Leonardo Del Toro RN

I enjoy working as a nurse, I love being around patients and care for them; I like it because it is personable. But I also love being around nurses. I enjoy their presence because and I think of them as these wonderful caring human beings. I apprecia...

I am dreading the day when I show up to work and find out that I'm the only nurse on the floor. And I think that day is coming soon. The other unit RN, or LVN didn't show up. What are we supposed to do in a case like this? Certainly not sign up for t...

I don't know how sick these patients are. Q4 I've heard but Q3 is too much. Lots of nurses are obsessed with BP. To wake up a pt q3 seems to create more harm than good. You can always tell when a patient is in distress because when you look at them, ...

For the longest time, they have been saying "we have sufficient staff" but they never add, sick days, vacation, and people leaving into the equation. These three neglected items are always covered by the staff. Then came Covid and things started to g...

Thanks. They have always pinned the responsibility on the nurses. Such as scheduling and finding another nurse if non are present. But now we are reaching critical levels of shortage, and these are uncharted territories. The dwindling staff is burned...

Small SNF, 40 beds, two RN's or LVN's for each side. I'm an RN, DON not in facility. Charge RN.

How much are those jobs paying? Any leads for Bay Area sites?

This how desperate things are getting. I'm sick can't go in today. But so many others have called off that my call off wasn't accepted. What does that mean? I have to work sick? They are sending the nursing squad to my home and escorted me to work by...

It goes both ways doesn't it? No loyalty goes both ways. You can't commit to me, I can't commit to you. I'm looking around, who pays more? Is that good for health care? No it is not. Do they care? No they don't.

And for how long will these issues be resolved? I think we are going to have a melt down one of these days. When they finally realize the problem it will be too late.

That's right. We have to adopt that same frame of mind in our facility. This thing about asking to be a team player, help out etc...is not flying anymore. Where is the incentive to work extra, but not more time, but in a much harder working environme...

And here's a nightmarish though: In 2024 Trump America, health care corporation managers will hire a couple of tugs to escort you back to work...or else face the consequences. Life in America: work, work, work and no fun.

Yes, they get you there. Good job, the taste of victory is theirs, but only for a few hours until they realize you called off for your next shift. Now is somebody else's turn. Good lord I hate this s***

Meaning, you don't have to stay if you don't agree? I often have to stay and work 16hs because the NOC nurse calls off and no replacement is sent. It is a given well established practice. No need to replacement whatsoever. But lately I've became...

I'm done with the helping out BS. I've been helping out since day one. Doing an extra shift here, coming 3 hrs earlier, living late, and working on days off. They have demolished their welcome. Used our nice nature to death. Hire more nurses. Oh, the...

That's right. In big centers they will never, never hire nurses. End of story. Only until the whole system collapses and maybe whatever is born from the ashes will hire nurses. The current corporate health care system in this country will never chang...

This whole thing about nurses are heroes is such pile of BS. Imagine how great it would be for all corporations to have this little racket.

I was going to respond to this post. But why? You have responded for me word by word and I couldn't say it better. Thank you

Things are so coo coo ka ka crazy right now, nothing normal works anymore. We're in uncharted territory.

That's good! Like a poem to me.

Calling out dead. That's an interesting idea. Oh, good morning miss Tina, I'm calling out dead today...sorry can't come to work. Dead people don't go to work. Good day.

That's true. I should do something like that. However, I know all other facilities are like that, specially right now. So what gives. I should look for a part time job and fill in the days I want, and there will always be those. I like wound care, ma...

I'd like to work there too

I can't think of any other way to protect myself from being robbed of my personal time.

I probably got sick because of all this pressure. I'm never sick. I'm not showing up until I'm 100% because I know, that when I go in again I'm looking at a warzone nightmare type workplace, so I must be in tip top shape.