In a message dated 1/26/2003 7:35:45 AM Eastern Standard Time, pat writes:

> Then the staff progressed to "mom had a problem and I helped her and it's OK
> now."  It's a process and as hospital LCs we need to be working on
> empowering the staff nurses, not doing it for them :-)

agreed, ......this process is quite a challenge in large medical centers, and
even small ones, Why? factors may include; staff turnover, pt acuity, census,
nurse/pt ratios, admin goals/resource allocation...

Debbie Tobin
RN BSN IBCLC LCCE
Springfield, Virginia USA
In the Fairfax County suburbs outside the Washington DC beltway
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