blueatheartRN

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1. surgical step-down unit staffing ratios??

   blueatheartRN replied to SSDUPOK's topic in Med-Surg

   I work on a stepdown/floor unit, so our ratios vary depending on the # of stepdown pts... On day shift you can be 3 pt's/1 RN (with 2 SD pts), 4:1 (1 SD). On rare low-staffing occasions we may get 5 on day shift. On night shift we do 4:1 (2 SD) or 5:...

2. Flushing JP Drain

   blueatheartRN replied to lori999's topic in Med-Surg

   We pretty routinely flush JP's on our floor... the ones put in for our agency have stopcocks on them, so we change the direction of fluid to toward the pt, clean the leur-lock, flush and then change the direction of fluid back toward the bulb so it c...