outptsurgeryrn

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1. War is coming, the lines have been drawn!

   outptsurgeryrn replied to outptsurgeryrn's topic in Safety

   roser13, how many pts per nurse? this sounds good to me. I would be for it. We were told to "come up with a better solution"..... inshallamiami....there is no hope of union, too small and most have given up and just want out

2. War is coming, the lines have been drawn!

   outptsurgeryrn posted a topic in Safety

   War is coming and the lines have been drawn. Management says we need to cut payroll. Flex people off. We are being looked at by "Corporate" for low numbers and high payroll. I work in a hospital in a very very depressed area. Most patients are medica...

3. ideas-ambulatory surgery set up

   outptsurgeryrn replied to Laxmom237's topic in Ambulatory

   Here is an example of our day: we have 4 RNs each with a 615 pt for a 715 surgery time. Each nurse has about 3-4 pts at various incoming times. We get them ready (iv, shave, hang abt, teds, etc). OR nurse comes at 0715 to pick up pt. Then pt goes to ...

4. outpatient surgery staffing??(long)

   outptsurgeryrn posted a topic in Ambulatory

   Need help from other ambulatory surgery nurses. How are you staffed? how does your unit run? nurse/pt ratio? What type of preop teaching/assessment done (before surgery or day of)? My ops dept also includes area for endoscopy. Nurses work were neede...