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1. patient to staff ratio in CICU?PCU

   skay posted a topic in CCU

   looking for avg staffing ratios for nurses in CICU in a rural hospital setting. This Hospital does vents, heart caths no intrevention these are shipped to bigger hosp. Our CICU and PCU combined will take a max of 13 patients. We have acute MI, Resp....

2. Hey, Managers! What's up with the "weeding out" of good nurses?

   skay replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

   sorry for the caps lock. I am not yelling at anyone just stating my opinion as you are yours. I do know how to use punctuation but I am posting on the internet not writing a paper. I was a "lowly" staff nurse long before I went into management and I...

3. Hey, Managers! What's up with the "weeding out" of good nurses?

   skay replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

   SEE POST #113

4. Hey, Managers! What's up with the "weeding out" of good nurses?

   skay replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

   ALL THE MANAGERS IN MY FACILITY ARE EXPECTED TO FIND COVERAGE FOR THEIR OWN UNITS OR FILL IN THE HOLES THEMSELVES. I RECENTLY WORKED A 12 HOUR SHIFT DOING PT CARE. FORTUNATELY MOST OF THE STAFF WILL WORK OT. ALL THE MANAGERS IN MY FACILITY WORK ON TH...

5. Hey, Managers! What's up with the "weeding out" of good nurses?

   skay replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

   Oops. My Reponse Post #112 Was In Response To Post#109. Sorry.

6. Hey, Managers! What's up with the "weeding out" of good nurses?

   skay replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

   Amen!!!!!! There Is Usually More To The Story. Preception Plays A Big Part.

7. Anyone

   skay replied to nichole5026's topic in Michigan

   you need to cooperate wholly with your place of employment this will probally require frequent drug testing, documentation of substance counseling. As long as you prove you are seeking assistance to stop whatever substance abuse you are doing the lic...

8. nurse with RN/LPN licenses

   skay replied to skay's topic in Michigan

   Sorry. Yes the nurse was trained as a RN. What I should have said was the nurse has not been oriented as a RN in the hospital he/she works.

9. nurse with RN/LPN licenses

   skay posted a topic in Michigan

   If a RN working as an LPN gets sued the court I assume would go after her under her RN license. The problem I have is if the Nurse was never trained in the RN role can the hospital and/or manager be held accountable in any way for the nurses actions ...

10. Help I Am Losing Control Of My Unit

    skay posted a topic in Management

    I NEED ADVICE AND ANY INPUT YOU CAN GIVE ME. I HAVE BEEN A UNIT MANAGER FOR 7 YEARS ON A 26 BED MED UNIT. I HAVE HAD GOOD TIMES AND A LOT OF ROCKY TIMES. I WAS A STAFF NURSE ON THIS UNIT PRIOR TO BECOMING THE MANAGER. MOST OF MY EMPLOYEES ARE LONG TE...

11. Team nursing is causing many good nurses to leave any suggestions

    skay replied to fight fatigue's topic in General Nursing

    Why Is Team Nursing Confusing? It Makes The Staff More Accountable For What They Are Doing Or Should Be Doing Such As Na, Rn Who Never Even Looked At A Lpns Patients When She Resourced Them. Rn Tusted Lpn Knew What Was Going On With The Patients And ...

12. Team nursing is causing many good nurses to leave any suggestions

    skay replied to fight fatigue's topic in General Nursing

    At My Hospital We Have Been Doing Team Nursing For About 4 Weeks. Is It Working?????? Some Days Are Better Than Others! It Depends On Who Is Working With Who. The Nurses Are Still Confused About Their Role And Most Have A Lot Of Problems Delegating ...

13. changing to team nursing

    skay replied to lisa122's topic in General Nursing

    change is difficult. our rooms to not go in a section like 1 to 6 etc etc. mainly because our difficult total care patients are often put in these rooms therefore one team gets the heavy load. actually the geography of the assigned rooms is not a pro...

14. changing to team nursing

    skay replied to lisa122's topic in General Nursing

    thank you for the input. i plan on sharing it with my peers. today was a better day till late afternoon when the admissions came.generally that is when we get hit with admits. we had 2 teams today. one team with rn/rn/na they had 9 pts. to start. tea...

15. changing to team nursing

    skay replied to lisa122's topic in General Nursing

    ERteleRN what are your staffing ratios? do you have aides? thanks for responding.