you know what, i dunno if this could work at your unit... it may be possible that you can do sort of a "self-scheduling" system "among" your staff members. its like asking each other what schedule one would prefer, then probably you could come up wit...
personally, i doubt that you can find one.. if there is, it'll cost you. the manager is suppose to be equipped with the knowledge and skills in scheduling and staffing. there are a lot of variable involved that a computer program is very much limite...
right on! this is something that is happening elsewhere - in my institution alone it happens. we dont allow friends/families inside our PACU for various reasons (some mentioned in this thread). but sometimes, for fear of being reported to the upper ...
ghorjus_hunk replied to Sardonic Nurse's topic in Operating Room
Basically, the scrub nurse is part of the sterile surgical team. he assists the surgeons by handing over instruments, sutures etc that are needed intra-op. the scrub nurse is responsible in maintaining sterility within the sterile field and assuring ...
i went straight to OR after graduating. so far i have no problems with skills. with regards to ICU training, you may have to crosstrain to smoothen a transition.. btw, have you not considered PACU nursing? in my area with are crosstraining as OR-DR-P...
ghorjus_hunk replied to gemini_star's topic in Philippines
you must be referring to the old curriculum, the one that you're under.. the new curriculum looks good. the implementation will remain questionable, or rather we still have to wait how it will affect the current nursing students
ghorjus_hunk replied to HCINEPT's topic in Emergency
have experienced this myself.. i have been complained simply i explained to the patient..and another relative the hospital's policy.. and as far as i can remember, that is one of the patient's bill of rights... but with regards to the condition of th...
ghorjus_hunk replied to bullseye's topic in Operating Room
exactly! 4am christmas day (today)...we got a call from the ER of a single stab wound that have his intestines eviscerated...that was when we were about to take a nap for we have just finished doing "E" C-section... in less than 5 minutes the patien...
ghorjus_hunk replied to bullseye's topic in Operating Room
or any "Out-patient" surgical clinics maybe... i heard one of my co-worker's friend works at this type of OR clinics. the advantage: just working from morning till afternoon, no weekend duties.. but i still think there is no substitute for the real ...
ghorjus_hunk replied to gemini_star's topic in Philippines
thanks, redlabel... its sad, i dont think anyone else can do anything about it as of now...it'll fall into deaf ears.. however, the PNA and PRC has so much power to do something about this, and i believe they are addressing the problem now. i have kn...
ghorjus_hunk replied to stephmj's topic in Operating Room
add to that... nail polish and dentures! the patient was not told of the importance of removing these things, so the client was able to conceal that she had dentures... no excuse for the nail polish!