Good choice in leaving that position. If one reads the BON practice guidelines RNs can only administer it if the patient is mechanically ventilated.
surg techs monitoring the airway? Yikes! Does no one care about losing a license they worke...
It is very common for patients to be doing better and then all of the sudden they decompensate and need intubation. As an ICU nurse, doctors have used the term "let their lungs rest" for years for other conditions. Considering Covid causes severe AR...
We do not test everyone that comes into the hospital for Covid. If a respiratory disease is suspected, then yes, they test for all upper respiratory disease. I work in procedures, everyone is Covid tested so that everyone, including other patients an...
We need to be creating work environments to keep nurses at the bedside. Many states have a surplus of nurses choosing to work in other jobs. Although there are many reasons people run from the bedside, safe staffing is the most fundamental structural...
catstks replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing
Not exactly cost related to what you have posted, but there are studies that show the cost-benefit of having nurses with fewer patients. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3207188/pdf/hesr0046-1473.pdf a link to one of many that indeed exis...
catstks replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing
Amen, the HCA facility that I worked in had the worst reputation for staffing in the area (Florida) and the nurse manager consistently stated: "We pride ourselves for staffing on the guidelines of the American Nurses Association". Out of the other s...
Doctors complaining about this is absolutely absurd. I didn't see anything that trash-talked them. Most medical TVs are about doctors, not nurses, the complaining doctor should be more opposed to those shows for presenting negative attributes of phys...
Their legislation looks great on paper. Problem is... many states who have acuity based legislation are still struggling with unsafe ratios and working on getting ratios because of it. For example... Ohio, they have the ANA state legislation, ICU nu...
The ANA legislation is worthless in a lot of hospitals as management staffs from a budget and census. Not necessarily acuity. The benefit of having ratios is that it "sets a limit" to the number of patients a nurse must take. It includes acuity so th...
I don't know how much more clear it can be made with the post that the bill for mandated ratios actually includes acuity. Read the part about acuity. SMH... Anyone who works in facilities that actually follow their staffing committees recommendations...
catstks replied to nrsadvocate's topic in Activism
Rally information page on FB, look up SMYS For Change South Carolina Chapter We have partnered with SMYS and that organization has formed state groups. I am not sure if SC has any planned trips but you can go to the FB page and find out more state...
catstks replied to nrsadvocate's topic in Activism
You obviously do not know what your talking about. We are having a rally for safe staffing and NATIONAL set patient ratio's. The only thing that our rally has to do with the District of Columbia is where it is being held. Hospitals in California, who...
catstks replied to nrsadvocate's topic in Activism
Considering a lot of hospitals are piling up more unnecessary task on us with unsafe ratios... I will advocate for set patient ratios. I don't get secretaries or CNAs now... so...I choose set ratio's.