Re: Patient to Nurse Ratios: What are yours?
all i can do is the best i can i have been at this hospital for 10yrs we can have 26 pts on the floor we cant possibly get everything done because we have the drug seekers watching the clocks, we get most of the chf, copd, pneumonia, surgery, cancer pts and we do chemo on our floor, we get a little of everything and tele pts it is crazy. we apparantly dont have any laws that i know of and if we complain to the boss they get mad. i never sit down well i do still take my breaks cause it is the only time i can sit and try to pull it together. we do team nursing with usually 2lpn 2rn and 1cna for 26pts we split the floor in half and i pass meds on all these people plus we are expected to do prn's and dressing changes and new orders. am i just crazy or does everyone work like this that does team nursing. to me it is no team the rns do the admits and discharges and try to get us to do the discharges if we get 5 min to sit. plus we also check charts before we start the med pass. i feel like im going crazy when im at work, i cry when im on breaks because i know the pts are not getting the care they need. i dont know what of if i could do anything without the threat of getting fired. they fire people left and right and dont care that the nurses hate this team nursing. suggestions welcome.

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