4kidsrn

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1. Asking for feedback from staff

   4kidsrn posted a topic in Management

   I didn't want to wait for my annual review to hear if I am or am not meeting the needs of my staff. I recently asked my nurses to give me feedback. When I didn't hear from anyone in a few days I asked if they would please come and talk with me. I got...

2. LPN"s and telephone triage

   4kidsrn replied to 4kidsrn's topic in Triage

   siri, Thank you for your wise words.

3. LPN"s and telephone triage

   4kidsrn replied to 4kidsrn's topic in Triage

   Thank you for your reply. I do worry about a lawsuit. I also worry about documentation. About a year ago we had a sudden death of one of our teenage patients. Parents swear they called and spoke to "a nurse" No documentation was ever found. Thankfull...

4. LPN"s and telephone triage

   4kidsrn posted a topic in Triage

   I am the nurse manager for an outpatient pediaric department. I hve 4 RN's that are strictly triage nurses. I have two LPN's that I utilize as back up. I am uncomfortable with LPN's triaging. These are good, well seasoned LPN's but I feel they are wo...

5. Team Building Ideas

   4kidsrn replied to chickapoo_68's topic in Management

   Our nurse managers, and I'm one of them, recently came together for a day long group retreat. We scheuled the time away from our place of employment. Our directors were there as well as the VP of patient care serives (DON). We spent the day on severa...

6. micro mangers

   4kidsrn posted a topic in Management

   Any advice on how to handle micro mangers?

7. Funny patient names by nurses

   4kidsrn replied to Kidrn911's topic in Emergency

   I work out patient pediatrics so here are a few of my favorite My favorite Zazo (male) Domino Justine Tyme (real name) Denali

8. Getting staff to "own" the unit

   4kidsrn replied to nursemaa's topic in Management

   Shared govenance can work. I had to take the first step and step back as "the manager". This was difficult, having other make decisions. I suggested to the staff that they form thier unit councils, meet regularly to discuss whatever was not working i...