8 Although estimates vary widely, the cost of recruiting and training one new nurse for a medical-surgical floor is usually equal to 100 percent of a nurse’s annual salary—$42,000–$60,000 ...
continues to clash with management primarily over nurse-to-patient ratios in the hospital’s medical-surgical unit. The nurses are asking for a 1-to-5 ratio — or one nurse to five patients in ...
This distinction highlights Covenant Children’s dedication to superior patient outcomes and nursing excellence. Covenant Health Grace Surgical Hospital was honored with the Pinnacle of ...
“It’s a slap in the face!” said Stacy Matsuyama, a nurse at the Medical Surgical unit for 17 years. “Management is giving the scab nurses one-to-two nurse-to-patient ratios while our usual ...