luvinursing

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1. ICU Staffing Ratio & (Floating icu nurses)

   luvinursing replied to urbanRN's topic in MICU

   dang, girl, where do YOU work?! i want to work THERE! we run at dangerous levels quite often, just us two or three rns, no assistants, no secretary half the time, with not the least concern from mgt or director, nor comment to our complaints other th...

2. How to set up a trauma unit/room? and setup the policy for trauma nurse in the ER?

   luvinursing replied to jereboy's topic in Emergency

   anyone have michigan info

3. CA staffing ratios evoke anger 'tween RNs & LVNs

   luvinursing replied to NMAguiar's topic in Activism

   again, where do they reference ancillary staff in all this. we have numbers similar to this--minus one RT for 4 vents! WOW-now THAT IS GRAVY. but again, our step-down provides TWO ancillary in addition to RN, and in our ccu/icu we have NONE with much...

4. Nurse To Patient Ratio's in ER

   luvinursing replied to Jeff Bagley's topic in Emergency

   ok, 3 RN days, 3 RN pm, with tech 11-11. hmm, change that to 2 RN days, 2 RN nites, and 2 11-11 rns--so NO techs at all, 2 rns on til 11am, then TWO more come on until 11p. See, it seems like they have it too easy, until they DON'T! that's fine, so ...

5. Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act (THIS ONE IS IMPORTANT!)

   luvinursing replied to BethAn's topic in Activism

   minimum direct care registered nurse-to-patient ratios: a hospital would be required during each shift, except during a declared emergency, to assign a direct care registered nurse to no more than the following number of patients in designated units:...

6. Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act (THIS ONE IS IMPORTANT!)

   luvinursing replied to BethAn's topic in Activism

   you need to REPORT your hospital! NO WAY would I be the only nurse, let alone in a mental facility. Trust me, the money is just going somewhere else while you help them cut corners. If YOU were the one injured, do you think anything would change? I'l...

7. ICU Staffing Ratio & (Floating icu nurses)

   luvinursing replied to urbanRN's topic in MICU

   You need to notify the director, annonously if you like, but that way, you give her the opportunity to address the situation. No action taken? Contact OSHA, and the trauma certification agencies---there ARE staffing requirements to be maintained. The...