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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 work the 7am to 7pm shift. It is hard going even...

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 unusual to have 10 patients. I don't want to go on too...

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 unusual to have 10 patients. I don't want to go on too...

4. Respiratory assessment question

   kek replied to nursing04's topic in Med-Surg

   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 or clear almost if you ask your patient to cough ...

5. Want to be a Nurse, But Terrified!

   kek replied to Lara J's topic in Career Support

   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 the county. Med/surg is tough! There again I he...

6. Query on Lovenox Administration

   kek replied to TammyWilson808's topic in Med-Surg

   Love handles? lateral abdomen? I thought the love handles were above your butt / more on your back. Lateral to the abdomen? or the lateral part of the abdomen? I'm getting a bit confused now sorry. Wish we could draw pictures.

7. 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 like is feeling overwhelmed and that is how I did fe...

8. 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 here though. I used to work med/surg and was often...

9. 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 job off with those ratios. Good for you! ( unless o...

10. 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 patients.

11. 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 told during an interview that the patient nurse rati...

12. 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 my belt. I was giving Heperin IV - I don't rememb...

13. 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 opportunities, similar pay but much less agro and much less s...