Gigi Dues

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1. Please Tell Us If You Are Contacting Legislators/ANA, etc. Re: Nursing Concerns

   Gigi Dues replied to barton's topic in Safety

   Hello everyone! Wanted to let you know that I have not had a response from ANA nor the Ohio Bd. of Nsg. Guess it is time to use the "polite" interval & re-write my concerns. The PACU that I work in is still having many ICU 'holds' due to ...

2. Reply to Barton

   Gigi Dues replied to Gigi Dues's topic in General Nursing

   barton- I did finally get on the ANA's web site and was able to e-mail them. Will post any response. Also, I will be encouraging the nurses that I work with to do the same.

3. Reply to Barton

   Gigi Dues posted a topic in General Nursing

   Reading through the various replies sounds like we are at my hospital in Ohio. We are also experiencing a nursing shortage that is greatly impacting patient care. I agree with you that we need to let ANA & our legislators know of this situation...

4. Call coverage for overflow patients

   Gigi Dues replied to FoxiSteelr's topic in Operating Room

   Our PACU nurses are experinencing something similar. ICU beds have been closed do to a shortage of critical care nurses. We are still doing the same number of OR cases requiring ICU post-op as before. Now the patients stay in PACU until a bed open...

5. Nurse - Patient Ratios and outcomes

   Gigi Dues replied to JETomasini's topic in General Nursing

   So disheartening to read the numerous responses. I thought that situations like that were only happening in my city! I was ready to start looking for another job, but it looks like I should stay put! I'm in a phase 1 PACU at a 300 bed hospital...