Med surg nursing getting more exhausting

Specialties Med-Surg

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Hi Please let me know if you feel the same about patients are getting sicker demanding unreasonable n short we are getting overworked day by day.mentally physically and emotionally drained

We have 5 patients. If we are short a cna we will have 4 w total care. There is a 6 the patient that they have the nurses rotate. But they are smart and don't give you the 6th with active etoh or restraints etc. it's busy but doable.

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Specializes in Certified med/surg Preceptor, relief charge..

Wow! i must be really blessed to work in California. We have a nurse:patient ratio of 5:1 on med/surg and 4:1 on tele. And this is WITH an aide.

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I would LOVE to be at 5:1 (w/an aide). When I started on my floor we were told the manager was trying to get the ratio to 5:1, but in the past few months that has happened only a few times. Now the CEO is telling us that b/c of the sequestration, funding will be reduced, so we are on a hiring freeze. I have no expectation that the 5:1 ratio will happen now.

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