mom1965

At what point is it considered abandonment? We've starting having issues with several nurses leaving the unit at once..usually what happens is one out of the group will say he/she is going to lunch but then the rest of us realize (too late, of course) that 2 or 3 have gone with that one person! And they never tell anyone that they were going....you just realize all of a sudden that the staff-patient ratio has taken a dangerous turn. You would think that grown professional adults would know better but not so. It is all "me,me, me" Management has been notified but it keeps happening over and over. And it's not like the offenders do "just" a 30 minute break, they are gone for an hour or more. The charge nurses are pretty weak and turn a blind eye (or they are among the group that leaves!), couple that with the unit politics, etc...the issue never gets addressed/resolved Thanks in advance for any advice!