Comments on: Amanda Trujillo Update

By: Ric

Ric — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:54:44 +0000

Maybe you would like to see the report from the Arizona Board of Nursing. Sorry, but Ms Trujillo has problems!

http://www.mediafire.com/view/?x99vxbx2853uzxv

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:30:49 +0000

You should have a show on blog talk radio!

By: Betsy RN

Betsy RN — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:16:23 +0000

An issue I have not seen addressed is the waste of health care resources. If this patient had gone on with further evaluations and possibly have received a liver transplant, she would (by her own evaluation) have been overwhelmed with the aftercare. Chances are high that she would have rejected the transplant.

This would have been a waste of a liver (while so many people die waiting for a liver) and it would have been very expensive. I’m assuming that she has really good insurance.

It would have cost the patient time with her family as well as costing her the discomfort of having to endure painful and unpleasant procedures.

Even if the patient hadn’t been approved for a transplant, it would still have cost her valuable time and the healthcare system valuable resources during the evaluation process.

It is important for nurses to remain on the forefront of patient education and advocacy, because that education and advocacy is a major factor in determining patient outcomes in all fields of medicine.

By: Donna

Donna — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:53:01 +0000

Amanda,
I am with you, I understand what you did and why. Was faced many times in my career with doctors failing to inform patients or spottily advising them of what they were doing and the risks. I stood for the right and refused to prepare patients for surgery until said doctor did his job. They reacted in anger unfortunately, but did what they needed to do, and I guess I was “fortunate” that their temper tantrums were mild. What good is all the training/education we get if not to advocate for our patients, and to hold everyone accountable who cares for them? And where is the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in all of this? Are they not advocating for nurses to have more training to be on a par with physicians? I am appalled that the nursing powers that be, have not stepped up and wrapped their arms around you, Amanda, to tell the world that you are the kind of nurse they are educating, the kind of nurse we want to care for our sick, elderly, and those who are victims of health inequalities.
I will get on a soapbox here, so I will just end by saying, I am in your corner and will advocate for you wherever and whenever I can from my little corner of the world.
52 years of nursing – WA State.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 03:00:59 +0000

Dear Amanda,
If you’re reading these comments I just wanted to let you know that I really feel for you. I’m an RN too and it seems very clear to me that you absolutely did the best thing for your patient. It’s sad that the nursing board is acting the way it is. I wish that we could transform healthcare so that the patient comes first. Good luck and I hope everything works out well.

By: Green

Green — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 07:48:57 +0000

In the world of nursing, you hardly see a nursing manager willing to stand up for his/her employee when a nurse was not treated fairly. On top of that, so much other harrassments that nurses have to put up with. In Carl T. Hayden VA medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, nurses was notified via email that action would be taken if a nurse call in sick 2 days or more within 2 weeks. This means nurses are not allow to be sick for more than a day required by the a VA hospital run by the Federal government.

By: amanda trujillo

amanda trujillo — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:31:08 +0000

Got it. Thanks

By: Nurse K

Nurse K — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:21:33 +0000

Blog etiquette, my dear. Linky da post if you’re going to discuss it/rip it/be actively afraid of it, etc.

By: amanda trujillo

amanda trujillo — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:51:33 +0000

Yes, I am aware of that

By: Nurse K

Nurse K — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:25:19 +0000

An Unfortunate Case of Career Suicide For the record, that was my post.