Ultimate Nurse Forum - General Nursing Discussion http://www.ultimatenurse.com/forum/ Recruiting not allowed in this forum en Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:52:36 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.ultimatenurse.com/forum/images/misc/rss.png Ultimate Nurse Forum - General Nursing Discussion http://www.ultimatenurse.com/forum/ A Nurse’s Dream Job, Nearly 50 Years in the Making http://www.ultimatenurse.com/forum/f5/nurse%92s-dream-job-nearly-50-years-making-93454/ Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:39:41 GMT That's pretty amazing, to stay in the same job for 50 years and work your way up, never wanting to leave.

A Nurse’s Dream Job, Nearly 50 Years in the Making:"Nearly 50 years later, Salahshour continues working full time on the same unit where she began her career.
"It was a perfect job," said Salahshour, 70, about why she never left. "It was a good place to work. I enjoy what I do, and I had no reason to leave."
The unit evolved from a general medicine floor to oncology-hematology in 1966. Salahshour moved up to head nurse after three years at Methodist. She now serves as nursing director."
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Andrew Lopez, RN ]]> General Nursing Discussion nursinghumor http://www.ultimatenurse.com/forum/f5/nurse%92s-dream-job-nearly-50-years-making-93454/ Health productivity initiative: Extra nursing cre for thousands in NZ http://www.ultimatenurse.com/forum/f5/health-productivity-initiative-extra-nursing-cre-thousands-nz-93405/ Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:43:40 GMT *How does this compare with your facility? http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1008/S00320/extra-nursing-care-for-thousands-of-patients.htm * Over... How does this compare with your facility? http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA100...f-patients.htm

Over 2,200 nurses are now spending more time caring for patients through a Health productivity initiative that uses Toyota-style “lean thinking”.

Nurses around the country are changing the way their wards work so that they can improve the quality of care their patients receive.

This means much more face to face care for thousands of New Zealand hospital patients.

"The National Government is strongly committed to expanding this programme after a pilot at Middlemore Hospital. This shows you can get even better service with the same resources,” says Health Minister Tony Ryall.

The average nurse spends only about 31% of his or her time caring for patients. The rest of the time they are paper-shuffling, on computers or running up and down the corridors for supplies.

“Now nurses are leading the use of Toyota-style “lean thinking” in hospitals to change the way their wards work and to do what they do best: care for patients. For example;

• South Canterbury DHB has doubled direct patient care time in one ward and improved in all three wards involved in the programme.

• Waikato DHB nurses are spending ten per cent more of their time on patient care with calmer wards and better patient safety.

• At Bay of Plenty DHB, Tauranga Hospital Children's ward report 80% of their patient charts are now 100% correct compared to none before they started weekly audits as part of the programme.

• Hutt Valley DHB's Day Surgery Team has reduced the average time patients spend in its unit by over 10%.

"In the last year, “The Productive Ward: Releasing Time to Care” programme has been rolled out across 62 wards in ten district health boards enabling 2,275 ward nurses and therapists to spend more time directly caring for their patients," says Mr Ryall.

Patients are getting better care, having fewer falls and medicine errors, and are getting home sooner. This means more patients are being treated better with the same resources.

"And nurses are telling me that not only are they giving their patients improved care, they're also happier in their jobs. One nurse says she's got her passion back for nursing due to the programme," says Mr Ryall.

The Productive Ward: Releasing Time to Care programme – originally designed by the NHS in Britain - focuses on letting nurses have more say in the way a ward is run. It means more time for patients, more safety and greater efficiency.

The programme is now being delivered in Auckland, Bay of Plenty, South Canterbury, Waikato, MidCentral, Whanganui, Hutt Valley, Capital ]]> General Nursing Discussion cougarnurse http://www.ultimatenurse.com/forum/f5/health-productivity-initiative-extra-nursing-cre-thousands-nz-93405/ Theory of JHCO http://www.ultimatenurse.com/forum/f5/theory-jhco-93389/ Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:24:20 GMT Is JHCO's theory of patient care just a speculative hypothesis, or has it actually demonstrated a working model of how it works in a hospital, with average hospital resources? I really need to get myself beyond thinking of it as just another bureaucratic hypothesis that only works in someone's imagination. Does anyone know of a hospital that can be pointed out as a working model of how it works? Is JHCO's expectations for healthcare actually possible in the real world, with our present healthcare system? ]]> General Nursing Discussion dodaive http://www.ultimatenurse.com/forum/f5/theory-jhco-93389/ Career alternatives for nurses http://www.ultimatenurse.com/forum/f5/career-alternatives-nurses-93386/ Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:37:54 GMT *What all do you think about this? It IS something to think about..... http://nursing-ce-seminar-career-alternative-houston-2011.eventbrite.com/... What all do you think about this? It IS something to think about..... http://nursing-ce-seminar-career-alt...ventbrite.com/

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]]> General Nursing Discussion cougarnurse http://www.ultimatenurse.com/forum/f5/career-alternatives-nurses-93386/ Least/Favorite area of Nursing http://www.ultimatenurse.com/forum/f5/least-favorite-area-nursing-93358/ Sun, 15 Aug 2010 22:58:23 GMT After replying to a thread about nursing, this lead me to this question. What is your least area to work and your favorite area to work. What... After replying to a thread about nursing, this lead me to this question.

What is your least area to work and your favorite area to work.

What area would you not work, period.

 ]]> General Nursing Discussion Grandma-RN http://www.ultimatenurse.com/forum/f5/least-favorite-area-nursing-93358/