D.R.A.

D.R.A.

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  1. Role of huc/unit secretary

    The good news is this meeting has come and gone. I think we are on the road to bring everyone at my facility out of the dark ages.
  2. Role of huc/unit secretary

    They are very afraid of change, very timid, very submissive. I'm trying really hard to be positive here. =) Perhaps you can imagine where I'm coming from. Small hospital politics.
  3. Role of huc/unit secretary

    I'm really not talking about staffing by acuity. That's something different all together. I'm having a really hard time accepting that staffing assignments are clerical. Perhaps I'm completely wrong. Or perhaps I'm just progressive in my thinking,...
  4. LTC typically pays more than hospital in my experience. In my area, new grads hire at $19/hr. I'm in the south. Cost of living in way low. For LTC they hire around $21/hr. Pay scale goes up for PRN and float pool. Find some of your classmates ...
  5. Role of huc/unit secretary

    We really don't have a policy that spells this out. But, if the BON can't spell it out, then I wouldn't expect the hospital to. I am a charge. I do not delegate the task. The HUC has been assigning patients for 15 years. Yes, the other charges...
  6. February 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    The true meaning of up with assist x 1
  7. February 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    Up with assist x 1. (;
  8. My Poor Legs!

    I'm glad you brought this up. Great advice here on a topic that everyone should pay attention to even if they aren't having leg pain....yet. I'm 33, and I have spider veins. My legs have always taken a tendency to be splotchy and blanched. So, I...
  9. What age did you complete your BSN or ASN?

    ASN 31 BSN- to be announced MSN-to be announced
  10. Role of huc/unit secretary

    What I have found from my BON: 1.) Generalized opinion regarding delegation which includes questions to answer before you delegate. 2.)Decision making tree for delegation to the UAP. Utilizing those two things, the first criteria that must be met p...
  11. Market forces aren't calling for BSN in my area. Anyone who managed to practice nursing for 30 years on an ADN, and is still able to do so to date, probably isn't going to face unemployment at this stage in the game, and is probably thinking about re...
  12. Role of huc/unit secretary

    I'm all over the nursing side. I've got stacks of information on that. It is a cut and dry issue from that side, and in my perspective. I am just grasping at straws to find mention of UAP's in the capacity of handling written orders, etc., and the...
  13. Individuals, like myself, did do what we needed to do, which was attend and complete and approved nursing program, and all other terms deemed necessary by our respective states to sit for boards. The point that anyone needed to do what they needed to...
  14. Role of huc/unit secretary

    I have spent a great deal of time sifting through the ANA, as well as my state association and BON, looking for something that addresses the role of the HUC/UNIT SECRATARY. I am preparing to address some issues within my unit regarding the role of t...
  15. back up of blood into picc line..

    I wouldn't beat myself up. The ED probably just flushed the line and sent the patient back. Things happen.