Topics About 'Team Nursing'.

Our med-surg unit (22 bed) is considering switching from team nursing (1 RN and 1 LPN for 10 - 12 patients - sometimes one CNA for all) to some form of primary care system where hopefully each nurse will have 5 - 6 patients. Our biggest issue is how ...

I am an RN currently working at a community hospital in Massachusetts. I am a student also working towards my BSN and have a project to do regarding innovative ideas about the nursing model used in my hospital and how to lead units in my hospital in...

Does or has anybody ever done this before, in the ER? Does it work well or not? If you haven't done it, have you thought about it? Any suggestions on teams/patient ratios? d/t the difficulty in finding available staff nurses to fi...

I'm a baby nurse of only 6 months, when I took the job we had our own patient load 6-8 pts. As of a month ago, they are trying to go to team nursing. Hiring more lpns, aids...does anyone have ecperience with team nursing? Having a pt load of 10. Wit...

Just wondering if any other hospitals use or are transitioning to team nursing? Our covid numbers are through the roof and we have expanded making more beds in our hospital. We have a staffing crisis now where we just don’t have enough nurses. ...

RN1963: We tried team nursing at our hosp.and it didn't work.1 RN to 12 pts just didn't work.For one thing,our PCA's aren't allowed to do any invasive procedures; pretty much limited to beds/baths and vs's.1 team (1RN,1LVN,1PCA) could have from 10 t...

Welcome to the world of team nursing, where two nurses and a nursing assistant share the burden of a larger assignment but have the advantage of teamwork. As a nursing student and new nurse, I heard about team nursing from some of the more experience...

I am wondering if anyone has any experience (positive or negative) with team nursing. I am on a transitional care unit that takes care of post-CABG, critical drips, general cardiac patients, and ICU stepdown. We currently run 4-5:1, with 1-3 CNAs t...

I'm finally in my LAST semester and graduating in May. After numerous clinicals and rotations, I learned something new this week that I wanted to get input on. I attend a small, rural RN program and our clinicals are limited to 2 hospitals. This s...

I'm still a student (one semester to go), but there are hospitals in my area w/ & w/out team nursing. Should I stay away from the ones w/ team nursing?...Opinions?....The good & the bad?

Hello All, Anybody know much about functional nursing or team nursing? I have to do a presentation on these two different delivery systems, and to find good articles and research has been very challenging. i have tried proquest, subscribed to another...

I am currently investigating the possibility of reintroducing team nursing to our ward. Does anyone have any research or information on team nursing V primary nursing??

Where I used to work, 8 nurses have left in the recent months and not 1 nurse has been employed to fill in the gap. The work load has increased, expectations remain the same and the clients are getting sicker. We all know despite the current nur...

I have heard it said that nurses who work with children have big hearts - but I think EVERY nurse working anywhere is truly gifted with a "big heart". Every nurse is unique in their personality, and a field where one nurse loves to work, another nurs...

I am curious to know what others' experiences are in their practice. Where I am employed is currently changing from a Primary Nursing Care approach (RN's doing most of the care/assessment/etc) to a Team Nursing Care approach (One RN to 13 pts, with L...

I work in a small community hospital on a med- surg floor where our total capacity for pts is 26. Our nurse manager wants us to change our nursing model from primary nursing to team nursing. She is looking for a model and I have been selected to rese...

For me, the hardest type of nurse to deal with is a "free" charge who sits at the desk, reading, talking or knitting while her co-workers run around like chickens with their heads cut off. Not only are they not helping out, but they are also getting ...

My hospital wants to go to outcome based nursing called Bold Steps. You see the abbreviation? It is based on a Racine, WI. hospital and it is essentially team nursing with an aide or an Lpn with 6 patients or whatever they decide. That will allow...