rainydaze

Lee Memorial of Ft Myers Florida is in SERIOUS trouble this season as far as staffing is concerned. The past season was brutal, espcially in the emergency rooms. People stacked up waiting for admission to the hospital, many for over a week. Angry pts, angry Dr's and stressed our overworked nurses. On the floors they have been admitting pts to the waiting rooms and hallways. No privacy. I actually had to do bowel prep on an 84 year old lady who's admission meant in a hallway next to the EMS bay in the E. The majority of their permanent staff in the ER's have left. The pay is incredibly low, the pt load is heavy and screaming and SICK. They will offer nurses incredible bonus's to sign on then do everything they can to make a good nurse quit. Unless they are able to pay huge pay they will have serious trouble staffing their hospitals.