dorktown

Wowwwww 9 pts??!! in 2011! What state do you work in. I also just finished my 1st year of nursing on a tele floor. I can't imagine 9 patients!!! I work in Maryland and the ratio is suppose to be only 1nurse:5 patients. But we always end up with 6 patients. And you have to read two strips per patient. It's not safe or ethical. I also am always the last one to leave work because im trying to make sure i covered everything. I can count on one hand when i left a 7:45 this whole year lol. Never at 7:30. But you can't finish everything. Nursing is a 24/7 job and if you have to endorse things to the next nurse then do so...because they'll be there for another 12 hr shift. But don't beat urself up over this. You worked your butt off and deserve better. Perhaps look for another place to work where the ratios aren't so crazy. I find that time management and delegating tasks are the best way to leave early but i myself am struggling to get that down because im to passive i end up doing everything especially if the tech as a bad attitude and can't be found. Anyways i totally feel your pain...yesterday i left work at 9:15pm and my shift is a 7a-7p and i only had 5 patients but 2 of the pt's i was guna call a rapid on. And thats all she wrote lol. Stress is the worse disease...don't take work home. Hakuna matata:)