Our guidelines say they want people with at least 5 years of varied experience. No mention of ER. Now, having said that I can say with certainty that some are hired with as little as one years nursing...
6 calls per hour. WOW!!! now that is some volume. We are only expected to make 2-3. OUr charting system would never allow for that kind of volume per hour. It just takes to long to chart and I am...
I currently work 10 hour days and boy is that long. There are some folks at our place that want to go to 12's but the manager says no way. She has found that after 8 hours the nurses kind of wear down...
I too want to advise you to remember that your preceptor of today will be tomorrows co-worker. Consider how you would feel if you were drug into your manager's office to be told that the orient YOU...
Just my opinion but I have a problem with walking rounds. When you go into a pts room and talk about them their neighbor also hears this personal information, unless you have a floor with all...