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We don't have any aides, on any days/shifts period. The RNs do all the V/S, basic cares, BGLs/BSLs and just about anything else that I gather your aides do. And often there are only 2 RNs for the same number of patients you are suggesting for night duty. During the day we usually get 4-6 depending on the acuity. When we have a lot of # NOFs and full cares, we can have as many as 8 RNs on the floor for the day shift but never any aides. Why? Because our unit manager believes that if we were to have aides, the RNs would forget how to do basic care or believe that it's just not their job anymore. My ward is the only one in the whole hospital who doesn't have any aides period, most others have aides on staff but they don't work every shift, usually only days and evenings.
nursesrthebest
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I'm just wondering...how many nurse aides work on your floor per shift on a med/surg floor?...at a hospital where i work... two aides on day shift on a 40 bed unit...do v/s,water, bedbaths, pull pts up in bed or turn them, blood sugars, etc...on nights two aides, but lately only one aide
Is this humanly possible??? 