Discuss ER Doctors and Lawsuit fears here

3 posts · started Jun 21, 2010

cougarnurse Jun 21, 2010, 2:17 PM

OK; so what all do you gotta say about this story? http://www.ultimatenurse.com/forum/f34/er-doctors-fear-lawsuits-lead-overtesting-92991/

nurserrebecca Jun 22, 2010, 1:10 AM

They say that prevention is better than cure, maybe this is the reason why there are many patients who take CT scan despite their doctor's advise to go home.

Truly,
nurserrebecca
Nurse and Hospital Stories

cougarnurse Jun 22, 2010, 1:27 AM

I recently read a story about the radiation from CAT scans. Wish I'd have posted it, now.

Somehow, am also thinking of 'ABT for every little sniffle'.