San Francisco general RNs testifying about appalling staffing in their level 1 trauma

[herring_RN]

[Lev, MSN, RN, NP]

If you look on YouTube you'll find videos of other ED nurses at the hospital testifying.

[CaptKris]

What I find bizarre is that a Nurse must go before a health committee full of people who do not live on the front lines nor have direct involvement to air staffing issues. At our hospital, we have a CNO advisory council that meets bi-monthly where everyone from OR, ED, MedSurg, Ortho etc all come together to work on staffing, process improvement, and interdepartmental communication. Our staffing took a hit but we're climbing out of that hole and it took 3 months to do it but everyone was aware of the tasks at hand.

[Havin' A Party!, ASN, RN]

What I find bizarre is that a Nurse must go before a health committee full of people who do not live on the front lines nor have direct involvement to air staffing issues...

Good observation, Capt.

It is kinda nuts!

[_firefly, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

I know they have new grad ER and critical care positions currently open and being processed. Perhaps this is one solution.

[Chisca, RN]

Is this hospital exempt from the staffing laws that are on the books? If the nurses are documenting the violations why isn't the California Department of Health citing them for the violations?