wendilynn

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1. Management module

   wendilynn replied to pamperednurse's topic in Rehabilitation

   sorry...duplicate.

2. Management module

   wendilynn replied to pamperednurse's topic in Rehabilitation

   I am the Clinical Manager (same thing as Nurse Manager) for 28 acute rehab beds. I have a Director over me and then the VP is over her. I just have to report to her. The only downside thing is that she is not a nurse. I also have to be charge nur...

3. Pt assignement of 7 or more in rehab

   wendilynn replied to SusanRehabRN's topic in Rehabilitation

   I work on an acute Rehab. Our staffing is 7 patients up to 8. We do have PCA's. I even think that's too much. Our acuity in Rehab isn't what it once was. We transfuse blood and blood products etc.......I would ideally like to have 6 patients. W...

4. Straight pay for 12 hour shifts?

   wendilynn replied to susanmary's topic in General Nursing

   :) Ok, where I work we do get a diff. We work 12 hours and we get $2.50 from 3-7 pm. We are non union. Wendy

5. Canadian nurses in the US

   wendilynn replied to micki's topic in International

   :) Hi there, I am a nurse from Ottawa and I moved to the US about 8 years ago. I am now in Florida ( I met a man and got married). I worked for a few years in Massachusetts and now I am in Florida. I had to take the CGFNS when I wanted to work in t...

6. I need some advice

   wendilynn replied to goodgirl28's topic in Rehabilitation

   Hi there, Well, I have been doing rehab for a couple of years. It is a speciality. There are different kinds of rehab....there is orthopaedic, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, neurological etc. There are a wide range of patient ages, fro...

7. questionairre

   wendilynn replied to NurseKrissy's topic in Career Support

   ok, here goes 1. To me nursing is the art of making someone feel better, comfortable. Nurses have to be compassionate and empathetic and strong. Sometimes we have to be everything for our patients. We differ from our other health care partners i...

8. Patient to nurse Ratios... the first ever rehab nurses poll

   wendilynn replied to CashewLPN's topic in Rehabilitation

   I've been working Rehab for a number of years. We have 90 rehab beds. My unit has 32 of those beds. We usuallly have 4 nurses and 2 cna's. They are trying to run our unit with 3 nurses and 3 cna's. I just worked the weekend and 3 nurses and 3 cn...

9. What should I expect from US offer?

   wendilynn replied to nitenrz's topic in International

   Dear Nite, I am a Canadian nurse who moved to the US 7 years ago. I do not regret my move at all. If you are interested to try nursing in the US why don't you try a seasonal position. A seasonal position usually lasts 6 months. With a seasonal pos...