice of nursing as a LPN and includes “providing to individuals and groups nursing care requiring the application …
Ask Nurse Jesse: Preceptor Qualifications
Anonymous Nurse: I heard there might be a new rule regarding preceptor qualifications. Is this true? Nurse Jesse: Yes! The rule on preceptor qualifications, 4723-5-10 5(b) of the Ohio Administrative Code (OAC), had proposed change during the rule-review this year. There was a Public Hearing held at the Ohio Board of Nursing on Wednesday November …
Ohio Nurses Association Files Injunction to Stop Closure of Ashtabula Obstetrics Birthing Unit
The civil action filed against Ashtabula County Medical Center cites discrimination against women, violations of the labor agreement with the nurses ASHTABULA, Ohio – The Ohio Nurses Association (ONA) filed a federal civil complaint, including a request for an emergency injunction, against the Ashtabula County Medical Center (ACMC) to prevent the imminent closure of ACMC’s …
OB Nurse Speaks Out About ACMC OB Closure
With real-life experience and mounds of research, Heather Virant, an OB nurse at ACMC, is speaking out about the risks associated with closing Ashtabula’s OB unit: Just under a week ago, the staff at Ashtabula County Medical Center learned that as of August 1st our Labor and Delivery unit would be permanently closing. This …
Ohio Nurses Mourn the Passing of Nurse’s Legislator of the Year Representative Don Manning
Ohio Nurses Mourn the Passing of Nursing’s Legislator of the Year Representative Don Manning COLUMBUS – The Ohio Nurses Association (ONA) is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Representative Don Manning, ONA’s Legislator of the Year and sponsor of House Bill 144. “Yesterday, Ohio nurses lost a true ally for our profession. Representative …
ODJFS Implements Emergency Child Care Measures during COVID-19 Pandemic for Healthcare Workers
The following press release was issued by ODJFS on March 17, 2020: ODJFS Implements Emergency Child Care Measures during COVID-19 Pandemic COLUMBUS, OHIO – Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) Director Kim Hall announced emergency action today to provide child care to families where parents work in the health, safety, …
The YON & Workplace Violence: 3 Things to Consider
By Jessica Dzubak, MSN, RN With all of the Year of the Nurse (YON) celebrations, we cannot forget the violence that nurses are being subjected to across the nation. Nurses indeed should be celebrated for the good work that they do, but tolerating violent assaults should not be part of that work. With that, we …
The 5 W’s of the Year of the Nurse and Midwife
Brittany Turner, MSN, RN – Blog contributor, Nurse Planner at ONA If you haven’t heard, 2020 has been dubbed the Year of the Nurse and Midwife by the World Health Organization (WHO). Wahoo, we earned it nurses! You might be thinking, ‘so what?’ While there’s no doubt that nurses and midwives should be praised highly …