medical renal

medical renal specializes in cardiac, med/surg, home health.

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1. Interview dress code and hair length

   medical renal replied to LoveNursing1's topic in General Nursing

   As a nurse manager, this is what I look for: No flip flops, denim, tank tops, tube tops, t shirs with saying's on them. Neatness counts. In the summer, I feel that low heeled DRESSY sandals are appropriate--with clean feet and either no polish or n...

2. Functional Nursing?

   medical renal replied to medical renal's topic in General Nursing

   Tweety--I agree; however, What else can I do? If I cannot change the nurse to patient ratio, at least giving them a tech has to help. Currently, our techs do vital signs, beds and baths, I&O's and fingersticks. So I am expanding their scope qu...

3. Functional / Team Nursing

   medical renal replied to EMTPTORN's topic in General Nursing

   EMTPTORN--It look like I am a few months late for your discussion, but how did you presentation turn out? As you can see from my posting, my unit is gearing up to head that way. All that is left is to define the educational process. Any need to kn...

4. Functional Nursing?

   medical renal posted a topic in General Nursing

   Our "money man" has cut nursing to bone. Nurse to patient ratio's 6&7:1 and one tech for 20 patients!!!! By crunching numbers and work studies, I made a proposal and it was accepted and now I am scared that I made a deal with the devil-- I agree...