smurfynurse

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1. med/surg/peds unit

   smurfynurse replied to TracyB,RN's topic in General Nursing

   I work on a unit like that. Personally, I enjoy kids but I don't feel comfortable taking care of them in the hospital. I'm a recent new grad and although I've had the Peds nursing class in school, I just don't feel quite skilled enough yet to be mi...

2. Med-Surg Telemetry

   smurfynurse replied to shhooke's topic in Med-Surg

   I work on a 32 bed med/surg floor that also accepts telemetry patients, however we do not read the strips ourselves. The telemetry is monitored by our ICU and during each shift the secretary goes up to the ICU and writes down the readings for us on ...

3. pt to nurse ratio

   smurfynurse replied to michellelpn's topic in General Nursing

   Where I work, we usually have between 6 to 8 patients per nurse, but we usually have 1 or 2 admissions per nurse through the course of the night. This makes it hard when you have to take time out to fill out the endless pages of the admission form f...