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Hi ZDogg!!! I’m an Emergency RN and a pretty large hospital system in the Pac NW. One of the big slogans of the hospital nursing administration is to “Create a Culture of Safety”. Focusing on safe practice, blameless error reporting and such. All good goals but really focused on our practice and not reciprocated, at least vocally, by other practices in the hospital. Do you think that the current system of residency fosters a culture of safety? It sometimes seems to me that it is the last large bastion of organized work hazing and accepted less-than-safe work practice (ie 90hr shifts and such). Thoughts? And thanks for all you do. You rock Z!!!

EMTALA applies only to Medicare accepting hospitals. So VA, Indian Health Services and Shriners hospitals are exempt because they do not operate in the Medicare system.