Thirty years ago, when I was a new graduate nurse, I remember the exhausting 12-15 hour days I experienced working in a medical center, three days in a row and being responsible for fifteen patients while working with a Licensed Practical Nurse or a Certified Nurses Assistant. During that time I worked on a medical-surgical/telemetry floor where we also had patients on ventilators. Nurses were not able to provide proper care for their patients, and obtained needle sticks due to
Thirty years ago, when I was a new graduate nurse, I remember the exhausting 12-15 hour days I experienced working in a medical center, three days in a row and being responsible for fifteen patients while working with a Licensed Practical Nurse or a Certified Nurses Assistant. During that time I worked on a medical-surgical/telemetry floor where we also had patients on ventilators. Nurses were not able to provide proper care for their patients, and obtained needle sticks due to