doubleplay

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1. hourly rounding

   doubleplay replied to suni's topic in Med-Surg

   I guess I don't understand that it cuts out on call lights. What is the difference in going to the room when the call light goes off and going to the room when you round, both are a visit to the room. You should count all the visits rounding just lik...

2. Med/ Surg Patient to Nurse Ratio

   doubleplay replied to pilpusher's topic in Med-Surg

   We have 5 patients at night, no tech, no unit clerk and really no charge nurse. We do all the admissions also.

3. Not allowed to SIT during 12 hour shift and MORE

   doubleplay replied to katieusa's topic in Med-Surg

   Good for you!!! The hospital doesn't care about you so you did the right thing and told them what they could do with that kind of job. I don't know what it is going to take for these hospitals to give a dang!!!

4. Burnng out of nursing...

   doubleplay replied to RNburninout's topic in General Nursing

   If your bills are so much that you can not have a day a week off, your bills are too high. You might want to see a financial counselor to help you find ways to save money. This might take the pressure off of you to then relax and find something you e...

5. Nurses: Struggle or great?

   doubleplay replied to CaraGrace's topic in General Nursing

   The pay is OK, but you can get called off a lot. I would say get a job as a tech and see what you think.

6. did your job give you a holiday gift??

   doubleplay replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

   We got a zipp up jacket with the hospital name on it and a free meal.

7. Am I crazy because I love med surg???

   doubleplay replied to Born2BWild's topic in General Nursing

   I work med/surg and it is terrible. I do feel that some day I will find a job that I like but this isn't it. I don't mind being busy but you should have time to think. I really feel like I am just a tech. We have no unit clerk or tech at night so mos...

8. Primary Nursing Care

   doubleplay replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

   I guess we do primary nursing care. We do all the work, no LPN or tech on staff. I think our patient satisfaction scores are in the 70 to 74 percent range. The problem is that everyone hates to work there. They call me all the time to work extra hour...

9. Putting in your own orders

   doubleplay replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

   We do not have a UC at night so we put the orders in, but the question is what to do about your UC? You need to hand her the orders and have her do the job she is paid to do. If she doesn't get things done then you need to go to your boss and let the...

10. Nurse-patient ratios and team nursing

    doubleplay replied to _melissa's topic in General Nursing

    How do you do paper work on 10, 11 or 12 patients?

11. Walking Rounds

    doubleplay replied to rntg's topic in General Nursing

    We just started to round. The problem I have is that we tape report so by the time the nurses listen to the taped report on all 18 patients it is time for our shift to be over. They come out of report and then you have to find out who has your patien...

12. Loose ends...or how to get everything done by the end of the shift...

    doubleplay replied to nursewho's topic in Med-Surg

    webmansx, why are you switching if you know it will be harder???

13. Where have all the LPN's gone?

    doubleplay replied to rayk1021's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital that I work at told all the LPNs that they would no longer be used as LPNs but as techs. They was also told that if they stayed they would receive a pay cut over the next three years until they made the same as the techs do. Great place ...

14. Loose ends...or how to get everything done by the end of the shift...

    doubleplay replied to nursewho's topic in Med-Surg

    I make a check list out of the main things that I have to get done by the end of the shift. This is a copied list that I have for each patient, anything other than the main things I add to the list as I go. I just make sure at the end of the day I ha...

15. VA Psych Unit

    doubleplay posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Does anyone now or ever worked in a VA hospital?