received this snapshot in my job chat group.
Wah.
If you just look at the numbers like that, it almost seem like we're doing quite well as compared to most other hospitals.
BUT
What about nurse to patient ratios?
No one bothered to look at that number.
Bad mistake.
Really bad.
So what if you have 1000 patients. If you have 250 nurses, one nurse can care for 4 patients. Perfect.
So what if you have 500 patients. If you only got 50 nurses, one nurse takes care of 10 patients. You will not be able to remember what the heck patient had before that relates to his or her current condition. You won't have the brain capacity to care whether the patient has been going hungry unnecessarily and that you may need to go fight the doctor that ordered NBM like they've gone zen and no longer need food.
You won't have time to care for your patients with patience and love because you're fighting for time to do basic care for the next one lying beside. And what about that one that is yelling at the back because he or she got so much needs and wants that we have no time to meet and cater to all of them?
And ten is almost like the average number of patients per Nurse these days... NETT. Not total per shift.
You see the difference?
We don't care how many patients there are, actually.
We care about how many patients we each have to care for.
Period.
