Janis Noone

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1. Care Plans, Care Plans, Care Plans...

   Janis Noone replied to A Kitty RN's topic in Management

   I know this will not be the answer you would like to hear but in order to meet state/CMS regs you do have to have a current and updated plan of care. If what you have at least gets a plan started then all you need to get staff to do is to update wit...

2. Sick call policy

   Janis Noone replied to goldgram's topic in Management

   I guess I cannot keep from tossing my own opinion out there too... When reading the horrors of nurses having to "make up" a weekend callin and especially the part about having to do any shift or place needed all I can think about is how we are design...

3. QI/UR/Risk Management question

   Janis Noone replied to greg in mass's topic in Quality Improvement

   One of the things you can do if you are interested in this type of work is to offer to be involved in existing teams. Ask to "shadow" a person at your organization for a day perhaps to see what they do. Also check locally at colleges for classes t...

4. Scripting

   Janis Noone replied to PPL's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, I have seen this in place. The ones I have seen came from an effort to increase patient satisfaction scores. The consultants (from Florida) recommended this and from what I have heard it has actually worked. This was in a place however where s...

5. Difficult transition due to previous manager's change of heart

   Janis Noone replied to MEG4's topic in Management

   I feel bad for you and for the circumstances that you are in. It will be hard for you to get off to a good start with the previous manager still in the picture but you sound fully able to handle this. The first thing I would do is to tell the previ...

6. Nursing Resource/Float Pools

   Janis Noone replied to MQ Edna's topic in Management

   A friend of mine is a manager of an inhouse registry/float pool. If you write to me I can give you her name and phone number. Jan

7. Blood Transfusions

   Janis Noone replied to dbauer's topic in General Nursing

   Only an RN can administer blood products in our system facilities. You may want to check the current AABB (American Assoc of Blood Banks) for transfusion guidelines. Most follow their recs for vs at the time blood is hung, 15 min later, and at the ...

8. Restraint Standards

   Janis Noone replied to JEANNE's topic in General Nursing

   In re to restraints, our hospital includes how to apply and the care of the patient in both initial orientation and in the annual "mandatory" education. We do include all patient care providers so that rehab, resp, etc are included. I hear the newe...