rsharpe

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1. Incompetent nurses

   rsharpe replied to medicrnguy's topic in General Nursing

   I once wrote a column in the newspaper about EMT/Paramedics that was syndicated across the united states in response to a patients family member who was nitpicking an incident that occured with their family member and the services provided by our loc...

2. Any info on PBDS?

   rsharpe replied to VickyRN's topic in General Nursing

   the results were in.... i rated at an experienced level... but failed the test itself. The hospital that i am currently working with uses the tool as it should be used, to find purported weakness and uses it as a tool to direct you to more inservice ...

3. Any info on PBDS?

   rsharpe replied to VickyRN's topic in General Nursing

   Most hospitals are trending toward PBDs for two reasons. It is actually a way to evaluate all three of the things it states it is supposed to assess. The only drawback I see is that it doesnt factor for poor test takers. The second reason most hospi...

4. Does your facility use PBDS testing?

   rsharpe replied to introspectiveRN's topic in General Nursing

   Our Lady of the Lourdes in Lafayette la uses it. I took it today. It has been the most intensive orientation test I have had to take to date as a travel nurse. had never heard of it before, but i can see where it can be used for good purposes. It ...