Anyone else busy?

Published Jul 17, 2004

328 Posts

It seems in the last several months we have been just inundated with patients and all of our staff has been run ragged. I don't know if this is another spurt like we sometimes have or if insurances are utilizing hh more. I was on call last weekend and had only 3 scheduled visits and one admission on Saturday. I ended up doing the three visits and admission plus one resume, another admission, and 2 prns. I got home at 8pm then had to turn around and go back out an hour away to do another prn. 225 miles, 6 visits, 2 admissions, and one resume plus all of the driving. Luckily nobody called me on Sunday or I might not have been a very empathetic nurse.