Is there a California State Law that protects the nurses? Its always been the" State will not like this...the State will look into this...the State will be coming...Is there a California State Law for ratio of nurse to patients? Can we complain to the Ombudsmn if there is too much load that the facilty/hospital is giving.Is there someone out there whom we can complain if the hospital or facilty is not understanding or hearing the staffs concern? Oh boy, our hospital's administration has always been pressuring us and not understanding about the load of job. We are given 8 patients for the shift. We are three in a team RN, LVN, CNA. The CNA has a load of 10. RN , LVN handles for the 8 patients but if there's admission, of course they are busy. Asides from admission paperworks, there is the family, friends of patients that RNs have to talk to, call lights that they have to help if CNA and LVN cannot answer the call, Doctors' call they have to respond, IV meds, if one is so unlucky...blood transfusion....and now that the hospital says that the census is low we have to give 2 total patient care...so please ANYBODY out there who are concerned about the nurses? The admisitration does not understand this. Some have voiced out but there have been deaf ears. Just how can we give quality of care when there is too much load?
