RNsheal

12 hour shifts can work well for many nurses. Mandatory allowed hours vary state to state by law. I work in NW Indiana in a smaller community hospital. In the smaller units on off tours there are only two nurses in the floor. We get no relief to leave the floor for a 30 minute lunch break. We eat in a back room, are not paid for the lunch break. The state labor dept states this is okay. If you put no lunch too much you are said to be unproductive. Nurses need to be protected better on a FEDERAL level as right to work states do not always protect their nurses. Do a Google search-NursesTakeDC Conference 2020 and see what bills are in Congress

I appreciate all your comments and suggestions. We are planning to make our room service the best possible for our Veterans

Nursing team--I have been a RN for many years. Our hospital has decided to embrace the concept of room service (although I know that some of you may feel--hospital first hotel second--many patients do eat more nutrioously for wound healing when the patient can pick his own meals. Evidenced based research tends to support this). I am hoping for those RN out there whose hospitals have room service--you all can give me some guidance on issues you have had concerning patient room service. Any helpful hints that would help both the nursing team and dietitians as we begin our quest. Pro and cons of the system and if you ahd ulimited powers--what would you fix... AS you have figured --I am the RN on the room service team :-). Thank you in advacne for your help