nurbac

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1. "Your servers today will be..." Opinions please!

   nurbac replied to Nascar nurse's topic in Geriatric

   I am stunned that nursing administration would concur with such a card. We have dry erase boards in our patient rooms where the RN and care tech write their names so that the patient has a way to easily remember their staff members. This institutio...

2. What is the difference?

   nurbac replied to AliciaB's topic in CNS

   The percentages of time would depend on how the institution utilized the CNS role. I spend about 70% of my time in nurse development, 20% in direct patient care, and 10% in the other stuff. This may change as I am beginning to work on a stroke proj...

3. What is the difference?

   nurbac replied to AliciaB's topic in CNS

   The role of the CNS really varies from institution to institution. For instance I am responsible for 5 med/surg units in terms of monitoring standard of care, nurse development, policy review and change. Some CNSs focus on a particular disease proc...

4. What is the difference?

   nurbac replied to AliciaB's topic in CNS

   The role of the CNS is generally utilized in the hospital setting. Ability to move beyond the scope of the RN varies from state to state (prescriptive authority, etc). Some states require a separate license to practice as a CNS. Typically nurse pr...

5. Chain of Command

   nurbac replied to nursemouse's topic in CNS

   Our 351 bed hospital currently has 3 CNS positions. We all report to the director of education which can be strange at times as we are assigned specialty areas and work closely with the directors of the service line.