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1. considering rehab - is 8:1 with a CNA good?

   kek replied to kek's topic in Rehabilitation

   Hi mom and nurse, I always have a nurse tech working with me, every shift. It is only the odd day I have eight patients, it is often nine and sometimes even ten. I work the 7am to 3pm shift and also...

2. considering rehab - is 8:1 with a CNA good?

   kek replied to kek's topic in Rehabilitation

   OK - time for an update I think. I accepted the job and have since found out that eight patients is the minimum I (with a nurse's aid) would have. It can often be 9 patients and it's not that...

3. considering rehab - is 8:1 with a CNA good?

   kek replied to kek's topic in Rehabilitation

   OK - time for an update I think. I accepted the job and have since found out that eight patients is the minimum I (with a nurse's aid) would have. It can often be 9 patients and it's not that...

4. Respiratory assessment question

   kek replied to nursing04's topic in Medical-Surgical

   crackles and rhales sp? are the same thing as far as I know too. they can sound like - rub a few strands of your hair next to your ear - crackling/mid to high pithed popping. Rhonchi can also change...

5. Want to be a Nurse, But Terrified!

   kek replied to Lara J's topic in Nursing Career

   Hi there . My initial response would be not to recomend nursing as a career. However, that said - I think it depends on WHERE you work as a nurse. I mean in which area of nursing and which part of...

6. considering rehab - is 8:1 with a CNA good?

   kek replied to kek's topic in Rehabilitation

   Hello again rngreenhorn and thanks again for your reply. It is actually good to read that some nurses do have it 'fair' in some places. I don't mind being busy, in fact I prefer it - what I don't...

7. considering rehab - is 8:1 with a CNA good?

   kek replied to kek's topic in Rehabilitation

   thanks rngreenhorn for your reply. I would love to find a job around here where the ratio was more like 1:5 or like you said - 1:8 but with two CNAs then. I don't think that is going to happen around...

8. considering rehab - is 8:1 with a CNA good?

   kek replied to kek's topic in Rehabilitation

   WOW! one nurse AND one CNA for five patients ???? and in Florida too ! That's great - where abouts in Florida are you? What type of rehab patients do you care for mainly? I would be jumping into the...

9. considering rehab - is 8:1 with a CNA good?

   kek replied to kek's topic in Rehabilitation

   It would be 7am to 7pm shift and it would be me, the RN, and one aid for eight

10. considering rehab - is 8:1 with a CNA good?

    kek posted a topic in Rehabilitation

    Hi all, I am possibly considering a job change into rehab. It is a 60 bed free standing rehab hospital that is all over the country. I've never done rehab before but I have done med/surg. I was...

11. I made two med errors in one day.

    kek replied to geekgolightly's topic in General Nursing

    This is very scarey stuff indeed but it happens and we just hope and pray the consequences are not dire. The mistake that sticks in my mind happened on a busy med/surg floor when I had 4 years under...

12. How many people are leaving nursing to go into a different field and what field?

    kek replied to alison-z's topic in General Nursing

    I've been in nursing as an RN for eight years. I worked med/surg for nearly six of them and it burned me out fast. I looked around the hospital to see who had a the best job. Ie. similar...