Autry

Autry has 14 years experience.

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1. What is the Registered Nurse Patient Ratio at your hospital?

   Autry replied to LinenP's topic in General Nursing

   ER - Clay County FL - night shift 1:4 on paper, 1:5 not abnormal and the most I have had is 1:10 because we were holding admits. We have one ER tech in the waiting room and it is mandatory they remain there and one tech in the regular ED - no other ...

2. Nurse to patient ratio in ED

   Autry replied to 1fastRN's topic in Emergency

   Pretty sure if I tried to ask any of my ER nurses to take more than 5 patients... they would look at me like I needed the psych bed. I work in a 50 bed ED in N FL and we have typically 5:1 with very little ancillary assistance. (we have approximatly...

3. Top Skills Every ER Nurse Should Possess

   Autry replied to mrnurse504's topic in Emergency

   I agree with most of what has already been posted, but one thing I didn't see, that has made the biggest influence on my time in the ER, has been the ability to work as part of a team. You can be a nurse anywhere. You can get the skills you need to u...

4. Which to pursue? RN-BSN or RN-MSN?

   Autry replied to nurse jane doe's topic in School Programs

   "I have an opportunity to do an RN to MSN program. I would be able to do a wound care based capstone and the networking would be prime for getting into a wound care specialty." You're answering your own question with this statement. If wound care...