CherryAmes7

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1. New Grad needs info on St. Francis Hospital in LI

   CherryAmes7 replied to ObscuredDream05's topic in New York Nursing

   Wow, it's good to hear things have changed there and they now have better nurse-patient ratios. I worked at St. Francis in the 90s until 2000 and back then units were broken into four districts and...

2. Magnet and Teaching Hospitals

   CherryAmes7 replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

   I was at a cardiac only for-profit non-teaching hospital, well-respected, JC accreditation w/commendation yada yada, on the floors the ratio was 10-11 pts. per RN days and nights, acuity high. CCU...

3. My first few days, as a new RN

   CherryAmes7 replied to starryx2's topic in General Nursing

   Exactly. Hospital staffing and nurse/patient ratios are, in my opinion, set by the hospital administration with dollars in mind. The nursing shortage is NOT driving nurse/patient ratios. The bottom...

4. My first few days, as a new RN

   CherryAmes7 replied to starryx2's topic in General Nursing

   After not being able to hack the ratios on the floor I transferred to CCU. The hospital I worked at more often than not gave us three patients instead of two. At least 80-90% of the time, I got a...

5. My first few days, as a new RN

   CherryAmes7 replied to starryx2's topic in General Nursing

   This is exactly why I left nursing 6 years ago to become a SAHM. In the suburbs of NYC, that's the typical nurse/patient ratio, if not worse. While practicing, I routinely got 10-11 patients at a...