Miss RNC

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1. nurse-patient ratio

   Miss RNC replied to NANCPER's topic in Med-Surg

   Consider yourselfs fortunate! I work on a 32 bed med/surg unit which consists of 50% oncology 25% surg 25% medical pts. We are 1 to 8 patients on all 3 shifts.

2. RN's removing surgical drains

   Miss RNC replied to conniejean's topic in Med-Surg

   RN's and LPN's have been removing Jackson Pratt, Duvol, Penrose, Hemovac, Constavac and T-tube drains for years.

3. unit staffing for in house oncology pts

   Miss RNC posted a topic in Oncology

   I am just curious as to nurse to patient ratios in other hospitals on oncology units. Presently we have about 10-15 oncology pts on our general med/surg unit. Each nurse takes 8 pts each shift. We are a 32 bed unit. Our oncology pts are very sick...

4. fLOATING

   Miss RNC replied to JEANNE's topic in Med-Surg

   Presently our med/surg nurses are being floated to critical care and step down units without any orientation to the unit at all!! They tried to give one of our nurses 4 pts at various areas in the ccu. She was told that they were just floor type pts....

5. Please Tell Us If You Are Contacting Legislators/ANA, etc. Re: Nursing Concerns

   Miss RNC replied to barton's topic in Safety

   I emailed my senators and governor of Mississippi this past weekend. I am anxiously waiting for a reply. I enclosed a link to this board and a copy of the proposed California bill. I will keep everyone posted... Lets not give up!

6. Losing momentum?

   Miss RNC replied to Joe,RN's topic in Safety

   I finally decided to bite the bullet. I emailed my 2 Senators and the Governor of Mississippi about these issues. I can hardly wait to see if I get a reply.

7. a place to vent

   Miss RNC replied to iamme8557's topic in Safety

   I kind of feel the same way as iamme. I do believe that we have a problem here but am not ready to commit to rock the boat so to speak. I honestly can not say that any of our patients have been in danger due to the decrease in staffing. They could...

8. pay scales

   Miss RNC replied to RKDarnell's topic in General Students

   In Northeast Mississippi our new RN's start at around $16 or $17 an hour (hospital)

9. RN's removing chest tubes/heimlich valves and urostomy drains

   Miss RNC posted a topic in Med-Surg

   This week I have been asked to remove a heimlich valve and a urostomy drain. The MD told me that our CCU nurses have been removing chest tubes for a long time. Are any floor nurses doing these 2 procedures. Our house supervisor told me not to do ei...

10. Hospitals with IV, or Vascular Access Teams

    Miss RNC replied to Daniel1115's topic in Infusion

    I did not even know that IV teams still existed

11. LPN's functions

    Miss RNC replied to MarieP's topic in Infusion

    I have our medical surgical LPN job description if you want that?

12. ONCOLOGY FLOW SHEET

    Miss RNC replied to JOSEPH's topic in Oncology

    The words got moved around a bit when posted Basically you have the 4 things with blanks beside them in the top left corner and there is a blank on the top right corner for the pts addressograph. Then everything is on the left side of the page with 4...

13. ONCOLOGY FLOW SHEET

    Miss RNC replied to JOSEPH's topic in Oncology

    ok here it is (top left corner) Diagnosis Allergies Surgery Referred By Date (4 columns are here) Progress Notes Course/Day (1 column) Premedications Hydration Chemotherapy Transfusions Antibiotics Othe...

14. ONCOLOGY FLOW SHEET

    Miss RNC replied to JOSEPH's topic in Oncology

    Thanks that helps. We have a brand new cancer center at our hospital. I do not know what types of charting forms or flowsheets that they use, but I will certainly ask for you.

15. clinical pathways for total knee replacement

    Miss RNC replied to puzzled's topic in General Nursing

    sorry puzzled but I forgot how long this is... 6 pages. Please email me. I also have ones for BIPOLAR hips and total hip arthoplasty. I would be happy to mail them to you via the snail mail if you like or fax.