Wonderful comments !! Tim_GNP and Rex/ very funny. Wish I coulda been there. All of your comments are right on. My L & D experience wasn't as bad. Picture a rookie standing there watching. Mom...
Arizona hospitals have been trying to do the "restraint free" thing for several years. I worked in a rehab hospital when it first started. I think it was 96 or 97. Oh my ! Not enough staff to pick 'em...
Okay...from Arizona, here goes...... As a RN, our staffing ratio for 3-11 shift= 1 RN/24 patients. Yes...WOW ! We do have overlapping staff. So we frequently wind up with 2 RN's plus other staff. But...