cares2much

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1. Staff/Patient Ratio - 30 Patients per Nurse

   cares2much replied to Colima's topic in Geriatric

   Just a word: I ran across in a book that I am currently reading. "It is not currently feasible for the federal goverment to require that nursing facilities achieve a minimum ratio of nursing staff to patients because it would take $7.6 billion a year...

2. Sick of working short

   cares2much replied to kristi-lpn2's topic in General Nursing

   I could be wrong, however the wrong people are being allowed to run hospitals. It seems to me that there is a need for number crunchers, but nurses are and can be the best money savers ever.While nurses do all of the work, the CEO does his/her 40 hou...

3. What nursing Managers fail to see

   cares2much replied to Nursekat64's topic in Activism

   I am an RN who got tired of managers doing it wrong, so I became one that wanted to do it right. I have always practiced what I preach. I can still wipe a dirty bottom or hold a dying person's hand. My staff saw me make rounds, look at charts and tal...