awrn

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1. nurse patient ratio..

   awrn replied to Lawton Nurse's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   I agree that it is insane to take up to 24 patients. (My staff thought they had it bad.) We are also a med/surg unit. We hold 28-29 patients and if the floor is full we usually staff with 3 RNs, 3...

2. Change of shift report

   awrn replied to Idaho Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   What type of units are using this method for change of shift report? I work on a 29 bed Med/Surg unit, and we havebeen trying to give report as "walking rounds", but we are running into a little...

3. Orthopaedic checklist

   awrn posted a topic in Orthopedic

   I am in the process of opening an orthopaedic unit at my hospital. I am trying to put together an orthopaedic checklist for new employees. I don't know why, but I seem to be having a hard time. My...