I was a staff nurse here and this hospital is AWFUL. They are so critically short-staffed. We never had a nurse manager, only director who was only there for 5 mins at 7am shift change. No HUC/unit assistants. No PCT’s a lot or only 1 PCT to the whole unit. 1 vital machine for the whole unit because the rest were broken. Towards the end they were making us stay after our shift because they “were working on it” meaning management and house supervisor had no one to relieve us. At one point we were sending 3, 4, or 5 patients up at a time and it isn’t protocol to call report in patients from the ED. new grad nurses 1 month off orientation were now precepting. Travelers weren’t getting orientation and put on closed units that they opened up so they got 12 admissions one morning. The doctors rarely put in orders, make us reconcile med lists and do all discharge orders, you get lucky if your patient is part of a resident team. Towards the end before quitting some night shift nurses were 9-1 ratio and house supervisor and the CNO were forcing patients to come upstairs even though we’d be out of ratio and told us nurses to “tuck the patient into bed and get them comfy, they just won’t have a nurse”. It was truly horrific. At one point I was told the ED ratio was 1:30…….
This is not a real ED - it’s a holding unit with an ED tacked on. I’ve personally discharged multiple admitted patients who have spent at least 4 days in the ED - never made it upstairs. The worst ratios I’ve seen by far. So unsafe. Scary. Largely dependent on travelers. Travel and core staff are amazing, just not enough of us.
Worst ER i have ever worked at. Ratio is always 1:6 or in some cases 1:14 when they have the inevitable holds. Completely unsafe.
Worst ER i have ever worked at. Ratio is always 1:6 or in some cases 1:14 when they have the inevitable holds. Completely unsafe.
Ended contract early for unsavory staff and patient ratios
Charge nurses unit manager and ER staff very traveler friendly and helpful.