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1. What are the obstacles RN's face when trying to document charges for a patient?

   gscott posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am currently studying the process of charge capture in a hospital and need some RN perspective. We currently have paper fee tickets across our system and it is difficult for the RN's to remember all they do for a patient and to write it down accur...

2. How many daily one-to-one assignments does your unit have on average?

   gscott replied to gscott's topic in MICU

   Yes, we do track patient load and assignments but often in our ICU's, patients may be a 1:1 for a few hours then off then back on (Level 1 Trauma Center) and it drastically changes the nurse staffing needs. They currently write down on the Charge nu...

3. How many daily one-to-one assignments does your unit have on average?

   gscott posted a topic in MICU

   I am a process engineer looking at how to better capture the volume of one-to-one patients in the ICU, MICU, SICU units in the health system where I work. Which patients and how many there are that need a one-to-one (RN to Patient) assignment is oft...

4. Level 1 Trauma Center

   gscott replied to buffscotty's topic in New Nurse

   Hi jessieka, Legacy has 5 hospitals, 5 ER's, 1 of them being Level 1 Trauma. OHSU (Oregon Health and Sciences Univeristy) is also a Level ! Trauma Center. Harborview in Seattle is a Level 1 Trauma as well. The wages differ between these sites but ...

5. Charge nurses?

   gscott replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

   Hi there, I am a process improvement engineer interested in the nursing perspective since I am not clinical and this whole Charge taking assignments issue has come up in our hospitals as well. Anyone have any ICU advice on the subject? Thanks! Gayle

6. ICU Charge Nurse with Assignment, What do you think??

   gscott replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

   Hi Melanie, I know this is an old thread but the issue keeps coming up. Our system sounds very similar to yours. What sizes are the ICU's you have? Thanks, Gayle

7. Need to know nurse view on ED and ICU location

   gscott posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi all, I am the process engineer, back for more! I recently did a study in an ICU that was adjacent to the ED. Half the nurses felt this was extremely beneficial and the other half didn't really find any added value in it. The hospital I was at w...

8. Level 1 Trauma Center

   gscott replied to buffscotty's topic in New Nurse

   Legacy Emanuel is 1 of 5 hospitals in the Legacy system and they hire grads into the ER - it is 1 of 3 Level 1 Trauma centers in the NW

9. Question: what staff are in the Lab for procedures?

   gscott replied to gscott's topic in Cardiac

   Thank you so much for all the details! I can't imagine having the resources of all those doctors! We have 5 labs but only a handful of doctors that use them (5-7) on a regular basis. Thank you again!

10. Question: what staff are in the Lab for procedures?

    gscott posted a topic in Cardiac

    I am not an RN but a process engineer new to healthcare and working with cath labs in our area to streamline their operations...staffing has become a large issue and we are wondering what other staffing models are out there. You all seem to have ton...