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  1. Patient to Nurse Ratios: What are yours?

    kristi-lpn2 replied to rkitty198's topic in General Nursing

    all i can do is the best i can i have been at this hospital for 10yrs we can have 26 pts on the floor we cant possibly get everything done because we have the drug seekers watching the clocks, we get...

  2. Patient to Nurse Ratios: What are yours?

    kristi-lpn2 replied to rkitty198's topic in General Nursing

    oklahoma ardmore medsurg/tele up to 13pts one lpn on rn 7a-11p weekend

  3. Sick of working short

    kristi-lpn2 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I went to work this weekend. I work weekend doubles. On 7-3 we had 23 patients on a medsurg floor. 1RN and 2LPN 1CNA and 1US. We had 8 patients a piece to take care of. Am I just a wus or is this a...

  4. Sick of working short

    kristi-lpn2 replied to kristi-lpn2's topic in General Nursing

    RN's only have to assessments on the patinets every 24 hours but as an LPN I do the complete assessment on all of my patients and chart under my nurses noted. LPN II which is what I am can give IV...

  5. Sick of working short

    kristi-lpn2 replied to kristi-lpn2's topic in General Nursing

    What union? I have been searching before commiting to anything and I have no idea what union is right. I am an LPN and most of the unions I have researched are for RN's

  6. Sick of working short

    kristi-lpn2 replied to kristi-lpn2's topic in General Nursing

    I do work in a hospital the RN's take turns with the assessments for ex 7-3 shift does total assessments on the middle part of the floor the 3-11 shift does the bottom half and the 11-7 shift RN does...

  7. New to Excelsior-How hard are the tests??

    kristi-lpn2 replied to aperkinslpn's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I am enrolled with RUE Education and go through excelcior to do my tests. The tests are pretty hard. I have already flunked one thats when I discovered on the RUE Education web site they have a page...

  8. Safe Pt Ratios for Med Surg

    kristi-lpn2 replied to MedSurgeMess's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I work on med-surg floor we can have up to 26 patients on my floor. The staffing we usually get is 1RN,3LPN,1CNA; sometimes we get 2RN,2LPN,1CNA. Every now and then we get 2 CNA but not very often. I...

  9. Staffing Ratios- Your Area And The Number Of Pts You Are Asked To Care For?

    kristi-lpn2 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in General Nursing

    I work on medsurg floor in a hospital in Oklahoma. We are supposed to have pt/ratio of 5-6 patients at most. We sometimes end up with 8pts. Total care. I am IV certified LPN so I can also give blood....

  10. Nursing Shortage

    kristi-lpn2 posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I am an LPN work at a hospital in Oklahoma on the med-surg unit. We can have up to 26 patients on my floor. I work doubles on the weekends. Every time I come to work is is getting worse and worse....