Dear colleagues, I would like to find out how others manage staffing during staff shortage periods? How are the patients assigned to nursesi.e. ventilated...
Jenny- At our hospital we use a staffing matrix as a guide for how we handle staffing-we are also making it a strong reccomendation that all PCU staff are...
In my 23 bed ICU/CCU, patients are assigned by acuity and staffing matrixes also and adjustments made for changes in conditions..for example, we assign a vent...
Hi Frank, Thank you, assigning 3 patients [ not so ill] to 1 nurse is also a good idea..... but i am faced with the problem of the design of the ICU in...
Hello Tracy, Yes, thanks for that.....and i think thats great and ...i could suggest this to our Very rigid administration.....hope they will accept to try...
frankhs1@... wrote: In my 23 bed ICU/CCU, patients are assigned by acuity and staffing matrixes also and adjustments made for changes in conditions..for...
... suggest this to our Very rigid administration.....hope they will accept to try this approach too. Regards ,,jenny ... I see the crux of your problem-we...
Just interested in what other folks do along these lines...do yo develop them your selves or use a purchased package? Seeing that is the first of the year-we...
Tracy- We have an annual Competency Days (this year Apr 4 and 5 before their appraisals) where we set up stations for each competency for staff to "test" out ...
We use the AACN Procedure book for ICU competencies and the Perry and Potter book for others. We also have some "home-grown" ones. My units do competency...
Susan, when you say you use the books-do you use them as a guideline or develop test from them-we also have skills fairs that are put on by our education...
Tracy..., Well we'll try to do the best , ta...jenny ... suggest this to our Very rigid administration.....hope they will accept to try this approach too....
Hi Tracy, I work in a unique area...perhaps i cannot mention according to the rules,however we've developed competencies based on all procedures in ICU...
We have developed our ourselves for years- We always have the policy available with resources and a quiz Lisa Kinder, RN office 566-4683 pager 690-6344 ...
We develop our own based on policy and the most current literature available. We use the AACN Procedure Manual, Perry & Potter and anything else we can get...
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I'm curious as to why these skills fairs are viewed negatively. Too simple? Lori twaz1996 <twaz1996@...> wrote: ...we also have skills fairs that are...
Susan, That's awesome that you have merit raises. I'm sure that assists in compliance immensely. Our hospital is union so that has been something that we...
Well, it doesn't necessarily assist with compliance. :-) Folks being who they are, think that they'll get that raise anyway. Our merits run up to 8% but...
Same here...12 hr shifts are very difficult and I've lost nurses to the OR and PACU for that very reason. So I've brought back some 8 hour shifts as well as...
We have a union as well and no merit raises. On my units we do competencies over a few days.Some of the staff are involved with the competency stations, some...
I have had to decrease the number of 12 hour shifts because the "mature nurses" were getting pretty wiped out after 8 hours. At our hospital 36 hours is...
Probably the biggest impact for me is allowing 8 hour shifts, instead of mandating all 12's. 12's are easier for a manager, because staffing is simpler, but...
... to why these skills fairs are viewed negatively. Too simple? ... Various reasons are given-extra time to come in or the opposite, can I get relief for...
In my case, I have staff who would rather work long hours between 12 - 16 hours to have more days off so they can make doctor's appointments, care for their...
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