Karolyte

I am a new nurse manager and I am having difficulty with calculations ? We are planning to implement a different nursing model and I have to figure out how many RNs and how many PCTs I have to have for the unit to be fully staffed. Our target HPPD would be 9.5. We work 12 hour shifts therefore 36 hours a week or 72 in one pay period. We are averaging 25 patients daily. How would I calculate my needs?

Bringing this topic up. I am in the same situation and chose director of nursing position. Did not want the opportunity to pass since it may never come back. Just wondering what you decided to do when u were making this decision and are you glad about it.

I did not ask ok AN right away and I prefer evidence based articles over google to find my answers. I did read several articles but I also thought it would not hurt to ask an opinion of someone here.

I have a 40 something year old with asthma.

I have always had a problem with pulmonary function tests. Help me interpret these findings PEF> 80%, FEV1/FVC >75%.

We also use commode versus bathroom, knees with femoral block are the ones falling most of the time. Do you have 2 persons to assist the patient? Do they get up with knee immobilizers?

I work on a busy ortho unit. Our recent problem is increased number of falls. Especially lower extremity joint replacement patient falls while getting them up and ambulating. Although we stay with the patient, use gait belt, bed and chair alarms, fall risk signs, yellow socks... We still end up with patient's knee buckling and falling. How do you prevent falls???

Nur500 is a piece of cake :) ended up with 98.5%.

2.5 years

I am starting January 6!!! Yay!!

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I just started working with provant and yesterday attended my first event. In IL they pay $28 an hour. Everything was very well organized. There were 10 of us and others worked for provant 3 or more years. They send emails with events you can either accept or decline. So far everything was vert smooth.

So did it turn out to be legit?

Thank you all for your input.

Hi! I have a question for the ICU nurses. I am a student, therefore, I do not have experience but I have curiosity. I know that sedation vacations help to prevent VAP, but how about patients that are getting paralytics, who are sedated with propofol and vented? Is there any nursing research about it? I did my search but was not able to find any.