Why is this forum so dead?

I know a lot of hospitals near me have ortho and neuro grouped together. Neuro is pretty cut and dry but fascinating. I work on an ortho/neuro unit but my orthos have more problems than the neuros. I'm sure as people find this forum and post issues, it'll pick up.

I don't want to deter anyone from their dream from working on a neurology floor, I actually admire ANYONE that can! I am a float nurse at a magnum facility. I have 4 years of experience I went for my ADN, and currently my BSN I get floated regulary to the neuro floor because they can't staff it because it is the most detested floor.

The ratio is 5-6 on days 7-8 on nights, with seizures, migraines, strokes, chi, you get the idea, after last saturday they tried sending me there on monday and I had to refuse, I had 7 patients, no tech 2 inconinent patients (1 wit C-diff) 2 with bed alarms that kept climbing out of bed, 1 pt that was new onset seizures with no orders for anything to give for seizure activity,and that was the short of things. I had to beg the charge nurse to call the doctor for the lady with new onset seizures to get me an ativan order and a tele box and suggest that she moved to higher acuity floor I mean really 7 patients? I am only one person! Then I had a discharge which happened to be a homeless lady with MS that had been on IV steroids and she REFUSED to ride in a taxi "my immune system is too low to ride in a taxi" so... guess what??? YUP They TRIED giving me another patient ( I told them over my dead body, and no wonder no nurses ever floated to their floor, lol) I didn't eat lunch, and didn't even get to pee for 12 hours and when I got to my car I realized I hadn't sat down all day! I had never been so happy to be out of the hospital. So hopefully you'll go into neuro and you'll love it. I lost a lot of respect when I realized the charge nurse only had a year of experience.