Well on December 12th, I was offered a job in the OR, so I took it.
Vent Session Begins:
Since then my current boss told me that she will not release me until she finds a replacement. The thing is several nursing schools in my area just graduated 100+ students. Did they hire any? :Crash:NO... The reason I'm told is HR lost all applications!!!:roll
So I have to stay on a Short Short staff Med/Surg Unit... With Nurse/Patient ratios ranging from 5-8 on any given Night... Considering there is only 3 Night time Nurses... You may Have all 8 and Be solo... Highly Dangerous... BTW I'm the senior Nurse out of the 3... With just under 2 yrs Exp... :barf01:
The hospital is Small!! And they rely on the PRC scores for floor success... Lately, PRC have obvisouly been down... And instead of asking for some input... We get our Butts Chewed...:argue:
And as always... We are end and beginning of the year... So staffing has changed to "SAVE MONEY"... :deadhorseSo Having the 8 pts on the floor usually calls for a nurse and a Aid... It's Just you... Thats It...
So you may Ask yourself... Shouldn't there be 2 nurses on the floor at all times?? Well they count Peds nurses for that... Which is down the hall about 300 Feet, take a right, then another 3 or 4oo feet... So in a Code... It could take up to 5 to 10 Minutes or longer!!! until you even see anyone to Get the Crash Cart... Which Has Happen... (the person lived, Thank GOD)...
But the top reason I'm so Flustered... Is that, the boss dosen't see these issues to try to maintain a safe Floor... Or to atleast Strive to get me to the OR... Instead, she hires a dayshift Nurse... to be her personal Slave!!! Then Leaves Dayshift Short... Which of the 5 on Days... None of them would remotely offer to work a night for Help incase 1 of the 3 decide to Call off... Example: Leaving me with 9 pts... 4 totals... 3 confused... and 1 that probable could of Died anytime!! (DNR, with stage 4 cancer Liver, with Mets to the Brain)...
To top the cake off... :banghead:Just several months ago... I was thinking about traveling... Well I said to myself... If I get the OR Job... I'll put off Traveling for a yr.... So I'm kicking myself...:innerconf Cuz If I leave now... With this Accepted position on Hold for me... I screw both my floor with 2 very Young nurses... and OR... which is Also... SHORT staffed...
So... I'm a man... Who just feels like I should CRY...
Is that, the boss dosen't see these issues to try to maintain a safe Floor... Or to atleast Strive to get me to the OR... Instead, she hires a dayshift Nurse... to be her personal Slave!!! Then Leaves Dayshift Short... Which of the 5 on Days... None of them would remotely offer to work a night for Help incase 1 of the 3 decide to Call off... Example: Leaving me with 9 pts... 4 totals... 3 confused... and 1 that probable could of Died anytime!! (DNR, with stage 4 cancer Liver, with Mets to the Brain)...