StarsNStripes

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1. Attention all 50 states: what is your nursing ratio? please post!

   StarsNStripes replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

   Toledo, OH Primary care nursing (Not team nursing) 1:4-5 Days 1:5-6 Nights for Med/Surg Tele I've had a few nights where I've snuck by with 4 without getting a nurse pulled off the

2. Pls tell me this is common in your Hospital!!!

   StarsNStripes replied to SurvivorRN's topic in General Nursing

   I'm with you SurvivorRN! In fact, I just came to the forums tonight while I sit here at home "On Call" for a little encouragement. I'm a new grad (May 08) working for a small Catholic non-profit...

3. Any Diabetic nurses out there?

   StarsNStripes replied to turtletyme's topic in Nurse Disabilities

   It's reassuring to hear I'm not the only one who's dealing with this. I have to take frequent breaks to grab a snack or I find I get really shakey

4. IV precipitation

   StarsNStripes replied to jacjon's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

   I'm a soon-to-be nursing grad (May 2nd) and I just wanted to say thank you to the responders of this thread. It saved my tush the other day on the clinical