whats primary care nursing?

[emjay86]

our hospital is trying to come up with a plan to have solely primary care nursing, instilling the thought that nurses SHOULD TOTALLY CARE the asigned patients, including meds, carrying orders, vital signs taking, and other request peratining to their assignment. Added, to that, the load to be given includes 10-12 patients. Is this feasible?

I mean, could it be that this is tiring for the nurse? i wasn't able to find any article on the net on the protocol or the legal guidelines for this matter. I was just curious though if it may seem that the department head is overlaoding the staffs.

[csclarkrn, RN]

:banghead: Don't get me wrong, I love the movie "Forrest Gump", but all I'm gonna say is 'RUN FORREST,RUN, AS FAST AS YOU CAN' That kind of patient nurse ratio in primary care will drive you crazy if it doesn't kill you!!

[loriangel14, RN]

would that be the maximum load? 4? and 6?

our hospital lets us on with 10-12 though..huhu

Once in a while you would have maybe seven on evenings but not very often. 4 is pretty much it for days.

[retread71]

10-12 patients is a lot just for a CNA doing ADL.

[Ginger's Mom, MSN, RN]

In it's hey day a Primary Nurse would be accountable for 4 patients. It lost its ground when HMOs where born in the 1990s.