mcl10109

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1. floating between departments ie med/surg to nicu

   mcl10109 replied to mcl10109's topic in General Nursing

   Hi everyone, I've tried to talk with as many people as I can and no such luck I will be destined to float back to med/surg whenever they need. I'm not going to be there much longer. Thank you all for your replies, it really helped me not to feel al...

2. floating between departments ie med/surg to nicu

   mcl10109 replied to mcl10109's topic in General Nursing

   And I TOTALLY agree with you on this Daytonite especially on the emphasis on TEAMWORK. Unfortunately there's not always that cohesiveness on the floor every day like there should be. I'm totally for helping out and for doing whatever I have to do w...

3. floating between departments ie med/surg to nicu

   mcl10109 replied to mcl10109's topic in General Nursing

   Ok I definately understand what your saying it sounds like they sent you to a floor that was adequately staffed and I dunno not so bad correct me if I'm wrong about this. I just think that putting nurses on a floor that is inadequately staffed, I'm g...

4. floating between departments ie med/surg to nicu

   mcl10109 replied to mcl10109's topic in General Nursing

   Yes... Please tell me that you also were a floor nurse in the same dilemma and had to float between very vast specialties. Oh and by the way supervisor, today you'll be working on the floor with a full patient assignment 6:1... 4 discharges and admit...

5. Big bad nurse bully

   mcl10109 replied to Canadian Princess's topic in Relations

   to anne74 no job is worth being so sick as to not to be able to go to work it sounds like you've toughed it out long enough it's not good for your physical or mental health. RUN!!!!! Good Luck

6. floating between departments ie med/surg to nicu

   mcl10109 replied to mcl10109's topic in General Nursing

   I could try to offer this up but unfortunately they staff with me included in their numbers, I'm now trying to learn mom baby but at least it's not a far cry from my main floor, where I want to be. I beat myself up after the last horrible day I had ...

7. floating between departments ie med/surg to nicu

   mcl10109 replied to mcl10109's topic in General Nursing

   see now that's the thing I have precepted for that floor like three years ago and I go there sparsely like every 5 or 6 months maybe 1 2 or 3 days and that's it, I would really rather not go back but I keep getting told that when the Adult units need...

8. floating between departments ie med/surg to nicu

   mcl10109 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi I'm a nurse with a small dilemma and was hoping for some assistance. I graduated 3 years ago and like many new graduates are told to do so I went into med surg to develop my "nursing skills". Well after I begged and pleaded I was able to secure ...

9. What is your Nurse to Patient Ratio

   mcl10109 replied to dRN1's topic in Med-Surg

   5:1 to start then admits and d/c as appropriate to keep you at a level of 6:1