melodebbz

I work on a 30 bed tele unit with 22 monitored beds. we use pagers for alarms on our computerized monitors. we have 4 rns and 2 rpn's on days, 3 rn's and 2 rpn's on pm shift, 3 rn's on nights. ratio is 1:8, 1:10, 1:10. we recieve cardiac cath pts, r/o mi, chf, unstable angina, and pts waiting CABG, PTCA. , along with post op pts that need monitoring that are not going to icu we do not hang gtts on our unit like nitro, amiodarone, etc but there is talk of this happening. we run our own codes. we do not give anti-thrombitics on our unit. we have a high pt turnover rate. our staff turnover is probably better than other units in our hospital. please see my posting for hs care, i need some feedback.(in general nursing discussion) :)

Hi everyone. I need some feedback on what your routine consists of re: last rounds on pm shift. Do you do back rubs?Clean around the bedside? Basically make sure all is well so night shift can start without call bells etc? Is this a practice you once did and now long forgotten(to the nurses my age)? Our unit is trying to improve patient satisfaction and we are thinking bringing back the 'old' way of nursing. What do you think?