....face it! There is no way you can keep up good patient care while you are inadequately staffed! There are limits! That fact that you are asking HOW you can give good care under those circumstances is exactly what the hospital is counting on! As long as we continue to martyr ourselves, the more they'll ask us to do! I don't have any answers for you except to document, document, document your concerns about inadequate staffing, so that if someone is severely injured or dies, you are on record as stating to management/administration that you were working under unsafe conditions. What about your state regulatory board for healthcare insitutions? Do they have standards? What about letting the media know? Your Congressmen? Postings like yours are becoming more frequent unfortunately, and there is some point at which we all need to put our foot down, and that time is rapidly approaching, if not already here in some parts of the country.......Good luck!
