MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'company nurse'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:55:42 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5125738&cid=t_231504_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-new-meaning-of-the-refrigerator-nurse%2F2011.08.13 Meet Nurse Prudence Perfect. She is the unit’s refrigerator nurse. It’s her job to make sure that everything is perfect and meets Joint Commission standards because you never know when the old JC will drop by for an unannounced visit. Insulin vials labeled and dated? Check. Refrigerator thermometer easily accessible and log up to date? Check. Hey, who put their lunch in here? There is to be no food in medication refrigerator! Prudence is gearing up. Stand by for one of her Joint Commission inservices. For you nursing history buffs, the term “refrigerator nurse” goes way back to a time when Prudence was a graduate nurse. The term was coined back when it only took one paycheck to support a family, and when nurses, typically women, quit working once they got married. A nurse who went... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5125738 Sat, 13 Aug 2011 12:00:50 +0100 5125738