BirdieRN

BirdieRN has 35 years experience.

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1. On-call or cancelled? That is the question!

   BirdieRN replied to Eschell2971's topic in General Nursing

   I find it interesting that no one brought Staffing up in this discussion. Most of the facilities have done this to be fiscally responsible & and to provide safe Staffing. Safety is hugely important especially for the night shift. At a previous fa...

2. I hate Kronos (electronic punch in/out system)

   BirdieRN replied to Nuieve's topic in New Nurse

   Use the timer/clock on your cell to remind you. We have timers in our lunch room so you can set and remember to clock back in when your'e done w/ lunch. Some facilities have staff punching in/out for lunch, instead of by omission as some described, b...

3. Why Do Nursing Instructors Rely So Heavily On PowerPoints To Teach?

   BirdieRN replied to SarahMaria's topic in General Students

   You are exactly right. When used correctly PPs can give outline summaries, graphic examples, and even humor to sometimes vast amounts of information For those nursing instructors that know how to use them. THose that don't summairly read drone on e...

4. How often do nurses have sex in the hospital?

   BirdieRN replied to curiousstudent5's topic in General Nursing

   :redlight: Seriously??? I've worked in a hospital for 20 years. It is usually not the nurses having sex, it's housekeeping & dietary (and on those rare occasions, administration). Those positions are usually filled by younger, non-professional ...

5. Mandatory Nurse Manager Transfer

   BirdieRN replied to BirdieRN's topic in Illinois

   Would like to add there was a med /surg manager position available, in addition to staff positions that were not allowable options from the administration. The Telemetry position was eliminated by combining two telemetry units, & the less experi...

6. Mandatory Nurse Manager Transfer

   BirdieRN posted a topic in Illinois

   Looking for anyone with relating experiences to mandatory nurse manager transfers in their facility. Recent experience with the following: Nurse manager of Telemetry was told she was going to be transfered to critical care. Nurse manager has no crit...

7. About productive hours per patient day?

   BirdieRN replied to rrroyer's topic in Management

   Good Luck! Consultants commonly come in to bring down your WHPPD. :trout: It is very difficult to come accross that information on line. One company will sell it to you, and I did purchase it. While it's costly ($150) it does give excellent brea...