Is Patient Safety Declining? Part 3: High Patient Turnover Rates

by | Feb 24, 2016 | Critical Thinking, New Graduate Nurses, Nurses Matter, Nursing Leadership, Nursing Scheduling, NYC Nursing, Patient Advocacy, Patient Safety, Personal Experience, Uncategorized, Unsafe Staffing Ratios

This blog was originally published on Calling All Nurses – One of the greatest challenges in today’s rapidly changing healthcare system is maintaining the highest standards for patient safety. On the 12th of February, we talked about the issue of...

NYC Nurses are Crying Out for Change: My Experience at a Large NYC Hospital Validates Their Concerns

by | Jun 3, 2015 | New York City Hospitals, Nurses Matter, Nursing Leadership, Nursing Scheduling, NYC Nursing, NYSNA, Patient Advocacy, Personal Experience, Travel Nursing, Travel RN, Uncategorized, Unsafe Staffing Ratios

New York City – The Concrete Jungle where dreams are made of – unless you happen to be a NYC nurse, or even worse, a NYC patient. Lets start by providing a little background story: I have been working with a large travel nursing agency for approximately 2...