[handyrn]

I would love to work under the conditions that you all work. I am an RN working night shift responsible for up to 45 residents (current census is 39). I have one CNA with me during the night. So it is just the two of us which means in addition to all of the nursing duties (meds, prns, charting, blood sugars, treatments, etc.) I also have to act as the second CNA and do rounds every 2 hours with the CNA. It simply amazes me that upper management (in addition to other day staff) are under the impression that everyone sleeps at night and that night staff have all the time in the world to do extra work. If they would actually read the charting they would see what really goes on during the night and find out that we are really busy at night.

[chase4myheart]

I work nights 7p-7am and supervise with 62 patients. One other nurse works with me and has 58 patients. We are very fortunate to have 6 terrific CNAs. It can be done. It just takes teamwork and very good aides that are your eyes and ears. Just look out for the full moon. That's when things start to go down the tubes fast. If anything does go wrong, you can almost guarantee that it will happen during your morning med pass when you are accepting call outs and trying to finish everything up for day shift.

[Rexie68]

I'm on days now in a paperwork position, but when I did work the floor, there were nights (11p-7a) that I had up to 75 pts, with IVs, trachs, GTs, meds etc. That was myself and 6 CNAs if we were lucky....4 CNAs wasn't unheard of. Anyway, your job sounds do-able...just relax and follow your instincts and training...you can do it! Give us an update after a while.