xrockstheheart

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1. How many Pt do you take care of?

   xrockstheheart replied to Franlpntorn's topic in General Nursing

   mgmt is going to lie to you to keep you working, and when that doesn't work they are going to try intimindation, that's what they learn at executive nursing school. remember they get bonuses and you get predetermined profit motivated staffing levels...

2. speedy immigation

   xrockstheheart posted a topic in Activism

   The American Organization of Nurse Executives and Foreign Nurse Task Force have gotten speedier immigation for nurses. In fact they can have one in country in 60 days, that's two months people. That's why you should join a union, write your senato...

3. Med error,I'm suspended,I need advice,please!

   xrockstheheart replied to Mama2-3's topic in Safety

   the medication error rate in hospitals is about 26%, the number are kinda fuzzy because, they are not maintained. however if you extrapolated from the old data you would see it's huge. in fact the number is so high that it is being considered to have...

4. What do you honestly think you would have done?

   xrockstheheart replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

   the good part is that you won't have to wait long for this to repeat itself, and many of you will have the opportunity to see what you will do. Do any of you think that NO should be rebuild in a flood prone area? The people in BR should be able to ...

5. Survey: Would there be a nursing shortage if...

   xrockstheheart replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   you don't get it, the supers are working off of predetermined staffing numbers that are based on profit, not nursing. you ceo makes 6 million dollars, for one of those million he could hire, 20 rn's but he isn't going to do it and the politicians kno...

6. Survey: Would there be a nursing shortage if...

   xrockstheheart replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   Jessica what the ### are you doing on the forum putting in your two cents worth when many people on this forum are trying to resolve some life threatening issues? the shortage of nurses can be relative or absolute. if it is absolute it is a question...

7. How many Pt do you take care of?

   xrockstheheart replied to Franlpntorn's topic in General Nursing

   There are only 60 min in an hour, 10 pts = 6min/pt/hour that's the most time you could have assuming 100% nursing time. Now that's impossible so there is one parameter we can measure distance. And we use 60% of the time walking. That means that you ...

8. How do you give next shift report?

   xrockstheheart replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

   Nsg in this country is very different and it is different from nsg all over the world. We don't use the best medicines, we use the most expensive, the ones that give the most profit. You will need to learn aboout 6000 of them. It is a very labor inte...

9. How can a Director cut back on incidental overtime?

   xrockstheheart replied to childrensrn's topic in Management

   While it is true that some people like the overtime and hang around the extra hour everyday. the fact is that most charting is done retrograde style at the end of the shift. It works different in the different departments.

10. For those who wanted information about joining the Army Nurse Corp, this is for you.

    xrockstheheart replied to live4today's topic in Government

    the army nurse corp and the medical community are a lot more open minded than the nation as a whole. But politics being what they are you could be accepted one day and then the goon squad would be around the next. Unfortunately this country and the a...

11. Ottawa, IL nurse fired

    xrockstheheart replied to Jolie's topic in Illinois

    Breach of Contract Theory Javier Thomé, RN Breach of Contract occurs often in nursing. It has not been challenged in court as such because of lack of evidence. The other obstacle is the "employment at will" concept. So how do we go about finding the ...

12. staffing tried to trick/bully me in today!

    xrockstheheart replied to hock1's topic in General Nursing

    focus, keep your eye on the ball, the patient. Hospital administrators, nurse administrators are liars. What is a CNA anyway, did they get a degree, a certification, 2 wks of OJT. focus you only have 60 min in an hour, if you have 10 patients, they ...

13. staffing tried to trick/bully me in today!

    xrockstheheart replied to hock1's topic in General Nursing

    Happy in your work are you. Oh look at me, "I'm a CNA today". Let the other nurses bear the burden. I guess I'll empty the trash. GET a GRIP!

14. I made a med error

    xrockstheheart replied to southern_rn_brat's topic in Geriatric

    In TX 3 minor errors are considered a major error, and I suppose that means 3 minor errors in a short period of time. Unless Peer Review is done right it can hurt you. But not all states have peer review. Trust me you don't want Peer REview. but if ...

15. I made a med error

    xrockstheheart replied to southern_rn_brat's topic in Geriatric

    who ever gave the med, makes the error, there is a difference between an error and a mistake, according to the board. What we haven't looked is , IS There another solution, why don't meds have a code... BP/QD or GERD/BID, CP/NTG/PRN. Psy/Dep/QD, nam...