caregiver11

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1. What unions?

   caregiver11 replied to RN4NICU's topic in General Nursing

   I am curious, I have read a lot of things about the union and I want to know how long nurses had to wait to get a raise during negogations? Also do you continue with flexibilityof your schedule. For instance, where I work you can request your days ...

2. Type Of Pts Accepted on Telemetry??

   caregiver11 replied to SCNuttyMeg's topic in Cardiac

   I have found in 14 years of nursing that it depends upon the size of the hospital. For instance I worked at a large hospital with over 300 beds and it is considered one of the leading heart hospitals. We had 4 telemetry units, and we would take lid...

3. About productive hours per patient day?

   caregiver11 replied to rrroyer's topic in Management

   On a 32 bed med/sug tele unit the hppd are 7.0. In contrast on a 40 bed PCU unit the hppd are 8.2

4. Anyone familiar with the "One-Staff" staffing program??

   caregiver11 replied to nurs4kids's topic in Management

   We just started using one staff with in the past couple months. It has been a nightmare in the beginning getting all of the information entered in correctly. Our trainer did not receive great reviews on what she offered in training. We have our st...

5. Nurse/patient ratios

   caregiver11 posted a topic in General Nursing

   What is the state you practice in? What is your type floor e.g. medsurg, or tele.? What is your nurse to patient ratio?

6. 2 Nurses needed???

   caregiver11 replied to BrandieRNq's topic in Safety

   This issue has been brought to light due to JCAHO recommendation on medication safety. Check out the JCAHO website.

7. Low staff

   caregiver11 replied to poonk's topic in Safety

   It does sound like a very good idea however have you thought of the effects this would have overall? Such as hospitals closing floors because they can't meet the ratios, or having to release the support personal such as unit secretaries or CNA's to...

8. What's your protocol??

   caregiver11 replied to askater11's topic in Management

   Normally if we are going to offer we make it within 1-2 weeks. Maybe you should call the manager to check on your application because it may be lost in HR or the person who calls to make offers may be out and no one is covering.

9. Pay for Performance

   caregiver11 replied to caregiver11's topic in Management

   Yes, we have an IV team that receives specialized training in removing these.

10. Pay for Performance

    caregiver11 posted a topic in Management

    Has anyone developed skill sets for pay for performance? This is something new we are trying to develope to reward our nurses. Example: Level 1--able to start IV's, Level 2--Can do PICC lines, Level 3--Can D/C epidural caths.