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I work in an IMC unit, and we have all of our patients on tele & continuous pulse ox monitoring; my understanding of progressive care is that it is telemetry only.

Are the evaluations to help them improve their performance? Maybe once you get the results of the things your department can improve upon, ask them individually how they can make a difference to improve the things that need to be improved. You could...

I agree with KatKonk, your rights were violated!! As a manager, I cannot ask any of my employees if they are taking medications or have any sort of medical condition. You should file a formal complaint with your HR department and/or a lawyer. Drug t...

Our hospital has a similar intermittent FMLA policy. It is very frustrating to the staff that are left working short. We try to stay on top of the FMLA absences and once they reach their 12 weeks, their positions are posted. The other thing we starte...

Why don't you present the data to your staff, and ask them what they think of the poor results.... Sometimes the surveys can be very misleading.... I received some results that were really low regarding teamwork/working with others. I was shocked! I ...

Wow... This is a bad situation all the way around. Not only was the cursing an example of lateral violence... but it sounds like Jill has no respect for your authority in saying to not get involved in black women issues because it will come around t...

Our ICU does not have a room 13... I know that's just a superstition, but it was a big enough deal to affect our room numbers....

Similar to that, if a patient was comfort measures and you gave them a bath... that's usually when they expired.... I've also heard that to keep a patient from dying on your shift, you need to tie a knot in the sheet... and if a common housefly gets ...

We also have unit based educators within our organization. The educators are responsible for coordinating orientation, unit based inservices, weekly tracers, chart reviews of certain quality improvement initiatives, just in time education, and they a...

I have to disagree. Would this behavior be more intolerable if the patient were harmed by the neglect of this nurse? In a just culture, you examine the action of the person... did they know their behavior was wrong? Is there a hospital policy against...

I went to UoP and received my BSN. As you said, earning my degree was a lot of work and by no means a "cake walk." I would have continued on at UoP for my MSN, but my employer offered more tuition reimbursement to go to University of MD's online MS...

In our hospital, all new critical care nurses must have ACLS within the first year of hire, experienced nurses should have on hire. Since we have this policy in effect in all critical care areas, when staff are floated to other units, we're covered. ...

Well said. Imagine how confused our patients and families must be, seeing different caregivers coming in to the room with or without PPE. I've actually heard one patient remind her doctor that he needs to wear a gown and gloves when entering her room...

I don't think the ANA membership would enhance your resume that much IMHO, but one thing I would look for is if you've accepted leadership roles in your current position. Are you involved in any councils/committees? Are you a positive role model on y...

We are currently looking at our discharge practices because of the impact it will have on our bedflow. Right now, we do not have a standard for the time between written order and out the door. We do continue to provide care until the pt physically le...

Michael, When we first started swabbing all of our ICU admissions, we also swabbed 50 ICU nurses because we heard the same excuses from them about not needing to wear PPE "because we were all positive anyway." We only had 1 come back positive. While ...

The CDC is recommending that all healthcare providers get the vaccine. Here's a link: http://www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/acip/persons.htm.

I don't believe that Magnet Hospitals get a higher reimbursement rate, but Magnet hospitals do have to show that their quality performance is above the national average. So if your hospital or state has a pay for performance reimbursement system, the...

I don't think you're being naive... I just think for those of us who are planning on getting it is really a non-issue, and those who are affected by this are those who would choose not to take it, but now are being required by their employer. Several...

Most likely the schools are requiring the vaccines because the hospitals where they are doing the clinicals are requiring it. Our hospital is requiring the vaccine for all employees as well as any students, vendors, contracted employees, etc. that wo...

It's funny, but that's what the Studer group wants leaders to do with "Rounding for Outcomes." Not the typical "Hi, how are you?" but "what is going well today?... and do you have the tools you need to do your job?" Getting the staff to answer the qu...

I would show them the data that shows the decline in your quality and satisfaction of patients and staff as it relates to your increased workload. You could also look for some literature that supports your views to share with your new bosses.

As a manager, I have often had applicants tell me about upcoming plans for vacations or needed time off for whatever reason, and I have never used that as a basis for not hiring anyone. I also ask the question if there are any obligations the applica...

I understand that you're upset with not getting an interview, but it seems that all of the fingers are pointing at the mean manager and HR representative, and there has been no consideration of if there was anything in your past experience that could...

Our assignments are not made by the nurse manager, but by the charge nurses on the unit. Maybe making a suggestion to your manager of trying a new process: having the charge nurses do the assignments instead to fairly distribute the high acuity patie...