oldnurse

YOUR nursing values and performance are just want I would like from all nusres if I'm ever hospitalized. Keep true to your heart. ------------------ Paula

OH! The days of floating out of ICU/CCU, UGH.The floor that bothered me the most was pediatrics(babies can"t communicate well and toddlers just wanted their MOMMIES). Don't know any suggestion re: floating to telem. unit but if your hospital would be willing to look at other hosps. that have a Promt Care setting for non-emergancies and semi-emergancies that seem to be flooding the ERs these days. Have the nurses been ask specifically what the problems is re: floating? Not knowning where supplies are is frustrating-and that is just a little thing. Do the ER and Telementry nurses ever have to float to ICU? Many times ICU's low census comes after a period of being almost worked to death and a couple of slow shifts are welcome to get caught up with the notices, different manufactures news/updates (esp. the pharmaciticals-just recentlly Mellaril received a black box warning(can mess up QT and Potassium)and sometimes the best is just to have TIME do do patient care, pt.education and get your charting done before your shift ends. Hope you find a working solution- having nurses quit just because of this needs to be brought to the attention of the Hosp. Administrator. Hope you are reading the entries under Fab.idea by Bunky. ------------------ Paula