LO> CYA is the name of the game in the medical field.
LO>If EMT's are allowed to initiate IV access, why not begin an IV
LO>Lactated Ringer's ?
->
GS>Lou, what a sad commentary, all the more so because it is becoming
GS>more and more true everyday. I always thought that the name of the
GS>game was doing the right thing for the patient. CYA is a matter of
GS>doing the right thing for yourself at the best, and doing the right
GS> thing for risk management at worst. The result is much unneccesary
GS> "treatment" of patients.
Gary:
    Hippocratic oaths are taken, traditionally, by physicians. Doing the
right thing for the patient, Gary, doesn't mean much if you violated
protocols or if you don't protect yourself in writing. In nursing school
they teach "if it was written, it wasn't done" - THAT, Gary is CYA.
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