Re: How many patients are you assigned?
I worked as a CNA on an ortho floor while going to RN school. It was madness, I would have 30 patients and have to get vitals twice on everybody during the night, as well as turning and bathroom duties. We only had 3-4 nurses for the whole floor, so they were too busy to help me. It was a nightmare, and has turned me off of that sort of nursing permanently. I have nothing but respect for those of you who can handle such a demanding position. The way most hospitals understaff their ortho floors is criminal.
. The patients were total assist and there was no help! Is this routine for most hospitals to assign 5 total assist patients to one nurse without the help of a CNA? After that weekend it really soured me on ortho
. Anyways just curious if it is like this all over.
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I work on a 22 bed med/surg floor w/ most of our pt's being postop orthopedics- your good vs bad experiences mostly have to deal w/ how the hospital is willing to staff each unit- we have 3 nurses and 2 aides every night, except when our census is low- the max pts I have is 8 per night- if the nurses do their jobs and the aides do their jobs and are very willing to ass't each other when needed- the pt load is not bad at all- there needs to be a law that puts a cap on pt to nurse ratio nationwide- but until then (if ever) we do what we can
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