My ICU colleague is currently in her car right in the parking lot, crying. She said she has no energy left to clear the hip of snow on her car. Got to work at 0630am, first break was 1pm, constant chaos, two simultaneous code blue. Had two intubated patients on multiple drips ...
Almost every nurse doubled (ideal should be 1:1), each attempt to go for break meant covering a total of 4 very sick patients. Postponed pee break until near incontinence, was constantly dehydrated from full PPE w/inacessible hydration stations. As if these were not enough....
At shift change, no nurse showed up for handover. Had to stay back till the facility was able to find an agency nurse to take over her patients. This happened at 8pm. Her kids are home waiting with a babysitter while husband goes for night shift...
How is this okay? Why destroy nurses to this point? Haven't we done enough? How much more do we need to break? Nurses are depleted. Too tired to keep fighting for safe staffing ratios. Too tired to fight through a fifth wave. Pay nurses and put an end to the mass exodus. /fin
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