jlc

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1. Survey: Has your facility implemented nurse to patient ratios?

   jlc replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   We supposedly go by aquity but that never holds up. If you have an empty bed you fill it up despite how many nurses are working. Days you have between 6 to 8 pts, evenings 7 to 9 and nights 8 to 10....

2. Nurses rat on nurses

   jlc replied to rscarlatti's topic in General Nursing

   Nurses need to stick together, when a nurse calls out for help, then help should be given. If you see a nurse sinking then you should step in and help out. Nurses do at times "kill their young"....

3. Sick call policy

   jlc replied to goldgram's topic in Nurse Management

   Once again the sole focus is to punish the "offender". The nurse that dared to be sick on a weekend. How can nursing ever hope to recruit new nurses into nursisng with this kind on mentality. If...