kauainursing replied to lindseyjaneRN's topic in General Nursing
At least you are fortunate enough to know that you will specifically be on nights. I have been working in my dept (mind you I am not the lowest person on the totem pole) for several years now and just recently my work schedule looked like this 7p-7a...
kauainursing replied to RNpandoraRN's topic in Ob/Gyn
There are 2 labor rooms and 3 PP rooms. There have been times where we have about 30 or more deliveries in a month, and sometimes its very low. When the unit gets "busy" they will sometimes use the nursery as a delivery room or even overflow into t...
kauainursing replied to RNpandoraRN's topic in Ob/Gyn
We have that same situation at my hospital. Our hospital is a small community hospital and we only require 2 RNs in the OB Dept at all times. They take care of L&D, Nursery, and PP. Our main problem in hiring is that they are always looking fo...
kauainursing replied to lalalalexi's topic in General Nursing
I say go for it. This is your opportunity to learn in a specialty field. You won't lose your skills in M/S. Think of it this way, you will have skills that some M/S nurses will never be able use. They may say they learned it in school but never be ab...
kauainursing replied to Info(RN)matics's topic in Med-Surg
In my facility, at most, it is a 1 RN to 7 acute patients. On a 12 hour shift, we have the luxury of having sometimes a CNA and an LPN who will pass medications and do treatments. For the night shift (11p-7a), there are 2 LPNs scheduled, and its ve...
kauainursing replied to pretty70's topic in Geriatric
In most of the SNF/nursing homes that I have worked in, we require a 2 step PPD. Yes, it does delay the admission process, however, it beats exposing the other residents to the disease. As far as acquiring past records, sometimes we are not fortuna...