Chiron

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1. Nurse to patient ratios

   Chiron replied to stellaCat4's topic in Cardiac

   I am working on a 33 bed med/surg/tele unit, we also have chemo. the ratio for tele nurse is 1:4-6 on days and usually 1:6 nights, our max tele now is 6 since we are a new tele unit

2. nurse to patient ratio

   Chiron replied to Rileycat's topic in Med-Surg

   I work on a med/surg/chemo/telemetry unit, the dayshift ratio is usually 1: 6-8 but night shift can be worse 1:8-11, the facility has set staffing policies and when the nurse to patient ration is higher than the stated policy the nurses have been wri...

3. not documented, not done. what does this mean?

   Chiron replied to kmahoneyrn's topic in General Nursing

   I was taught to document as if your notes were going to be read by a prosecuting attorney in a court of law. the facility I work in uses a standarized computer template for repetitious documentation that speeds things up by just clicking with the mou...

4. Bcma

   Chiron replied to night owl's topic in Government

   I am a VA RN and have been using the BCMA on a med/surg unit, my opinion is that it is not for the convenience of the Nurse or the Patients but for the Administration to keep better records. It is just one more added step in medication Administration...