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  1. New hosptial computer systems pull nurses away from patient care

    lee1 replied to lee1's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Has anyone used eclipsis, sunrise clinical

  2. How do you take care of your back?

    lee1 replied to Hannahr's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Back, muscular injuries are the largest source of disability for nurses. No other thoughts??? No one using "safe patient and handling"

  3. New hosptial computer systems pull nurses away from patient care

    lee1 replied to lee1's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    So far only 1 person has told me that their staff/nurse ratios were lowered but only for 2 days. Any others???? For how long??? What type of systems?? Anyone using Eclypsis??? Did your charge nurse...

  4. New hosptial computer systems pull nurses away from patient care

    lee1 replied to lee1's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    So, I see most of you liked it once the kinks were worked out. What systems did you use?? What was pt/nurse ratios during computer rollout?? Did you go completely live or just piece by piece? What...

  5. New hosptial computer systems pull nurses away from patient care

    lee1 posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Hi all, Just want to know if any of you have been involved in a new computer roll out in your hospital where bedside paper charting is being eliminated and all done in the computer----eclypsis,...

  6. disturbing article in Wall Street Journal

    lee1 replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    Oramar, Can you remember the title of the article??? We are going though a new computer system roll out and it is VERY PAINFUL right now. It would certainly be nice to have this article to show as...

  7. Head Nurse in staffing

    lee1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, Do your head nurses take patient assignments routinely?? If so, who is left to help cover breaks, meals, difficult situations, off floor testing, mentoring of new/needy nurses??? If you have...

  8. Head Nurse in staffing

    lee1 replied to lee1's topic in General Nursing

    It would be nice to know the manager's views but I think that they also are controlled by the CNO who is controlled by the

  9. How do you take care of your back?

    lee1 replied to Hannahr's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Does your hospital have a safe patient handling policy?? Do they have lift teams?? Algorithyms for lifting??? Equipment to utilize under the algorithyms?? Proper initial assessments??? Any...

  10. Head Nurse in staffing

    lee1 replied to lee1's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, there is a Director, some places the Director has more than 1 unit, but, they are trying to get away from that because then the Director does NOT really know just what is going on as they should,...

  11. Computerized charting

    lee1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, How many of you use computerized charting based on a "office format" which system do you use???? Cerner, Elcypsis?? How user friendly does it seem??? Do you have to create your care plans???...

  12. Head Nurse in staffing

    lee1 replied to lee1's topic in General Nursing

    Ahh, would be nice, but in my hospital the HN do take patients and that is the problem. Just wondering how many other hospitals regularly have their HNs in

  13. Computerized charting

    lee1 replied to lee1's topic in General Nursing

    Who has to enter the downtime

  14. Floating to diffrent units in your hospital

    lee1 replied to mugwump's topic in General Nursing

    Do any of your hospitals staff in 4 hour shifts??? We have many types staffing in our hospital. Some nurses work 12 hours for example 7am-7pm. Some work traditional 8 hours. Some work 11am-11pm...

  15. Floating to diffrent units in your hospital

    lee1 replied to mugwump's topic in General Nursing

    To Daytonite, What kind of acuity system does your hospital use?? Is your system paperless??? Our hospital is now in the middle of switching to electronic system and we hope eventually the patient...

  16. North Dakota changing entry level practice

    lee1 replied to Intensity's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Just found the below on allnurses.com

  17. working on Christmas?

    lee1 replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    Some units where I work-----the nurses only work a 4 hour shift to make it fair for everyone on

  18. working on Christmas?

    lee1 replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    I take it you are not unionized hosptial where seniority has some perks. I am not talking about just a particular unit but for the whole hospital. This is one of the perks that would be available...

  19. "Pump Head" post OHS

    lee1 replied to RN12345656's topic in Cardiac

    Have personally had it happen to both my father and my uncle post bypass. They also have had mild to severe postop cognitive disorders. Now, these cases were done "onpump". Surgery done approx 4...

  20. Change in ICU ratios?

    lee1 replied to lee1's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    and the circle goes round and round. Keep up those 3:1 ratios and see just how many nurses you cannot find. It is all about the working conditions !!!! When nurse feel their licenses are threatened,...

  21. Change in ICU ratios?

    lee1 replied to lee1's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I have always worked for over 35 years in hi acuity ICUs. I have also belonged to the AACN and had wonderfull HN/Directors who were advocates of critical care. In the many hospitals I have worked it...

  22. Magnet recertification

    lee1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Has anyone had the above re certification done lately at their hospital?? How did it go?? Did you think it was worthwhile? Do you know how much time was spent getting ready for this? Submitting the...

  23. St. Barnabas Med Center

    lee1 replied to promises's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    anyone here work with the heart transplant patients at St. Barnabas??? ICU or step

  24. Nurse-pt ratios

    lee1 replied to Sailingshoes's topic in General Nursing

    Be careful all and READ your state mandated/standards/policies that cover what you are allowed/not allowed to

  25. Nurse-pt ratios

    lee1 replied to Sailingshoes's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't matter if you don't share assignments, they are certain things you are still not allowed to do including assessments and the RN on the floor is still held legally