Do your charge nurses have assignments?

[nrsang97]

HI all. I was wondering if in your CVICU's your charge nurse has an assignment. In my neuro ICU we do and it is terrible trying to be charge and do patient care. We are trying to get this changed, but we haven't been able to yet.

Thanks

[MatthewRN]

Up until we opened another eight beds our charges took a full patient load in our CCU. Now with 24 beds, with the new eight on a separate floor, our charges do not take patients.