babsRN

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1. consequences of medication errors

   babsRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm interested in hearing what the various consequences are out there for medication errors. From ya'lls perspective....how do we hold professionals accountable without creating situations where...

2. tips on being an effective charge nurse?

   babsRN replied to minnib's topic in Nurse Management

   Great words of wisdom by all who have come before me...my addition would be to remember that it is the charge nurse who sets the culture for the unit for that shift. Much of what is accomplished or...

3. Photocopy of incident report

   babsRN replied to shavsha's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the responses to my post about keeping a journal. I hope everyone knows not to mention an occurance report in your documentation...then the report could be discoverable by supoena. Be...

4. Photocopy of incident report

   babsRN replied to shavsha's topic in General Nursing

   I have always understood that occurance reports should never be copied. But also I need to mention what our risk manager advises about journal keeping or copying other items related to caring for...

5. Inadequate ICU orientation? And, how to address it?

   babsRN replied to grouchy's topic in General Nursing

   You've gotten some great advice already. I can't really top Hoolahan's pointers. Don't be afraid to ask questions. People love to teach, and it is flattering to them that you ask. All of my...

6. Floating nurses

   babsRN replied to babsRN's topic in Nurse Management

   I meant demoralizing in this context as having a negative impact on the morale of the employee...basically feeling less than valued and/or worthless as an

7. Floating nurses

   babsRN posted a topic in Nurse Management

   I have an issue I really need to get input on. I manage several large telemetry and PCU type areas. Staffing is usually tight...however, once in a while the clouds part and the census in the ICU...

8. Patient Falls in Acute Care Setting

   babsRN replied to MiniRNC's topic in Nurse Management

   All kidding about staffing aside...we've had a pretty successful "watchful eye" program, where the room door, chart, patient armband is all color coded to identify the patient as a high risk for fall....

9. Night Shift Differential

   babsRN replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

   At my facility, the nurse get 2.50/hr for 3-11, 3./hr for 11-7, and and an additional 3.50 for weekend diff, regardless of shift. This rate is pretty standard for this part of Texas. Our PRNs go for...

10. Bullied in Report

    babsRN replied to Sleepyeyes's topic in General Nursing

    Kudos to LadyNASDAQ. Our work lives are difficult enough without having to put up with our elders eating our young. My advice to you is to document your experiences in an objective way...using...

11. sitter usage

    babsRN replied to babsRN's topic in General Nursing

    To confirm...side rails are indeed a type of restraint in JCAHO's eyes...hard to swallow when you're an old fart who even two years ago used to shout from roof tops..."Get those side rails up, d***...

12. sitter usage

    babsRN replied to babsRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks all for your replies to my dilemma. At my facility we are supposed to tell the families that they will be charged for the sitter time, however, I've not known the hospital to actually bill for...

13. sitter usage

    babsRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am in need of ya'lls experience with sitter usage on med-surg areas and telemetry areas. I am manager of about 70-ish total telemetry beds. Half of these are informally considered as step-down ICU...

14. Nurse to patient ratios

    babsRN replied to stellaCat4's topic in Cardiac

    I work in a similar setting but with some differences. We have an 10-ish bed area strictly for the recovery of interventional cath pts. The nurse pt. ratio in this area is 2-3 pts per nurse. These...