Susan Sears BSN, RN

Susan Sears has 20 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in Rehabilitation Nurse, LTC Manager, Freelancer.

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   Top Causes and Symptoms of Nursing Staff Burnout and Ways to Help Reduce The Burnout

   Susan Sears replied to Susan Sears's topic in General Nursing

   That is so
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   Top Causes and Symptoms of Nursing Staff Burnout and Ways to Help Reduce The Burnout

   Susan Sears posted a topic in General Nursing

   Burnout is a work-related stress syndrome resulting from chronic exposure to job stress, and healthcare is a leader in work-related stresses. In Long Term Care (LTC), long before the pandemic, nurses...
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   Nursing Homes Short Staffing Causes and Effects

   Susan Sears replied to Susan Sears's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

   I do agree we should only count nurses truly working on the floor. Unfortunately, the state requirements are so vague that it is easy for a facility to save money by counting nurses this way. Though,...
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   Nursing Homes Short Staffing Causes and Effects

   Susan Sears posted a topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

   Short staffing in nursing homes due to cost-cutting decisions, nurses retiring due to age, or the added stresses of COVID-19, along with increases in patient caseload and complexity have played a...
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   How Long-Term Care Facilities Can Reduce Staff Burnout

   Susan Sears replied to Susan Sears's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

   I am not sure about no bedside experience if this qualifies as no bedside experience...8 plus years on the floor in sub-acute care and LTC as a floor nurse. Then another five-plus managing the unit. I...
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   How Long-Term Care Facilities Can Reduce Staff Burnout

   Susan Sears replied to Susan Sears's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant
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   How Long-Term Care Facilities Can Reduce Staff Burnout

   Susan Sears posted a topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

   Nurses and Direct care workers (DCW), such as certified nursing assistants (CNA) or nursing assistance (NA), provide most care in a long-term care facility. They regularly assist the patients with...
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   Managing the Holidays

   Susan Sears posted a topic in General Nursing

   What are some of your ideas to make the Holidays brighter for you, your family and your patients? No one wants to be in the hospital on Christmas; staff or patients. Only the staff that are...
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   Not being paid anything for overtime hours worked during orientation. Is this legal?

   Susan Sears replied to GbabyNurse's topic in General Nursing

   I know our hospital is only allotted a certain amount of pay for orientation and it does not include overtime. I have told people I was orientating to punch out and go and as the preceptor I finish...
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    Not being paid anything for overtime hours worked during orientation. Is this legal?

    Susan Sears replied to GbabyNurse's topic in General Nursing
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    Mandatory Overtime

    Susan Sears replied to ChknWing's topic in General Nursing

    In Michigan, it is hospital-specific. I work for a hospital that does not mandate but offers incentives like $40.00 an hour extra per shift when they are short-staffed. Yet a mile down the road, the...