SusanS BSN, RN

SusanS has 17 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in Rehabilitation Nurse, LTC Manager, Freelancer.

SusanS's Latest Activity

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   How Long-Term Care Facilities Can Reduce Staff Burnout

   SusanS replied to SusanS's topic in LTC Directors

   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 feel I have a pretty good idea of how both worked...
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   How Long-Term Care Facilities Can Reduce Staff Burnout

   SusanS replied to SusanS's topic in LTC Directors
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   How Long-Term Care Facilities Can Reduce Staff Burnout

   SusanS posted a topic in LTC Directors

   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 medication administration, wound care, toileting, bat...
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   Managing the Holidays

   SusanS posted a topic in 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 required to work and the very sick who cannot go home ...
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   Not being paid anything for overtime hours worked during orientation. Is this legal?

   SusanS replied to GbabyNurse's topic in 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 whatever needs to be finished or stay with the patie...
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   Not being paid anything for overtime hours worked during orientation. Is this legal?

   SusanS replied to GbabyNurse's topic in Nursing
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   Mandatory Overtime

   SusanS replied to ChknWing's topic in 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 local hospital mandates constantly. I worked for a ...