Reply #6: I agree 100%.I work on a surgical telemetry unit

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SOMEONE thought it would be a great idea to lay off all the assistants so that nurses could be more "holistic"(translate-so they could save money)Unfortunately...it was difficult to find more nurses(not that they were looking too hard),so the patient load was high.Something is going to fall by the wayside-gowning,gloving and masking is a toughie when a patient is having breathing difficulties,bleeding out or any number of things...and you have 7 others with the same crap.My staff and I filed "Safe Harbor" more times than I can recall,but since Texas is a "Right-to-work" state...they went in an ever growing "disregard pile".
I love nursing,but I hate profit-driven medicine.