Dear all I acnnot see that any one can LEGISLATE about how, through what medium - any professional can give advice?? I suspect some hospital or board some where has recommended caution or a hospital has said their staff are not to give advice over the phone. Personally and prfessionally the whole approach to advice needs tidying up in that too often most of what is said whether in person or via some media is opinion, hospital dogma, protocol or practice! NOT based on research or grounded in the concept of informed consent ie all sides offered with suport of the consumer making their own decision about how to act!!
Denise ----- Original Message ----- From: "alan trewern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Carole Gilmour" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2001 8:55 AM Subject: Re: Phone advice > Dear Carole, > I haven't heard about not being able to give phone > advice and we do , particularly in birth suite as you say. We either write > it directly into the womans notes if we have them in the 36+ weeks box or > into a outpatient/phone calls book. In the postnatal ward we also offer the > mums (particularly short stay who go onto visiting midwifery programme) the > ward number in case they need to talk to someone overnight, before next m/w > visit. I'd be very interested to know if this is illegal. > > Linda > ----------------------------------------------------- > Click here for Free Video!! > http://www.gohip.com/free_video/ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Carole Gilmour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 1:28 PM > Subject: Phone advice > > > > Does anyone on the list know about the legalities of giving advice over > the > > phone? Apparently changes were made last year (who by I don't know nurses > > board I presume) whereby nurses are no longer allowed to give advice over > > the phone even if recording it in a book. All phone advice books have > been > > removed from emergency depts etc. > > As midwives we have several areas where we frequently give phone advice > and > > keep a book of calls and advice given. the most obvious one being in the > > birthing unit for women who think they may be in labour. > > Questions- > > Has anyone else heard about this ruling? > > Has anyone in midwifery units been affected by this ruling? > > Are all you midwives who give phone advice still keeping records? > > > > thanks > > Carole > > > > -- > > This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > > Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. > > -- > This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
