Ruffles#1

Ruffles#1

Med/surg/peds/womens

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About Ruffles#1

Ruffles#1 has 30 years experience and specializes in Med/surg/peds/womens.


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  1. Charting/Documentation

    I hope you get paid a lot of money for doing your job. WOW, you have a lot of work for 1 RN. My clinic sees around 90 patients/day. We have an EMR system which we review the patients allergies, medications, chief reason they are being seen etc. and...
  2. 12 Hour Shifts

    I think 12 hour shifts are not safe for nurses or patients.. When I worked the evening shift (3-11) we had 12 hour shifts who by around 3-7 pm. shut down. More medication errors were documented during that time. Nurses need a break from all the cr...
  3. Old nurse required to get BSN

    I feel that requiring all RN's to have BSN's is going to take these nurses away from the bedside. Nurses should remain at the bedside. We all have RN behind our name and that should be good enough. The patient's don't care how many initials or deg...
  4. Shared Governance

    We have tried to get SG going where I work in a rural community hospital. I feel that management is too involved. Management is at all the meetings. If this is truly SG, shouldn't the nurses have a say and present it to the ranks? I agree with Mu...
  5. I work in a clinic and love it. I really get to know my patients. I feel that I use a lot of my nursing skills still. I did work in an acute setting and never seemed to be able to get to know my patients. We are always having to solve problems for...