ajohnson8407

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1. Unit Practice council participation

   ajohnson8407 replied to ajohnson8407's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   The QI project is a unit initiative that the hospital is working on for when JACHO comes at sometime this year. The supplies is something that’s been voiced by the staff. The daisy and admissions...

2. Unit Practice council participation

   ajohnson8407 replied to ajohnson8407's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   I believe they are aware of the pay. We have a mostly seasoned and some middle road nurses. I work at a community hospital branch of a major hospital system so the new grad are usually at the main...

3. Unit Practice council participation

   ajohnson8407 replied to ajohnson8407's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   We do have a clinical ladder here. It is based on a point system. Basically a portfolio that you put together of times you have spent in committees, doing committee work outside meeting times,...

4. Unit Practice council participation

   ajohnson8407 posted a topic in Nursing Professionalism

   Good morning. I've seen some other posts about this from a while back but I am posting again to see if there is any new insight. So I am the chair person of our unit practice council. What I do is...

5. Minimum nursing staff levels?????

   ajohnson8407 replied to CoeKohawk11's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   I also work on a small pediatric unit, we have 7 available beds. We can have 6 pts and still be staffed with 1 nurse! There should def be minimum staffing laws. I believe there should at least be 1...

6. staffing pediatrics

   ajohnson8407 posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Im an RN working in a small peds unit of 8 beds. We normally staff only one nurse on the (locked) unit. we get another nurse when we reach 5 patients. Im going to be meeting with the CNO about a new...

7. Questions about staffing a small peds unit

   ajohnson8407 replied to oldcurlyrn49's topic in Pediatric

   Im an RN currently in a similar situation as you. I work on an 8 bed pedi unit that staffs only one nurse until she reaches 5 pts. no aide, no sec, you are alone. and did I metion we are now a locked...

8. Help i need patient education handouts

   ajohnson8407 posted a topic in Patient Education

   I worked at a hospital with Krames on Demand which I loved, I worked at a hospital with our own patient educator just call her up and she does the teaching and brings the handouts. I am big on...

9. HELP!! Cant find a job in NY

   ajohnson8407 posted a topic in Nursing Career

   I am a nurse from TX who is trying to move to NY to be with my fiance. I have my RN for NY and by now I think that every hospital in NY has a copy of my resume. I have called and had no one call be...

10. Anyone wanne to help me! I need an answer!

    ajohnson8407 replied to lpn2icu's topic in General Nursing

    I know there are alot of universities that have online programs. I am about to get ready to do my RN-MSN online. I am applying to Texas Tech and Midwestern State Both are

11. Looking for some flow sheets

    ajohnson8407 replied to ajohnson8407's topic in General Nursing

    that is a good question. like I said we are stuck in the dark ages. we have meditech but we only have it for email, admission assessments, and entering orders. I came from a hospital in san antonio...

12. Looking for some flow sheets

    ajohnson8407 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi I am currently working on a pedi unit. I just started working here in October, we have a new director and we are trying to bring the unit out of the dark ages. We are still paper charting and we...