ashleyallen

I work in west memphis, ar at a hospital and our nurse patient ratio is about 5-7/1 around the clock. There are times though that we may only have 3-4 pts but up to 8-9 depending if someone called in or not. You can not give the proper care to pts with that much workload. Our CNA's have about 9-12 pts a piece and in the am are expected to do all the baths, linen changes, and take them to x-ray, tests, and etc. The pm CNA's really don't have that much to do except answering call lights and giving out pm diabetic snacks. Before I worked in the hospital I worked in a rehab facility. The nurse patient ratio there was on average 8-12 pts which was really hard because there were alot of knee, hip, CVA, and etc patients which took usually more than one person to get up. It was really hard to find someone to help you because everyone stayed so busy! You are not alone and I am sure there are alot of more people out there that feel the same way. We are expected to give the very best care to our patients but with 7-8 pts is sometimes impossible.