At Pittsburgh Mercy Hospital - We have since we became a trauma hospital- always given
the nurses who are CCRN or CEN .30 cents hour diff. in their pay. Over the
years when you take the test and pass you are reimbursed for your test fee.
Currently we are reimbursing for successfully passing the test. We have also
provided a 16 hour review class to encourage nurses to take the test for CCRN.
Our local ENA - Offers a CEN review which is reimbursed by our ED doctors
who support education each year with $200 for each full time nurse. Hope this
helps.
Michele Buraczewski RN, MSN, CEN
Trauma Nurse Educator
Pittsburgh Mercy Hospital
412-232-8168
-----Original Message-----
From: Ramson, Kathy
[mailto:RamsonK@slhn.org]
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 9:31
AM
To:
'traumanurses@mailman.listserve.com'
Subject: [traumanurses] Re: Trauma
Nurse Utilization
We are currently looking at our process for CCRN
reimbursement and recognition. We are interested in how other hospitals
acknowledge and compensate their nurses.
Thanks!
Kathy
-----Original Message-----
From: Shepherd, Mary [mailto:mary.shepherd@choa.org]
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 9:19 AM
To: 'traumanurses@mailman.listserve.com'
Subject:
[traumanurses]
Re: Trauma Nurse Utilization
We have also looked at trending of patients and have
staffed accordingly,
meaning
we generally have a float nurse from 11am to 3am. The float
position
is staffed with a trauma resource nurse, the other nurse that
responds(trauma
specialist)has an assignment. I would like to see a third
person
for our Trauma Stats, perhaps a nurse from the ICU...but that will
take
some negotiation.
Mary Shepherd
Trauma
Coordinator
Children's
Healthcare of Atlanta
Egleston
Campus
404-325-6530
-----Original Message-----
From:
Janet Cortez [mailto:Janet.Cortez@hsc.utah.edu]
Sent:
Wednesday, April 23, 2003 8:50 AM
To:
traumanurses@mailman.listserve.com
Subject:
[traumanurses] Trauma Nurse Utilization
We currently utilize nursing staff from the ED to
provide all nursing care
during
the trauma resuscitation. This same nurse accompanies the patient to
any
radiologic procedures and finally to their destination unit. As you
might
expect, on a busy trauma day/night, this can pull several nurses at a
time
out away from their "routine" duties, leaving the ED itself short
staffed.
Utilizing the trauma registry we have trended days of the week and
times
that are "trauma heavy" and began to staff accordingly, but
some of
these
things you cannot plan for! Can any of you share ideas on how you
utilize
nursing staff in caring for trauma patients without depleting the
ED?
I'll look forward to hearing your thoughts-
Janet F. Cortez RN, MSN
Trauma
Program Manager
University
of Utah Hospital
50 N.
Medical Drive Rm #6009
SLC,
UT 84132
(801)
581-2622 office
(801)
581-2799 fax
janet.cortez@hsc.utah.edu
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