marieparn

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  1. Nurse Patient Ratios for Med Surg, Step-down, ICU

    The unit I manage is a 31 bed Med surg unit that mainly has GI, dialysis, and some peds patients. Many of our patients are at our facility in excess of 3-4 weeks due to their very complicated surgerys. We also have Telemetry capability but if there...
  2. Studer Group

    The facility I work for is "Studorized"!!! And I do agree that it must come from the top down. I am a nurse manager of a 31 bed Med Surg unit that just became MAGNET. I honestly believe that using the studor principles has helped us acheive our ma...
  3. I Threw Away Your Drink

    I know in our state the Dept of Health can site and fine a hospital 3,000. for an open container at the nurses station. We only allow drinks in the "daY" room or the kitchen area.
  4. Patient with pacer/AED is DNR

    This recently happended to one of my patient's also. He was end stage CHF and the ICD kept firing appropriately but family and patient decided they wanted ICD shut off. Our cardiologist just use a magnet and place over the device. This will inhibi...
  5. Going to a telemetry floor to work???

    I graduated May 2003 with my bsn and only had patient care assistant role in the hospital. I worked as a student on a telemetry unit and felt it was the place I wanted to work as an RN. It is now a little over a year and the new GNs are here. I lo...
  6. Did I make the right decision?

    To each his own I guess. I think you misunderstood my comment. I do not want to spend my time with one patient and several monitors. I.E. ICP, Tele, drips, pawps, vents. etc... I know that monitors are pieces of equipment and the patient tells...
  7. Did I make the right decision?

    Marc, Always listen to that "gut feeling" It is your inner voice guiding you. I graduated at 40 years old May 2003. I too was offered a position in our ICU after thinking it over for a week or two I decided to take a position in our Telemet...