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Would I Have To Wear A Hospital Gown During A Tonsillectomy?
Filed in The Category Pediatric Hospitals
Well i had an upper endoscopy done last week and i was put under, but they let me wear my own clothes…
now that was at a pediatric surgery center so is that why? or was it because it didnt really matter?
A lady that was giving us info about the surgery said to just wear something comfy. Does that mean that i wont have to change??
i really dont want to wear a gown lol
thanks
this is going to be at a Baylor hospital
thanks
Ok Question Plzz Answer!!!?
Filed in The Category Pediatric Associates
ok well i LOVE working with children,…i’ve volunteered at kindergarten classes ever since i was in 4th grade and today I just got hired at a pre-school as a teacher assistant. I’ve always wanted a career associated with children, but I can’t think of any that make good money. I just decided to take a child development course at the community college that i go to. I’m only 17 years old but I go to college because I graduated a year early. I’ve decided to be a pediatric dentist but I heard that u need to do two years of internship after dental school. What kind of internship? Does anyonee knoww??
How Much Do Pediatric Nurses Make Yearly?
Filed in The Category Pediatric Hospitals
I think I want to be a Pediatric nurse(the ones who work in the nursery at hospitals), but I’m not sure thow much they make. i still have a while to think about it but I was wondering.
Isn’t This Just One More Reason To Deport Illegals???they Are Using Money Meant For Legal Citizens!!!?
Filed in The Category Pediatric Associates
Hospitals: Aid to offset costs of immigrants is necessary
September 24, 2006
Jennifer C. Smith
Monitor Staff Writer
MISSION — Between 20 and 25 undocumented immigrants arrive each week for kidney dialysis at Mission Regional Medical Center’s emergency room.
“They have no way of paying for it, and in six months they rack up $750,000,” said Mitch Ladyman, the hospital’s trauma coordinator. “That’s just a number we’ll never get reimbursed.”
And while the federal government has a $1 billion federal program intended to help with unpaid hospital emergency care, a recent Associated Press report shows a large chunk of that money has gone uncollected by cash-strapped hospitals.
Federal officials can’t explain why overburdened communities have not grabbed the cash.
Nationally, only 15 percent of the money has been handed out three-quarters of the way through the program’s first year, according to the AP.
Texas as a whole is slated to receive almost $25 million for the 2006 fiscal year.
Rio Grande Valley hospital officials say they take whatever disbursement they can or risk cutting hospital services essential to the community.
“We’ve definitely applied for and have definitely gotten some of it,” said Dan McLean, CEO at South Texas Health Systems in McAllen, which includes McAllen Medical Center and Edinburg Regional Medical Center.
The health group has collected about $2.41 million since it filed its first claim for its five facilities in February 2006.
That may seem large, but in the last eight months alone, the hospitals have provided more than $118 million in uncompensated care, said hospital group spokeswoman Dalinda Guillen.
The $1 billion financial dispensation is through September 2008 and authorized under the 2003 Medicare law. Hospitals are paid a percentage of the ER costs on quarterly cycles, so they receive money six to nine months after the actual procedures.
Some hospitals are reluctant to apply for funds because they don’t want to do the paperwork, say hospital and public health officials. The government also trims submitted hospital bills and returns money based on costs, not on services provided.
Hospitals feel uncomfortable asking patients about their citizenship status.
“A lot of undocumented patients already don’t access care,” said Sonal Ambegaokar, a health policy attorney at the National Immigration Law Center, a non-partisan policy center that works with low-income immigrants based in Los Angeles.
“The few that go in, if they hear they are being asked about their immigration status, they’ll assume they’ll not be able to get care … that will affect the public health.”
Local hospitals dismiss the objections, noting the required paperwork is only two pages long and their employees are trained to sensitively ask questions.
“I understand the reluctance of a hospital that doesn’t see that many undocumented patients,” said Mission hospital Chief Financial Officer Randy Slack. “But when you’re treating a number of undocumented patients, it’s worth your while to go through all the hoops and troubles to get partial reimbursements.”
Mission’s hospital has also received a “six-figure amount,” he said.
“It covers cost of supplies and labor, operations to treat those patients who are undocumented,” Slack said. “If money went away, we might have to find other areas to cut to keep bottom line balanced.”
For South Texas Health Systems, the trauma room or pediatric ICU unit could become financial casualties if it continues to lose money through uncollected ER care, McLean said.
How Can I Get In The Hospital On Purpuse?
Filed in The Category Pediatric Hospitals
I have been wanting to go to the hospital…not in an emo or mental way, its just like my need. I have gone to the hospital on March 17, 2009, i went to the ER but just stayed a few hours. I need to stay at lest a week. I dont want to die so something that wont kill me!! An I would like to get out of the emergency room and onto a Pediatric Floor.
How Do I Become A Pediatric Nurse?
Filed in The Category Pediatric Nursing
i want to be those nurses who kids go to for physical check ups, not the ones that save lives on the surgery tables or anything like that.
do i major in RN ? if so, what do i do afterwards ? are there special classes for pediatric nursing? Help!
Isn’t This Just One More Reason To Deport Illegals???they Are Using Money Meant For Legal Citizens!!!?
Filed in The Category Pediatric Associates
Hospitals: Aid to offset costs of immigrants is necessary
September 24, 2006
Jennifer C. Smith
Monitor Staff Writer
MISSION — Between 20 and 25 undocumented immigrants arrive each week for kidney dialysis at Mission Regional Medical Center’s emergency room.
“They have no way of paying for it, and in six months they rack up $750,000,” said Mitch Ladyman, the hospital’s trauma coordinator. “That’s just a number we’ll never get reimbursed.”
And while the federal government has a $1 billion federal program intended to help with unpaid hospital emergency care, a recent Associated Press report shows a large chunk of that money has gone uncollected by cash-strapped hospitals.
Federal officials can’t explain why overburdened communities have not grabbed the cash.
Nationally, only 15 percent of the money has been handed out three-quarters of the way through the program’s first year, according to the AP.
Texas as a whole is slated to receive almost $25 million for the 2006 fiscal year.
Rio Grande Valley hospital officials say they take whatever disbursement they can or risk cutting hospital services essential to the community.
“We’ve definitely applied for and have definitely gotten some of it,” said Dan McLean, CEO at South Texas Health Systems in McAllen, which includes McAllen Medical Center and Edinburg Regional Medical Center.
The health group has collected about $2.41 million since it filed its first claim for its five facilities in February 2006.
That may seem large, but in the last eight months alone, the hospitals have provided more than $118 million in uncompensated care, said hospital group spokeswoman Dalinda Guillen.
The $1 billion financial dispensation is through September 2008 and authorized under the 2003 Medicare law. Hospitals are paid a percentage of the ER costs on quarterly cycles, so they receive money six to nine months after the actual procedures.
Some hospitals are reluctant to apply for funds because they don’t want to do the paperwork, say hospital and public health officials. The government also trims submitted hospital bills and returns money based on costs, not on services provided.
Hospitals feel uncomfortable asking patients about their citizenship status.
“A lot of undocumented patients already don’t access care,” said Sonal Ambegaokar, a health policy attorney at the National Immigration Law Center, a non-partisan policy center that works with low-income immigrants based in Los Angeles.
“The few that go in, if they hear they are being asked about their immigration status, they’ll assume they’ll not be able to get care … that will affect the public health.”
Local hospitals dismiss the objections, noting the required paperwork is only two pages long and their employees are trained to sensitively ask questions.
“I understand the reluctance of a hospital that doesn’t see that many undocumented patients,” said Mission hospital Chief Financial Officer Randy Slack. “But when you’re treating a number of undocumented patients, it’s worth your while to go through all the hoops and troubles to get partial reimbursements.”
Mission’s hospital has also received a “six-figure amount,” he said.
“It covers cost of supplies and labor, operations to treat those patients who are undocumented,” Slack said. “If money went away, we might have to find other areas to cut to keep bottom line balanced.”
For South Texas Health Systems, the trauma room or pediatric ICU unit could become financial casualties if it continues to lose money through uncollected ER care, McLean said.
Do I Need To Take This Program To Become A Pediatric Nurse?
Filed in The Category Pediatric Hospitals
There is a pediatric nursing program at the university and I am currently in my 3rd year in the regular nursing program. The pediatric program requires a bachelor in nursing first though. I want to be a pediatric nurse but don’t want to take that program. I want to be a nurse at the local children’s hospital but not sure is it required that I take that program first.
Should I Persue Both Degrees In College?
Filed in The Category Pediatric Associates
I have just enetered the nursing program for my associates degree for my RN. I have already completed part of the course work but have about two and a half years left I take only 12 credits at a time to avoid the extra stress I previously was majoring in Child and family studies but like many of us know there isn’t much money in the field. My question is should i still persue both degrees? I am half way done with my associates in CFS. I plan on becomming a pediatric nurse. Would it be beneficial to finish my associates in Child and family studies along with the nursing or would it just be a waste of time?
What Are The Advantages And Disadvantages Of A Pediatric Nurse?
Filed in The Category Pediatric Nursing
I’m doing a report on pediatric nursing and i cant find anything off the internet. Help?
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