Okay, might not sound like a lot to you guys, but that's what our supposedly 25 bed hospital has right now. And a full to capacity ICU. That's what my husband told me when he came home to eat lunch with me.
And I am one of the 4 nurses scheduled tomorrow. I called our super, and she said that was true, and they are having no luck finding a nurse to agree to come and help out.
I'm pretty good at math, and to me that equals a helluva bad day for me tomorrow.
8-9 pts on my med surg floor is pretty typical (nights). This weekend I've had 8 or 9 along with charge. I've been a nurse 8 months. The other 2 nurses I've been working with are travelers.
Friday night I had a patient fall, last night I had a patient code.
I 100% feel the patient wouldn't have fallen if I had fewer responsibilities.
I would have caught the coding patient sooner if I had fewer responsibilities.
Problem, yes. I'm going to look for somewhere else to work.
~~"trmr, do you really take care of 8 or more patients per shift on a med-surg floor and if so, what shift are you working and if so, where is this hospital so I can be sure never to go there!!! Girl, that is so unsafe and in my experienced opinion, impossible to do. I really feel sorry for you and your license if you do have to handle that many patients. Do you have a union or any nurses standing up for nurses' rights and patients' rights? I' stunned.:uhoh21::uhoh21: "
I absolutely agree with you. Since the hospital I worked at before I went to LTC always had 8 pts on days and nights where I worked. Sometimes they had 9 or 10 if they needed too. What's really scary is that the tele floor at that hospital also had 8 pts. :eek:I worked tele at an other hospital and we usually had 5 or 6. And that's all I've ever known. (I'm charge on LTC with 60 pts. 2 LPNs, 4-6 CNAs. ) I ocasionally work agency at my old hospital, and I'd love to have less than 8 pts! Your right, its unsafe, but thats the norm in hospitals in my area.
MelBel
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8-9 pts on my med surg floor is pretty typical (nights). This weekend I've had 8 or 9 along with charge. I've been a nurse 8 months. The other 2 nurses I've been working with are travelers.
Friday night I had a patient fall, last night I had a patient code.
I 100% feel the patient wouldn't have fallen if I had fewer responsibilities.
I would have caught the coding patient sooner if I had fewer responsibilities.
Problem, yes. I'm going to look for somewhere else to work.