Re: Post-ERCP good news! And a staffing/protocol question

[Guest guest]

Colleen -

Congratulations on your great news!

Regarding the Access Nurse - "BSN-RN" is an RN with a Bachelor of Science degree. He may be a case manager for the hospital or physician group who does help with patient follow-up and coordination of care. Sometimes an RN is employed specifically to do telephone triage/answer phone calls and help coordinate with the doctors and give lab/test results.

I work with case managers all the time and they are very helpful. The nurses get to know patients and their caregivers and provide support to them, plus keep the physicians (or me the nurse practitioner) informed with details we may not be aware of. The nurse can be very helpful to get you information or help you get scheduled for an appointment, etc - I would keep his name and number!

Call him back tomorrow and ask what he does. I'd be interested to know too!

Take care.

Joanne H

(, Ca., mom of 17, UC/PSC 2-06)

The person who called me is a BSN-RN ...title:"Access Nurse - MGH GI AssociatesPancreas and Biliary Program"

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[Guest guest]

Colleen -

Congratulations on your great news!

Regarding the Access Nurse - "BSN-RN" is an RN with a Bachelor of Science degree. He may be a case manager for the hospital or physician group who does help with patient follow-up and coordination of care. Sometimes an RN is employed specifically to do telephone triage/answer phone calls and help coordinate with the doctors and give lab/test results.

I work with case managers all the time and they are very helpful. The nurses get to know patients and their caregivers and provide support to them, plus keep the physicians (or me the nurse practitioner) informed with details we may not be aware of. The nurse can be very helpful to get you information or help you get scheduled for an appointment, etc - I would keep his name and number!

Call him back tomorrow and ask what he does. I'd be interested to know too!

Take care.

Joanne H

(, Ca., mom of 17, UC/PSC 2-06)

The person who called me is a BSN-RN ...title:"Access Nurse - MGH GI AssociatesPancreas and Biliary Program"

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[Guest guest]

>

> The person who called me is a BSN-RN, and his business card has the following

for a

job

> title:

>

> " Access Nurse - MGH GI Associates

> Pancreas and Biliary Program "

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Well ...... having recently spent entirely too much time in Club Med, I can't

help myself.

I think we all know what BS is and I know that I had a few RNs who

seemed to

specialize in distributing quantities of BS to any patient who had the audacity

to ask a

question or point out an error (ie: " Wait! You can't piggyback an

antibiotic on my

potassium!!!!! " .... or .... " Why is there a pill in the bottom of my dose of

liquid meication?

" )

But I hnestly hadn't realized that they are now recognizing a BSN-RN as a new

specialty!

[Forgive me, folks! It's after midnight and I've been gulping massive

quantities of liquid all

day in the faint hope that they can get an IV started for tomorrow's MRI. I'm a

little

punchy!]

Regards,

Carolyn B. in SC

[Guest guest]

>

> The person who called me is a BSN-RN, and his business card has the following

for a

job

> title:

>

> " Access Nurse - MGH GI Associates

> Pancreas and Biliary Program "

========================

Well ...... having recently spent entirely too much time in Club Med, I can't

help myself.

I think we all know what BS is and I know that I had a few RNs who

seemed to

specialize in distributing quantities of BS to any patient who had the audacity

to ask a

question or point out an error (ie: " Wait! You can't piggyback an

antibiotic on my

potassium!!!!! " .... or .... " Why is there a pill in the bottom of my dose of

liquid meication?

" )

But I hnestly hadn't realized that they are now recognizing a BSN-RN as a new

specialty!

[Forgive me, folks! It's after midnight and I've been gulping massive

quantities of liquid all

day in the faint hope that they can get an IV started for tomorrow's MRI. I'm a

little

punchy!]

Regards,

Carolyn B. in SC

[Guest guest]

Carolyn -

Good luck with your MRI! At least tonight's fluids will have traversed your bladder before you arrive for the MRI. It would be really hard to lie still for an MRI with an over full bladder.

Take care.

Joanne H

Aw, gee, Joanne! I liked my explanation lots better! LOL!!Carolyn B. in SC

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[Guest guest]

Thanks Joanne!

I was relieved, as I didn't even know they had been successful with taking

brushings.

Now, I knew what the BSN - RN stood for, but really, is there any other way to

become an RN

without first getting a BSN??? I realize that there used to be programs in

hospitals whereby

women became nurses -- a great aunt went to St. Raphael's Hospital in New Haven,

CT a

million years ago. The designation threw me, as it seemed redundant.

Regards,

Colleen