We are looking to revamp our policies and procedures process at our hospital. I would like to know what others are doing in this area. Questions are: 1. Do...
I would think that initially adding more beds depends on your prediction of the use of the beds. If you believe they will be used more than 75% of the time, I...
We have added yacker trackers to the unit to give a visual aid when noise rises above a certain point. Joyce Chambers, RN, CCRN Clinical Director, Critical...
We have just purchased the Mosby policies so staff can view them online. We include the policies and procedures together. We can go in and edit them to fit our...
We also use Yacker Trackers. We close doors to the patient rooms at night. Turn the volume on the monitor alarms down in the patient rooms. Turn down the...
Would anyone be willing to share if their ICU nurses get speciality pay as opposed to staff nurses and are there additional increases for CCRN, type of degree,...
The staff does not receive any Critical Care speciality pay but any area of certification receives 0.50 per hour. Lisa Kinder, RN, MSN, CCRN Director Critical...
RN's get additional 5% with CCRN or BSN along with 10 years of service. It is in their contract. Cynthia Williams, RN, MSN Nurse Manager ICU/Tele California...
We used to have a "step" difference in pay (about $2000) between ICU nurses and med-surg nurses. A few years ago we changed it to all acute care nurses as...
we currently do not compensate our staff for certifications or competencies. However, we are devising a clinical ladder which address both of these. Ann...
We have additional compensation for having a bachelors degree and for certification in their area of practice. We do not have additional pay for any...
We pay an annual certification bonus of $250.00. Our auxillary reimburses for cert renewal or initial certification. There is no pay difference for critical...
We do not have speciality pay for nurses working CCU/ICU. We do pay one dollar per hour for each certification up to 2. We also pay BSN one dollar more per...
Our hospital is just beginning to develop a clinical ladder. Would anyone be willing to share one? Your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Sharon Dailey RN ...
We are preparing care packages for our families that are from out of own and have a loved one in the hospital. Would appreciate any ideas that you have. Some...
How often do you perform & chart a complete physicial assessment of critical care patients? Every 2, 4, 8, 12 hours? Is there any literature on what is best...
Our hospital is a Rural Critical Access Hospital and we are in the process of revising or suicide precaution and 1:1 policies. There has been good discussion...
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