ksettle

ksettle specializes in CCU, LTAC.

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1. Nurse to resident ratios in LTC for Colorado

   ksettle replied to cherryw28's topic in Safety

   PRofit for facility that can cut corners and get away with staffing less than is necessary to provide quality care, hmmmmmm, urband legend or fact? Just joking, work at a Texas LTAC where staffing has b/c barebones and difficult to adjust to...I know...

2. Safe harbour or not

   ksettle replied to ksettle's topic in Safety

   Update...feeling I have nothing to lose since I am going to proactively look for another job... I completed the Safe Harbour paperwork prior to the 48 hour deadline and just handed it in to House Supervisor. I feel I did this right even if it turns o...

3. Safe harbour or not

   ksettle replied to ksettle's topic in Safety

   Sader, thanks for the response and prayer. First thing I did when I woke up this morning was come to this forum. I know there are no answers and this being an employee state pretty much beginning to feel like oppression by the "HAVES" vs the "HAVE NO...

4. Safe harbour or not

   ksettle posted a topic in Safety

   I am a charge nurse w/i a LTAC facility that has seen changes in staffing/patient ratios with increasing staff turnover and increasing use of agency nurses. The changes mostly stem from changing Charge Nurse to a Team Leader Resource position allowin...