For our organization, the nursing shortage started with the pandemic. We have always had safe staffing that includes great CNAs and secretaries. However, the organization cannot compete with the compensation that was being paid by agencies and we had a mass exodus of staff that went to places that offered hazard pay.
I wonder if she understood what Versed is? Does Vanderbilt have a policy in place that a patient receiving have to be monitored? Did she just assume that because the alarms went off because Versed is controlled? Why is Vecuronium available in any other area besides ICU and ER?