skives01

I work midnights on a busy med/srg gerontological unit with 29 beds and in the past few months we have had 6 RN's leave, and coming in MAY another will be going on maternity leave. Plus we are getting yelled at about OT b/c we have so many pts. to chart on and staffing rarely covers our needs. I was wondering if there was a state mandated nurse/patient ratio law in MI b/c we are up to about 8-9 pts. each a night (7 plus one or two admissions.) I beg someone to find this information/link for me whether there is one or not. I have been looking but cannot find anything. I understand they have this in California which is awesome, but it seems our hospital is putting profit before patients and employees. Please help I am so overwhelmed and tired.:zzzzz:nurse::zzzzz

I have heard exactly the opposite of what you posted, so sry I couldn't help. I work at SJH in Detroit (Main) 3+ years exp. and I don't love it anymore, so I am either switching floors or hospitals.

I am an RN at St. John Hospital & Medical Center in Detroit, MI. We have the same exact problem but are just not sure what to do about it. I work on a busy gerontologicl med/srg unit where our average pt. ratio is 1 RN/8 patients (7 plus and admission usually).