Law of heredity
Many parents out there would agree there are few things more challenging than being a parent.
There are also few things more rewarding.
Since children do not come with an instruction book, we are poorly prepared for the task.
You will always find some helpful comments and here are a few.
• The law of heredity states that all undesirable traits come from the other parent
• You don't need a remote control for your television; if you have children, the chances of controlling anything are already remote.
• If you don't want your children to know what you are saying, pretend you are talking to them.
• More ominous than the sound of an approaching riot is the sound of children suddenly quiet.
• A quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson; “There never was a child so lovely but his mother was not glad to see him asleep."
• If your wife doesn't treat you as she should, be thankful
posted by Anonymous at 6:08 AM
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Lets get this party started again. Hospital trying to save money, but post for another Director position that was efficiently being handled by another director with dual responsibilities, plus they created another Managers position in HIM? Maybe if the HIM director and the E/R Manager actually worked they would not have to create other positions.
Back to the lab issue - specifically lawguy and Mattspoppy - I find it unbelievable that people cite things as "proof" when they have no idea what they are talking about. As far as JCAHO goes, they have been around for awhile and were once the ONLY accreditation group. It is definitely not what people think it is. HFAP accreditation (which Floyd has) is MUCH harder to obtain than JHACO is and other hospitals are turning to them as well (i.e., Harrison County Hospital). Why? Because JCAHO is now the "bully" on the block and they have gotten to be unreasonable to deal with. First, they charge thousands of dollars more than other groups. Well, I could go and on here but before you go around bashing our lab, take a look at the SPECIFIC things we were cited for. Namely, that we did not have techs that were "cytology" certified or some bullshit looking at our slides. No, we had DOCTORS reviewing our slides. I would much rather have a Pathologist who has been to medical school evaluating my sample as opposed to a tech with a short course in "cytology". Does this seem reasonable to you? We were also cited for not meeting "current" standards, however, these "standards" were changed AFTER our lab had been evaluated! Does this make sense? When Floyd tried to negotiate with these people, of course they wanted more money and were being unreasonable so Floyd decided to go with a different accreditation group whose standards were actually much higher. Check out HFAP compared to JCAHO and see what you find. Do your homework before bashing the lab. I would put our lab up against ANY OTHER LAB IN THIS AREA. By the way, you can probably get the full unadulterated report from administration on the specific things and what Floyd did to rectify them.
An interesting post above, and I for one appreciate the insight into the lab.
I didnt bash the lab. Others might have been critical, but not me....just so we're to be clear when you're naming names and suggesting who is talking out of turn.
To the contrary, I simply raised the question why FMH didnt have JCAHO accredidation. That fact is true. "Proof" as you might say.
As for the reasons why the accredidation was lost, I know not, nor did I speculate.
It does seem interesting, however, that FMH sought JCAHO's nod of approval, until such time as the accrediation was lost. Now, everyone wants to suggest its not that big a deal. It was obviously important enough that FMH sought & obtained such accredidation previously, and even appealed the revocation. Now we're supposed to believe its overrated? Hmmmm....
Dont let the oomments that HFAP is harder of a accreditation that JCAHO. I was part of the accredidation process at Floyd for both FCAHO and HFAP. HFAP was MUCH and I repeat MUCH more easier to accomidate that JCAHO. Whomever tells you otherwise, is really not part of the process. JCAHO is much more in depth that HFAP. JCAHO is also fair, otherwise you would see many more hospitals jump ship to HFAP. The fact is FMHHS is one of a few in the state of Indana. I really would not use Harrison County Hospital as your flagship example of another facility that uses HFAP. Harrison County has it own set of problems with Mismanagement at the Administration and Upper Management Level. Just keep on making excuses, if it makes you feel better.
I'm sorry, I arrived late and apparently missed something. Just where in this post is a lab mentioned?
Anyway,HB I'm the proud father of two grown (thankfully), healthy young men who are doing their part to contribute to society on their own (finally)!
You are correct. There is no instruction book and there is NOTHING that can prepare one for the the visit to the pediatrician where he tells you that your 1st born needs to IMMEDIATLY go to the Norton's Childrens Heart Clinic.
Do not pass go, do not collect $200, go directly to the clinic.
Turns out his arteries were all plumbed into one side and a hole had developed between the upper two chambers to compensate. That worked fine at birth, but as he gained weight & body mass, the heart could not keep up.
This was in 1979. Thanks to the Norton's staff for putting up with me for over a month and the talent of Dr. Allen Lansing, he is getting married next month to his beloved who just recently arrived from her birthplace, Moscow, Russia.
By the way, after the fact, Dr. Lansing told us that he had never before operated on a heart that small. Thanks doc, I really needed to know that!
Yeah, being a parent is a trip, but with a little luck, your kids will survive it.
dispite helping to raise my 5 younger siblings I was unprepared when having 2 of my own. I used to laugh at my brothers when they came in bloody from falling or fighting but a small cut above my sons eye freaked me out enough to call an ambulance. (turned out he only needed a butterfly bandaid.)
"Prayers and patience" is the advice my mother gave me when asking how she raised 10.
Jack McCloskey Rules
Who is Jack McKloskey?
He is the puppet master.
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