How sad for the family. This did not have to happen. I once worked at a place where a staff member applied a vest restraint and tied it to the bed, so when the HOB was raised it choked the patient....
Ortho/neuro floor and some med/surg patients. The staffing book states 6pts/1nurse reality is 8-10 pts. from 7a-7p and up to 14 pts on 7p-7a. We are not asked if we can take on more pts we are told...
I once worked for Lifepoint, only 1 month. I quit b/c of the nurse pt. ratio and a bunch of other mess that happened after being sold, I have worked to hard for my nsg.lic. and am not going to put...