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 floor

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 hospital. I was hired in early August for full time nig...

3. Any Diabetic nurses out there?

   StarsNStripes replied to turtletyme's topic in 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 too.

4. IV precipitation

   StarsNStripes replied to jacjon's topic in Infusion

   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 floor!