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  1. Are nurse patient ratio's safe with the numbers rising away?

    luckynurse_1234 replied to Aubrianna's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Agree with all of the above. I started out in LTC with 30 patients and 2 CNAs and the CNAs were so overworked and burned out they barely did a minimum. Next Med-Surg with a 4:1 ratio or 3:1 if they...

  2. Team nursing/job satisfaction

    luckynurse_1234 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work on a med/surg/non-acute peds floor. We employ about 35 nurses total, and we are divided into 4 teams of about 8-10 people. I have worked with my team for over a year, and I am comfortable with...

  3. Team nursing/job satisfaction

    luckynurse_1234 replied to luckynurse_1234's topic in General Nursing

    Lol I had never heard of the kind of team nursing you were referring to where they divide up the tasks. I an curious as to how many hospitals kept the same people working together every shift since...

  4. Questionable practices at a LTC home

    luckynurse_1234 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have taken a job as an "RN" at a LTC home. When I interviewed, I threw out there that I was willing to work as a CNA to cover in case of emergencies. They took it as I would fill every hole in their...

  5. Questionable practices at a LTC home

    luckynurse_1234 replied to luckynurse_1234's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thanks so much for your ever-so-helpful comment. I hope people are just as supportive to you when you have a

  6. CNA A Horror Story

    luckynurse_1234 replied to rocknroll01's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Thank you for saying something! I thought I was the only one who encountered the lift situation. It got so bad that I was thinking, "Well, I must either be lazy or a big baby because so and so said...

  7. Will any hospitals pay you to relocate?

    luckynurse_1234 posted a topic in Nevada Nursing

    I will be graduating with my BSN this December. I am currently in Kansas and am desperate to relocate after graduation, hopefully to Nevada. I have done several searches but can't find anything on the...

  8. Nursing Simulation Lab

    luckynurse_1234 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    My question is, how do you not choke when you are completing a nursing skills simulation lab? I know I am supposed to feel lucky my school has a sim lab, but I hate it. Performing skills on mannequins...

  9. NEED SOME ASSISTANCE PLEASE :o)

    luckynurse_1234 replied to jorla9903's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    At least where I go to school, the instructors don't care if you end up writing a mini-novel and sometimes even expect it. I would divide the disorders into viral and bacterial, then fill out the...