Today It Was 0500
Here are my new thoughts about nursing staffing in general: 1. Shift change should be outlawed...because you always know that everything is going to go crazy at shift change , no matter what time it is. Everything can be smooth sailing and then right before shift change something will snap and the next shift walks in and wonder just what the @#&* the shift before them did to turn everything into a disaster. Like my ROL that walked in this morning...she was a lose 1.5 (same as she's been in the office the week before) and hurting. She changed to a very tight 2 in an hour, that's not too big of a change, but I didn't feel comfortable letting her just walk out the door. I already had a D/C order if she didn't change and she had a dr's apt scheduled for later that morning. So what is she when the day shift checks her an hour later...3-4cm. Now don't I feel dumb for not having an IV started and everything rolling! I got that impression from the day shift nurse...