Have you ever felt that you have too much work to do for just one nurse

[debbie17368]

i work at a med&surg floor we also have telemetries. i have 15 patients all for me usually i work with another rn who has another 15 patients, i work the night shift (that is from 7 pm to 7 am at my hospital) i only have an lpn working there (too much work for them too) sometimes i even have patients connected to mechanical ventilators. there are times when the supervisor can not find anybody to cover a shift and the rns have to work with 30 patients by herself, plus do all the paper work. has this happened to any of you guys?debbie

[minnib]

I love taking care of people but I am probably going to leave nursing or go agency; private duty. I work on a usually nice rehab unit but our pts are sent to us sicker all the time they pull our aide at night if the census is low but a low census doesn't mean a damn sometimes!, We have to do a med pass and assess and take people to the bathroom now or else they go in the bed you have to do a complete bed change and it all snowballs from there. Don't get me wrong I will work right along side the aide to get the job down if need be but administration is making it unsafe for us not to have an aide I don't know what the answer is.. I am an LPN and wanted to go on for my RN but I don't know now. Us nurses just keep complaining and nothing is being done. It comes down to dollars!, and our pts suffer and so do alot of us. They say there are no nurses out there but when the hospital is overstaffed they call us at home and ask if want a personal day!! I know hospital's must have a budget but I really think they are taking advantage of us nurses! I want to get hospital experience and get of that environment, it is a shame though because i do love learning but can't take the stress sometimes!, Thanks all just had to vent!!

Peace to all.......