As a new grad, i didnt know what i had signed up for when i became rn supervisor at my facility. We have about 200 patients, 150 in one station about 50 in the other. Each station we have 3 lvns, 12 cnas, and we have 2 rn supervisors 4 times out of the week. Try being the only RN two days out of the week, with no DON, no casemanagers, no staff members at the front desk because its a weekend and theyre off. Trying to not only supervise your staff making sure theyre on the floor not chit chatting on one side leaving the pts unattended. Try making sure your lvns are doing their job right and not slacking off. all at the same time when you have to be at two stations during your shift. Oh lets not forget assigning cnas to 1:1 supervision for pts who are suicid or DTO. lets not forget you finding out you're short staffed as soon as u come onto your shift or that you need to send cnas to supervise pts at a hospital or appointments And on top of all that....try handling ALL of that when a pt decides to kick someones ass making them unconscious. Oh hey by the way did I tell you all of this can happen when youre the only RN and have 200 patients??? Yeah not so easy is it?