moving to dallas LPN in RN school

tcdtx · Aug 28, 2007

I work at an LTAC in Ft Worth. Our typical nurse:patient ratio is 1:5 or 1:6. We also have a Direct Observation Unit (patients with vents, etc) and their ratio is 1:2. I would find out from the hospital. We've had nurses come from LTAC's who have much higher ratios, which is not a good situation to be in. LTAC patients have multiple medical problems (diabetes, non-healing wounds, cardiac issues, etc), their diagnosis list is typically long for each patient.

May I ask which LTAC you're going to work for?

chill1965 · Aug 28, 2007

I work at an LTAC in Ft Worth. Our typical nurse:patient ratio is 1:5 or 1:6. We also have a Direct Observation Unit (patients with vents, etc) and their ratio is 1:2. I would find out from the hospital. We've had nurses come from LTAC's who have much higher ratios, which is not a good situation to be in. LTAC patients have multiple medical problems (diabetes, non-healing wounds, cardiac issues, etc), their diagnosis list is typically long for each patient.
May I ask which LTAC you're going to work for?

Thanks for your reply,im in the process of paperwork now with a agency supplymental healthcare,but im leary of them,they jerked me around last year,so im persueing other companies also to travel with,to come to dallas,I have seen a home I want to buy there,and there is no state tax,which will work for me,because once im a RN I plan to travel,and make dallas my base,but thank you again for your help,if you know of a company let me know and I can give them your name for the refferal bonus,they nomally pay between 250 to 500 for a lpn/lvn referal,most people slit it,up the middle,but im not interested in the bonus so it would be all yours to keep.let me know if you need a e-mail address.