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Your E-mail
(A copy of the completed form will automatically be sent to the e-mail address you enter)
Your Hospital
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Abbott Joint Venture
Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Avera Marshall Regional Medical Center
Buffalo Hospital
Cambridge Medical Center
CentraCare Health System - Melrose
Children's Hospital - Minneapolis
Children's Hospital - St. Paul
Chippewa County-Montevideo Hospital
Clearwater Health Services - LPNs
Clearwater Health Services - RNs
Clearwater Home Health Care
Colonial Manor Nursing Home
Community Memorial Hospital
Cook County North Shore Hospital
Cook Hospital
Crow Wing County Public Health
Dakota County Public Health
Deer River Health Care Center
Douglas County Hospital
Douglas County Public Health
Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital
Fairview Lakes Medical Center
Fairview Northland Medical Center
Fairview Range Regional Health Services
Fairview Red Wing Medical Center
Fairview Riverside Campus
Fairview Southdale
Fairview U of M Campus
FirstLight Health System
Grace Healthcare of River Falls, WI
Grand Itasca Clinic
Grand Itasca Hospital
HealthEast - Bethesda Hospital
HealthEast - Home Care
HealthEast - St. John's Hospital
HealthEast - St. Joseph's Hospital
Hennepin County Medical Center
Hudson Hospital
Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital
Lake Region Healthcare
Lake View Memorial Hospital
Lakeshore - Ecumen Nursing Home
Marshalltown Medical and Surgical Center
Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea
Mayo Clinic Health System - Austin
Mayo Clinic Health System - Fairmont
Mayo Clinic Health System - Lake City
Mayo Clinic Health System - Mankato
Mayo Clinic Health System - Waseca
Medformation
Meeker Memorial Hospital
Mercy Hospital
Mercy Hospital - Moose Lake
Methodist Hospital
Mille Lacs County
Miller-Dwan Medical Center
Murray County Medical Center
New River Medical Center
New Ulm Medical Center
North Memorial Health Care
Owatonna Hospital
Perham Health and Perham Living
Phillips Eye Institute
Pipestone County Medical Center
Rainy Lake Medical Center
Regina Medical Center
Rice County District One Hospital
Rice County Public Health
Rice Memorial Hospital
River Falls Area Hospital
Riverwood Healthcare Center
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center
Sanford Medical Thief River Falls
Sanford Regional Hospital - Worthington
Spencer Hospital
St. Francis Regional Medical Center
St. Gabriel's Hospital
St. Joseph's Area Health Services
St. Joseph's Medical Center (Brainerd)
St. Luke's Hospital
St. Mary's Hospice (Duluth)
St. Mary's Hospital LPNs (Superior)
St. Mary's Hospital RNs (Superior)
St. Mary's Medical Center (Duluth)
State of Minnesota
Stearns County
Stevens Community Medical Center
U of M Direct Pay
United Hospital
Unity Hospital
University of Minn.
Virginia Regional Medical Center
Winona Health
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PACU
Peds ICU
Peds Med/Surg
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Number of Staff Necessary (if further explanation needed)
Was the Unit Staffing Tool (Acuity/Grid/Matrix) Followed?
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Action Taken (Select as many as apply)
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Called Supervisors (Repeatedly if Necessary)
Closed the Unit
Refused Unsafe Assignment
Started a petition
Other Action Taken
Action Taken (Select as many as apply) Other Action Taken
Name of Supervisor Contacted
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Management Response (Select as many as apply)
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Added more staff in a timely fashion
Ignored calls/no answer
Refused to accept Unit Closure
Other Management Response
Management Response (Select as many as apply) Other Management Response
In your opinion, did the action(s) you took with management lead to a successful resolution of this unsafe staffing situation?
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Yes
No
(For example, a successful resolution might be that management responded to your action by adding more staff in a timely fashion, thus alleviating the unsafe staffing situation.)
Degree of Patient Safety Risk (in your professional opinion as a Registered Nurse)
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Moderate
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Extreme
What made this Staffing Situation Unsafe? (in your professional opinion as a Registered Nurse) (Select as many as apply)
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Patient Acuity
Nursing Intensity
Unit Activity (Admission, Discharge, Transfer)
Skill Mix/Experience
Lack of Ancillary Staff Help
Detailed Explanation of Unsafe Situation and/or Successful Resolution (For HIPAA purposes and your own protection, DO NOT include or attach any patient identification.)
(NOTE: The detailed explanation/narrative you write in this box will NOT be included on the hard copy of the form that you can print off and share with your supervisor after you hit "Submit." However, the detailed explanation/narrative you write in this box WILL be included in the electronic copy of this submission that is e-mailed to MNA and to yourself if you included your e-mail address on the form.)
Do you give MNA permission to utilize the information from your submission for PR purposes?
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Yes - given the understanding MNA will do everything in its power NOT to identify me or share my personal information.
No - MNA can use this for its overall reports and related items, but cannot spotlight anything specific from my submission.
Maybe - I'm not sure. Call or e-mail me first to discuss things.
(NOTE: This information regarding PR usage will NOT show up on the printed version of the form that you turn in to your supervisor.)
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