So I get to work yesterday...
I work on a skilled nursing unit...however we have sick peeps. We hang blood, IV meds etc etc..many times it seems like a med surg unit rather than a SNU....
So any way we have like 24 pts and 3 nurses and to my shock, only 1 CNA for the shift. These people are mainly post op knees and hips and need assistance for EVERYTHING. The call light rings constantly. So one tech for all these patients is well, not going to do much for our PG scores...
So I had a little tiff, got over it and set about my work.
To my dismay, 10 minutes in to the shift what do they do? They pull the one tech to a different unit...
This is day shift BTW and was a Friday with a zillion discharges and admits to boot.....
we made it and no one fell and no one died but we wont be getting any high marks for service.....
The other part of my little minirant is the lack of respect that SNF nurses get. We can and do all of the things you "real" nurses do. In fact when I float to a med surge floor I feel like I am on a vacation.
When the med surge nurses float to our unit they find a corner, fold up into a fetal position and cry incessantly lamenting that they will never be able to handle their assignment.....interesting yes?
Anyway......that is the end of my story lol