RNready4change

When I said I was in over my head I meant it! Run!

I work as an RN on a 25 bed med surg/peds unit. Over the last months several coworkers have left including 2 CNM's. No help or replacements have really been hired. We have 3 RN's on schedule and 3 LPN's on schedule. We usually do team nursing but recently it is falling on our LPN's to do primary care. As of the last two weeks I have worked 3 shifts as the only RN on the floor. My last shift there was 22 pts. I had team with 1 LPN and two other lpn's did primary. My acuity level was very high as I sent two pts to ICU. One LPN had been pulled from a different unit and never done primary before. Am I overreacting or is this dangerous to my patients? I am thinking its time for a new job. I have been asking for more help for 3 months.