staffing

[icunurse1955]

Can anyone tell me what constitues a 1:1 patient care in your organization?

[michiganurse]

a doctor's order. and it can be on a patient that is fairly heavy, or never be written on a patient 10x as heavy as the rest. my unit is inconsistant and lacking common sense. they put patients in jeopardy without batting an eye-one or two nurses running their tails off while another 1 or two sit at the desk reading 3" thick novels--NOT kidding you. we will have patients that definately need to be 1:1s, and they will ''try to pair it up with something 'easy' (in critical care) so you don't get an ER or code'' yeah, well that's the whole point of a 1:1 isn't it, so you can care for the patient and NOT get an ER or code, OR NEGLECT the OTHER PATIENT. the majority of staff never question anything, just continue trunk to tail--those that DO question and try to make progress? *******.