rnz17

I am concerned because for the last few months, my unit has been understaffed. Ratio is 1:6, but Most of the time we end up taking 7 to 8 patients. The worst part is not only the understaffing itself but that management and administration have failed to do something about it. I believe that patient safety it's been compromised since even when we're understaffed we have to be taking ER admission or transfers from other units and even if we try to refuse, management just says that we have to take the patients. I have thought about calling Safe harbor but I'm a little bit hesitant to do so. What would be the next step (report to the board of nursing), since administration clearly just cares about taking in patients to keep making money even if they dont have enough staff? Has anyone had a similar situation? Or have done something that has worked for them?