NBC Nightly News:Lifeline Critical Condition

[Tookie]

I guess we are lucky here

When the media want a report on nurses and any of their problems in particular shotages etc they go the Australian Nurses Fedaeration

- whoever is the speaker in that specific state -it is still the same federation throughout Austrailia

So the media do actually give some balanced reviews and stories about nursing - Yes it could be better - But they dont go to the doctors association here most of the time about stories on nursing unless it directly involves them

Tookie

[capgirl]

Here's a "funny" bit about staffing ratios at my hospital:

If the floor is staffed by regular staff, ratio is supposed to be 6:1.

If there are any agency or overtime nurses on the shift, then the ratio goes to 8:1. That is kind of crappy to do to anyone that volunteers to stay for OT, they get totally taken advantage of!

[P_RN, ADN, RN]

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