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1. Staffing

   EDRN1408 replied to EDRN1408's topic in General Nursing

   Update: I came on shift yesterday at 7am and there were 9 patients in the unit (full house). The nigh shift RN had done 8 of those admissions after 10pm. She had only the help of the ED charge RN (who was never trained on admissions or in the obs u...

2. Staffing

   EDRN1408 replied to EDRN1408's topic in General Nursing

   Can you imagine if something happened to the patient? And we all know there are 23 hour obs patients that have no business being in observation all the time! Just today I had a hospice patient who was going to pass away and 4 other patients BY MYSE...

3. Staffing

   EDRN1408 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am desperately looking for a "rule" or policy or something to take to upper management that says you must have TWO staff members in a department when there are patients. I work in an observation unit where they are currently staffing only one RN a...