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

   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 each district had 10-11 patients. I worked M3 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 and RICU routinely got 3 pts. per RN. It was crazy....

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 line is. Even if there were "enough" nurses ratio...

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 three patient assignment. The nights I had a two pa...

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 cardiac only hospital. The floors had 42 beds and w...

6. UNSAFE healthcare

   CherryAmes7 replied to Anonymous Registered Nurs's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you, thank you, thank you for starting this petition. Let's make a stand and try to change what has become a tragic and wretched situation: the gross understaffing that is occurring in hospitals today.

7. Are you satisfied with your current employment situation as a nurse?

   CherryAmes7 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   Can't say I'm exactly thrilled with my position. I work in a cardiac hospital (all open-hearts, caths, stents, CHF exacerbations, etc.). I started on the regular telemetry floor, 12 hr. shifts, where the ratio was 1 RN to 10-11 patients, both days...