I got fed up!

[grandmawrinkle]

*whispers in grandmawrinkle's ear* The OP is a dude....

Whoops. Forgot to look. Sorry, OP. No offense intended.

[orlycst]

LOL...yeah! I'm a dude....but still, I don't feel regreats.... I still think it was an unsafe assigment and because I didn't clock in or took report, still don't see the problem.

[laughing weasel]

If more nurses would cowboy up the companies would be forced to have back up plans. I would not accept more reports than I felt was safe. If they stacked up in the ER or where ever so be it. My liscence my judgement over their profit.

[Music in My Heart]

I just have a question. I am currently in nursing school and this is only my 3rd week into it. I love the idea of helping people and find the medical field exremely interesting. The more I read about it the more nervous I get. I am a very shy person, and worry that I will not have very good communication skills. Can I be a nurse and be shy, and can anyone give me any advice about communicating plus getting over my shyness. Or do you think I may be in the wrong field?

Thanks

I think you should start a thread of your own; your question, while valid, has nothing to do with the topic of this thread.

[orlycst]

If more nurses would cowboy up the companies would be forced to have back up plans. I would not accept more reports than I felt was safe. If they stacked up in the ER or where ever so be it. My liscence my judgement over their profit.

That's exaclty the way I feel, so that's why I did what I did. Now looking back after few hours, I have no regrets... I didn't take any report nor I had clocked in, so my license over their profit like you say.

[sunshine5889]

I was not able to start my own post, and posted here because you guys seem like you are in the nursing field to give advice

[evolvingrn, BSN, RN]

Sounds like you did what was necessary....I hope they founds someone to come in though . It takes people taking a stand for facilities to reevaluate these poor staffing practices.

[redessa]

I was not able to start my own post, and posted here because you guys seem like you are in the nursing field to give advice

Go to the section where you feel your question fits. Just above the list of topics, on the left side of the screen, there's a blue button that says "New Thread." Click on it to start your own discussion.

[N2NRSING]

I was wondering how many patients do you feel safe taking care of? What is the most any of you have been responsible for and what is the average number of patients in a shift?

[orlycst]

I was wondering how many patients do you feel safe taking care of? What is the most any of you have been responsible for and what is the average number of patients in a shift?

I'm an ICU nurse, well there I take 2. While doing Medsurg as Part-Time, I believe 6-7 is acceptable, anything over is unsafe for patient and RN, that's my humble opinion...

[rn/writer, RN]

RE: sunshine5889's post about being a shy person, her post has been turned into its own thread:

Can a shy student become an effective nurse? - Nursing for Nurses

No need to address it here any further. Thanks for your concern.

[SlightlyMental_RN]

I've had some killer loads. Once, when I was working nightshift, I had 18 patients going through active detox and 1 float LPN and 1 float CNA--both of whom had no freakin' clue how to do anything in my unit. Also had additional ~8-10 patients that were through active detox and attending our inpatient counseling, but still needed occasional PRN meds. Yeah, that was a fun night. I forget who said it, but it was definite triage-mode.

On average (now working more AM/PM), I get about 7-8 patients going through active detox and another 8 stable patients needing occasional PRN meds.