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uppityperson

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5. Understaffing and over working result in poor patient care and stressed out nurses.

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 10:12 PM

Jul 2012

"If the nurses are grappling at work with all these injuries, what is happening to patients?"

Too many get hurt working, continue to work when hurt. Too many suffer job burnout due to intolerable conditions. When it is life and death, or even life and health, and you don't get the support you need and more and more and more work piled on, it can be really bad.

" Over the course of a 12-hour shift, nurses can find themselves in the potentially devastating situation of caring for more patients than is comfortable."

It goes wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy beyond "than is comfortable", try "than is safe".

Thanks for this article.

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When It�s the Nurse Who Needs Looking After [View all] xchrom Jul 2012 OP

And the GOP desk-jockeys would have her extend her career to age Ilsa Jul 2012 #1

thanks for posting this. NC_Nurse Jul 2012 #2

the comments are fascinating riverwalker Jul 2012 #3

The stats on back injuries in nursing are eye-opening Patiod Jul 2012 #4

Understaffing and over working result in poor patient care and stressed out nurses. uppityperson Jul 2012 #5

The other issue that's not being addressed is that SheilaT Jul 2012 #6