JEHORAPHA replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in Geriatric, LTC
You must be working at the same place I was working at. That's the drill only our subacute are mixed with our long term care in a lot of the Alabama and Florida
Do you know if agencies even go to the site before assigning you? Does your agency have a safe site check off sheet that they give to you before sending
JEHORAPHA replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in Geriatric, LTC
Alabama there is no limit to what the patient:nurse ratio. The limit depends on what you feel is a safe patient ratio and you voicing it to the facility. I recently had to tell the DON and...
JEHORAPHA replied to CN Student's topic in Correctional
Asking your agency for the emergency plan and knowing the plan might be helpful. If when the drills are done issues of deficiency are reported may save a
JEHORAPHA replied to CN Student's topic in Correctional
The nurse that were shot have lost an appeal and were awarded not anything after the hostage take over that left one nurse shot two to three times. The prison neither the agency, Interim Health Care...
JEHORAPHA replied to CN Student's topic in Correctional
The nurses that were shot have lost an appeal and were awarded not anything after the hostage take over that left one nurse shot two to three times. The prison neither the agency, Interim Health Care...
:yeah:Good Deal. You no longer work there. If anything goes wrong administration and the law will ask why did you accept what you felt you were not able to handle. The downside is, there are nurses...
The last two jobs I had I was assigned to from 56 to 67 patients with various acuities. When I met with the nursing administration I was told Alabama does not have a law as to how many patients an...
:redbeathe[/fontj it's time for a change in florida. the nurses in the following article link were given a bad deal. two of the nurses were employees of corrections corporation of america. the...
JEHORAPHA replied to CN Student's topic in Correctional
this is how one nurse reacted after she and two other nurses was held hostage 2004 and to date none has been compensated. one of the nurses prayed her way out of the hostage situation. re: jail...
Yes one experience I had with this woman on stepdown unit in a long term care facility. She was quadriplegic but had tenacity and faith. I was assigned to this hall (not my normal assignment). She...