bluesboyj

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1. INTRA AROTIC BALLOON PUMP RATIO/RN/PT

   bluesboyj replied to mror44's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   Runner, it must be nice. Where I work we have alot of new nurses who are orienting to IABPs, VADs, CVVH, CABs. I've got 15 yrs critical care experience (10+ w/cab, iabp) who had to pester my manager...

2. Weekend Staffing

   bluesboyj replied to Kathleen Case's topic in General Nursing

   Also our weekends for nights are Fri and Sat nights. No penalty for calling in sick

3. Weekend Staffing

   bluesboyj replied to Kathleen Case's topic in General Nursing

   We do 12 hour shifts and on nights we have to do 3 weekend nights and 1 Sun night every 4 week schedule including 16 hrs call time in the same 4 week period. We get a 26% weekend diff. No staffing...

4. personality tests???

   bluesboyj replied to c fiser's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   I disagree that personality tests can determine if someone will make a good ICU nurse. Nurses store things that are important from report and assessment not from being able to regurgitate some bit of...

5. customer service versus patient care

   bluesboyj replied to Norma's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   The hospital where I worked in Ca was at war against the county hospital and spent millions$ to keep the county facility to expand and upgrade their lab and kitchen, which were at risk of losing the...

6. personality tests???

   bluesboyj replied to c fiser's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   I would contact an attorney since to didn't consent to a personality test ------------------ If Ya' Don't Love The Blues, Ya' Got A Hole In Your

7. Inter-unit rivalry

   bluesboyj replied to CEN35's topic in General Nursing

   Maybe you need to work out an arrangement where the er and floor and unit nurses can trade places for a few hours or maybe even a whole shift so everyone will have a feel of what it's like other "hot"...

8. Incompetent nurse

   bluesboyj replied to JeanthePHN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   As my pal Sophie says DOCUMENT.....!!!!!!!!!! everything. Also I think you should notify your state board of nursing and the facility to the agency that oversees your type facility. Something tells...

9. INTRA AROTIC BALLOON PUMP RATIO/RN/PT

   bluesboyj replied to mror44's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   I agree it would be nice if staffing could be done by needs of the individual pt. but it's not going to happen, esp. in these days of a profit driven business. The bottom line of hospitals is the...

10. INTRA AROTIC BALLOON PUMP RATIO/RN/PT

    bluesboyj replied to mror44's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I agree with LRichardson taht a stable IABP pt can be paired with another stable pt. Unfortunely, ours is now a business not driven by the mission to help the ill but is driven rather by the bottom...

11. INTRA AROTIC BALLOON PUMP RATIO/RN/PT

    bluesboyj replied to mror44's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I agree that pairing IABP patients is unsafe. All the hospitals I've worked, the policy has been 1:1 staffing except on a very rare occassion having to pair with a STABLE pt and the IAB pt has to be...