HRSBSNRNC

HRSBSNRNC has 7 years experience and specializes in Medical Surgical.

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1. Simple things new nurses or experiece nurses are not doing?

   HRSBSNRNC replied to RN28MD's topic in Med-Surg

   .....Also, set up pain management plans with your patients. It will help you become a very successful nurse!

2. Simple things new nurses or experiece nurses are not doing?

   HRSBSNRNC replied to RN28MD's topic in Med-Surg

   Seas.....Congratulations. Being a nursing instructor as well as a practicing nurse I tell my students all the time that the new graduate that asks lots of questions and trying to understand a different case a night/day are the ones who will be the m...

3. Simple things new nurses or experiece nurses are not doing?

   HRSBSNRNC replied to RN28MD's topic in Med-Surg

   The biggest thing I see with new nurses and even some experienced ones is task forcused nursing without the critical thinking. If there was some way to improve on that we would be golden.

4. Staffing acuity tool name???

   HRSBSNRNC replied to lee1's topic in Safety

   Any luck getting copies of acuity tools? I myself am looking for samples of acuity tools so I can do some tests on my unit to see what would be best for our medical surgical unit. Thanks, Heather

5. patient assignment

   HRSBSNRNC replied to nurselyman's topic in General Nursing

   How does your unit figure out the acuity? Is there a tool they use? This sounds similiar to my unit, however, the acuity tool is not always accurate, or the nurse who is determining the acuity is under estimating or over estimating the acuity. I w...

6. Patient acuity based staffing

   HRSBSNRNC posted a topic in Med-Surg

   Good day all, I am currently researching patient classification systems, or acuity systems. A recent employee survey on my unit identified a concern about workload distribution. While we have an acuity tool in place, I thought it might do some goo...