I can tell you it's definitely present in our hospital. We are a very customer service organization, so whatever the patient or the family wants, they get. We are a no smoking facility, but all the patient has to do is complain, and there is a MD ...
Everything at our facility is "heart healthy"- low sodium, low cholesterol, dark chocolate candy only, baked chips, etc. Nothing against that, but IMHO, you should be able to follow what diet you choose , not have one forced on you!
We routinely have 7-8 patients on days and nights on a busy med surg floor with telemetry. Each RN works with an LPN. The RN is responsible for am vitals, accuchecks and assessments and of course, RN interventions. The LPN's do the noon and pm vital ...
crussell replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Louisiana
We are still asking patients how they made out in the storm, as some are still rebuilding . We now start off everyday conversations with " Before Katrina" or " this started after Katrina, so it's been about 7 years.." Everything here has been affecte...
I like EPIC now. You can check your work list that will tell you when tasks and meds are due and alert you to orders that are new and need to be acknowledged. I really like the note section- you can actually read a progress note and make out the the...
crussell replied to Info(RN)matics's topic in Med-Surg
We use the RN/LPN model of nursing - the LPN's do meds/IVPB and the RN's do all of the assessments, pushes and RN interventions for 7-8 patients - no nursing assistants.