We are trying to improve our preceptor program and are seeking advice from the general nursing population for help. 1. How long does your facility preceptor new grads? 2. How long does your facility preceptor experienced nurses who are just new to ...
It's only been about the last 6-9 months were this has become the "norm". The previous director submitted an FTE budget for the new year of about 36 I think, and said she wasn't adding any nurses, just trying to keep what they already had. With an ...
Our postpartum are on the same floor, but on the other side, (seperated by a walk-thru storage area) and it is staffed separately. The entire area has three actual departments, L&D, Nursery, Post Partum, but it's one unit, Women's Services, all ...
Yes, those guidelines do help. That is how I'm trying to staff, but that means letting all these travelers go because we don't need them, and the nurses are saying it's not right and they can't do it without the added staff. Obviously administratio...
I am a new L&D Nurse Manager, and I'm still having trouble trying to staff appropriately. We average about 2000-2100 deliveries a year, which is about 6 a day. When I look at the guidelines on AWHONN, it says the staffing is 1-2 for active labo...
You have 1 nurse per couplet? So if you have 10 postpartum couplets, you have 10 RNs? Your hospital must have very deep pockets. That would never fly here, but I wouldn't want it to either. That seems too exessive.
Emtala deals with patient care associated with their ability to pay. If the ER doc had said "we have a self pay patient needing surgery", and the OC doc had refused to come in and treat, then YES he would be in violation of EMTALA. The OC not respo...
I'm looking for information on what the standard is regarding discharges home from ICU. It's been quite a few years since I worked there, and it used to be that if the patient was well enough to go home, then they didn't need to be in ICU. We were ...
There isn't a program per se, since each facility may define hours differently. At our facility we use only "productive" hours. We total all productive hours for the unit, (this includes the director) and divide by the number of patient days. This...
We don't use nurses for cleanup and restocking. We use the techs. Whether in OB or OR, the tech's job is with the patient is done once the procedure is done. They're not saying it will be an hour before they get the job done, they are telling me ...