SweetnurseS

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1. Med-Surg Topic of the Week .... Nurse to Patient Ratios

   SweetnurseS replied to RNPATL's topic in Medical-Surgical

   I work on a 20 bed med/surg floor where we have one charge nurse who works days 6:30 to 3 mon thru friday. We work 12 hr shifts. Our patient ratio varies depending on the census. Usually we have...

2. Change of shift report

   SweetnurseS replied to SweetnurseS's topic in Medical-Surgical

   Also....Starbuck, that sounds like something that might work. I'm thinking if we all had a copy of the worksheet to follow when we give report. You could tell me how yours is set up? Thanks. I...

3. Change of shift report

   SweetnurseS replied to SweetnurseS's topic in Medical-Surgical

   I was asked by my manager to see if we could come up with a better solution to give and take report. That is the reason why I started this post. We also have bedside charts. 3rdshiftguy do you use...

4. Hello - What state are you from?

   SweetnurseS replied to KimRN41514's topic in Rural

   Another Mainer here. I live in central Maine, north of Bangor. I work as an RN in a small rural hospital on a medical surgical floor with 26

5. Change of shift report

   SweetnurseS posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

   I'm looking for ideas on shift report. Currently where I work we tape report. I feel this works the best for us as we used to have verbal and took too much time. Wondering what others do and...

6. Team Nursing-

   SweetnurseS replied to lisa122's topic in Medical-Surgical

   Years ago the small rural hospital where I've worked for 15 yrs. did team nursing. About 8 years ago they changed to primary nursing with a charge nurse. I prefer primary nursing as I usually have...