I’ll be honest with you – hospitals are overcrowded and dangerous, especially the Nation’s Emergency Rooms. At the last facility where I was employed; the Nurse to Patient ratio is 10-14 patients to 1 RN. That is DANGEROUS!!! and the patients are acutely ill, if not critical!!

What can be done?? Quite frankly who knows- you get these young kids coming in – eager, bright eyed and bushy tailed and ready to say How Far??? when their employer says jump!!

Remembering one “tour of duty” that’s still fresh in my mind- I had 10 Patients, 5 of which were ICU patients. How can that be you ask – I don’t exactly know that answer. This also brings to mind that ICU nurse to patient ratio is 2:1 YES!! two patients to one nurse.

Informing your superior’s proves fruitless- they just said – what do you want me to do??? Isn’t that what YOU GET PAID FOR ???

My advice to all out there in cyberspace – DO NOT LEAVE YOU LOVED ONE IN THE ER …EVER!!!