If your admin. is pushing for team nursing, suggest a pilot program. Choose or ask for volunteers to pilot 2 teams for each shift consisting of RN, LPN, CNA. Define the roles of each team member,...
I work in a small suburban hospital in the midwest. The MED/SURG unit averages 24 patients. We have been doing team nursing since '96. It works. But, only because all the RN's, LPN's and CNA's are...