What's the most patients you've had during a shift?
What sort of unit and shift?
I just finished school and would like to work on a med/surg unit, the only think that scares me at times is the idea that I could be given an unlimited amount of clients with no say in the matter.
During clinicals the most clients I had to take on was 8 on a med/surg unit. (Without my primary nurse backing me up, I would have totally died.) They wanted to give me a 9th, but thank goodness we were off the floor in the next 15mins. One of my classmates told me she got 10 on the same floor and it was crazy. I think 10 on a med/surg floor during the day is crazy, experienced or not. Thank God for Med Nurses!!!
I work on a medical/surgical ward in a Belgian University hospital where, during night shifts, I have to take care of 29 patients. All by myself. It´s insane, but they don´t want to spent money on more night nurses so there you go, accidents waiting to happen.
verper
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I´m so jealous of you people.
I work on a medical/surgical ward in a Belgian University hospital where, during night shifts, I have to take care of 29 patients. All by myself. It´s insane, but they don´t want to spent money on more night nurses so there you go, accidents waiting to happen.
Bye bye,
Vincent