Shannon Grey

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1. have you ever "written up" yourself in an incident report?

   Shannon Grey replied to l.rae's topic in General Nursing

   wi, please don't react so , you appear to have been on the wrong side of a desk and evidently received harsh counseling while another got off scott free. this is the way of the world my friend, after some thirty odd years of the game, i have found th...

2. What's the difference b/t MICU & MedSurg ICU?

   Shannon Grey replied to jetta1's topic in General Nursing

   The difference between intensive care nursing and floor nursing is great, the acuity on floor nursing has gone up since the implementation of DRGs (I was here for that) The micu patient is in critical condition, usually requiring more intense care, d...

3. nursing ratio's

   Shannon Grey replied to kathi yudin's topic in California

   :chuckle AT THE PRESENT TIME NEW GRADUATES ARE COMING INTO SPECIALTY FIELDS IN GEORGIA AT 19.00 HOUR BASE PLUS SHIFT DIFF OF 4.00 FOR NIGHTS AND 3.00 FOR EVENINGS WITH ADDITIONAL 2.00 FOR WEEKENDS. THEY ARE PLACED IN A SIX MONTH ORIENTATION PROGRAM A...

4. what is an average RN hourly in georgia?

   Shannon Grey replied to apexsw20trd's topic in Georgia

   Hi and congratulations Charlottesville is great did a contract there many years ago and loved it . As for the job situation here, Athens has a wonderful hospital; with excellent orientaiton programs for new graduates, six months of intensive classes...

5. How many of you are perfect?

   Shannon Grey replied to orrnlori's topic in General Nursing

   :chuckle There is only the perfect surgeon, doctor, or radiologist, and of course the pharmacist who never ever messes up, as for me after 30 years i am still learning, after thirty years still asking questions, after thirty years still caring and af...

6. Weekend and evening admissions?

   Shannon Grey replied to aimeee's topic in Hospice

   I am so sorry you are hit so hard by weekend admissions it is quite difficult to understand at our hospital we initiate discharge planning on admisssion and it is quite well managed our social worker and care coordinator follow nursings recommendatio...

7. have you ever "written up" yourself in an incident report?

   Shannon Grey replied to l.rae's topic in General Nursing

   after thirty years in the field, I have filed more incident reports on myself than I can remember, anything from giving the wrong tray to a patient to failing to clock out or in due to a computer malfunction (yes this is an incident at our facility) ...

8. have you ever "written up" yourself in an incident report?

   Shannon Grey replied to l.rae's topic in General Nursing

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