I agree, whomever notices the diaper needs changing will take care of it. Tech, secretary, nurse, cna...its usually a team effort unless that person is super busy with their own stuff at that moment- then they would just tell the nurse. :) If it som...
We make heat pads with chux too, still paper chart many things (and computer chart the same stuff- so its redundant), do the same with sheets in triage unless soiled. I'm glad we don't use frozen diapers for ice packs at my new facility- that was jus...
I can totally relate. I am at a new facility and find some policies they have "weird" too. I find it hard not to state "Really? Where I was we did... " so I have to make a conscious effort to bite my tongue. If I catch myself saying something like th...
Think of it as your employer investing in you and your success. 5-6 months is wonderful, they must really want their nurses to be ready. :) Congrats on the new job!
We typically do more detailed report outside the room, and then introduce the new nurse- go over IV's, and some general things at bedside (like pt wants skin to skin, breast feeding, no epidural, POC etc) I think its difficult to do a detailed report...
KJM10 replied to dramaprincess531's topic in Ob/Gyn
Wow! 6 shifts and your on your own? Are you Mother/baby, L&D, gyn surgical patients? I can't imagine a new unseasoned nurse being ready to be on their own after such a short orientation. I am at a new facility but 2 years experience and already h...
I interviewed and was offered a job with a similar situation. No residents or physicians in house, just on call. It was a smaller hospital so there was only 2 nurses on each shift, no SCN or nursery nurse and minimal ancillary staff just a tech/clerk...
Our ratios are 4:1 for pp, 1:1 for mag usually. Occasionally if short staffed we will have another pp pt with a mag but no more than that. We keep all mag pts are on our LDRP floor.
No you dont wear your whites to orientation. The only tip I have for you is to work hard, read your books and then go back and read them again. :) Its a hard program and most weeks you WILL spend 40+ hours a week studying/writing papers/careplans- n...
Congrats jcolli01 on getting into the program! I am also Baker(Flint). I am going to be starting my 4th semester. Good Luck and congrats again. ( When did you guys find out you got in? We had to wait for our certified letter to come Christmas Eve la...
We were told Thursday at our orientation (Flint), by the Director of Nursing program, that they will have the BSN program up and running by fall. If I understand it correctly it is mainly online.